The Food Monologues

I was sent a text message by my sister this evening with the question - 'do you have the recipe for the anchovy pasta?'  It must have been a good few years since I made this dish, but as I was busy cooking dinner  at the time when I got the message, I sent her two very brief recipes in less than 140 characters:

Heat chopped garlic in oil until soft, add cooked pasta with a bit of cooking water & anchovies. Stir well. Season with black pepper. Serve

Or

Reduce mixture of chopped tomatoes, garlic, onion, black olives, olive oil & tinned anchovies until thick. Stir into pasta and serve.

She opted for the non-tomatoey one and I got a message from her later saying it was a good - another easy dish I should remember to make again.

Labels: Easy Dinner, Fast Food, Fish, In less than 140 characters, Pasta, Recipe

The first lunch of the New Year was a simple pasta salad rustled up from various ingredients I found in the fridge and freezer.



Ingredients

75g dried pasta twists
1/2 a yellow pepper diced
A handful of broccoli florets broken into bite sized chunks
4 button mushrooms, sliced
2 spring onions chopped
1 piece of pepper mackerel broken into bite sized pieces
Lemon juice from half a lemon
1 tablespoon of mayonnaise

Method
Place the pasta in a roomy saucepan and cover with enough water to cover plus a little bit more and cook for 8 minutes. Then add the vegetables and let them cook until for a couple of minutes more.  By now there should only be a little bit of liquid in the pan.  Add the peppered mackerel and put a lid on the pan for a minute or two to heat through and then add the spring onions and lemon juice and mix thoroughly.  Take the pasta off the heat and stir in the mayonnaise.

The proportions here fed one hungry small boy and one mummy.  The hubby decided he wanted an omelette instead, so I made him a cheesy omelette with yellow pepper and spring onion filling served with a big hunk of bread.

Labels: Easy Dinner, Fish, Lunch, Pasta, Recipe