Tag: Garlic

The Lazy Woman’s Pesto

Cauliflower leaves, Almonds, Garlic, Black Pepper, Processed Cheese (grated), Salt, Olive Oil

Devpurna Talapatra's avatarBite.Chomp.Gulp

Have you ever had days when you oke up and craved to gorge into one particular thing? No? Lucky you. But sadly, last Saturday was exactly that kind of a day for me, when I woke up craving for a hearty pesto spaghetti.

I am a person who generally doesn’t order in food. I prefer going out to eat, or eating home cooked food. Looking at the gloomy, wintry weather outside, I promptly dismissed the thought of going out and started ransacking my pantry instead. Well, there was boneless chicken in the freezer and also a brand new box of spaghetti, ready to go wiggly, right in front of my eyes. All that remained now were the things needed for a pesto sauce.

So what are the ingredients in a traditional pesto sauce? A very basic version would contain the following:

  • Basil Leaves
  • Pine Nuts
  • Kosher Salt
  • Parmesan Cheese
  • Olive…

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Greek Spinach Rice (Spanakorizo)

frozen spinach, olive oil, garlic, onion, cup rice, vegetable stock, lemon juice

myCypriotLife's avatarMy Cypriot Life

Once upon a time, I was a kid, and my affair with cooked greens was non-existent. I simply refused to eat them. They just didn’t “smell” nice.

This dish is not all green but still I refused to eat it. It involved cooked greens. No amount of begging could make me even try it. My sister ate it with yogurt. I could not. No spanakorizo for me please… Until the day I harvested my first spinach from my own small vegetable garden and wondered what to do with it 😉 .

Now I beg my own kids to eat it. And they refuse – and I understand them. ‘But it is very yummy, and healthy too!’, but they are still not convinced. So we make a deal: two spoonfuls of spanakorizo, accompanied by a generous portion of homemade fries. Last time I made it, 3 out of 4 kids ate…

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