After this last week, I needed something fresh and light. I don’t know about you, but with all the public holidays and Easter in South Africa, I ate non-stop. It also didn’t help that we had a few very icy days where all you want to do is stay indoors, snuggled up on the couch with cake and hot chocolate. So when dinner time rolled around last night, I knew I needed something light but yet again, it’s winter so I wanted some comfort. My mind immediately went to pasta and it just so happened that I had some lovely Smoked Salmon in the fridge so I knew that would…
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A general food and cooking blog. I like to experiment and try all different types of cuisine and I have a passion for food photography and styling.
Posts Tagged ‘creamy pasta’
Even though last night was “Valentine’s Night” and so many couples were off doing romantic things that I’m sure only really happen in the movies, I was so not in the mood to cook. I was feeling hot and bothered and just not in the mood for anything…never mind standing in front of my hot stove for more then 5 minutes. So I knew pasta would be the logical thing to cook, only, I was not going to be making a really deliciously fantastic slowly braised meat sauce, or even a fast Garlic & Mushroom sauce. I was contemplating on just serving it with some butter and salt (I’d seen…
This sounds rich, expensive and fattening right? Wrong! This is probably the only creamy pasta dish I’ve ever made that was neither expensive nor fattening. As Summer is fast approaching, more and more people are trying to cut the fat and extra calories out to get ready for bikini season. I am not one of those (the day you see me in a bikini is the day that I grow a 3rd leg!), but I still want to be healthy. And this sure as hell is. We all know we are meant to be eating more fish because of all the great Omega 3 & 6′s it has etc. etc,…
