Posts tagged pesto
Buckwheat pasta with roasted beets and beet leaves pesto
08 years ago
Tagliatelle al grano saraceno con barbabietole e pesto con foglie di barbabietole
Don’t throw away the green leaves of the root vegetables, they’re completely eatable and delicious. Beets are a zero waste vegetable. You can prepare the beet leaves like any other greens. Saute it, raw in salads, [...]
Black bean spaghetti with Brussels sprouts, mint and lemon pesto
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Spaghetti aux haricots noirs, pesto de choux de Bruxelles, menthe et citron
I found those high protein, low carbs spaghetti. They’re made with black bean flour and water. I was very intrigued by those and obviously needed to try them. The same brand also sells edamame noodles, with the same [...]
Let’s go green – Multi grain rotini with zucchini and spinach pesto
010 years ago
Rotini con zucchine et pesto di spinaci
This will be my last post before I fly to France, for my bi-yearly trip to visit the family.
I discovered this pasta while looking for an alternative for a gluten-free client. It’s basically pasta made with quinoa, amaranth and brown rice flour. At first I [...]
Pistou or pesto – Minestrone soup with quinoa, shrimps and pistou
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Pistou o pesto – Minestrone con quinoa, gamberi e “pistou” (e non pesto)
It’s been ages I haven’t made soup for myself, I’ve had no desire for soups whatsoever. Maybe with winter coming this way and cooler weather, this will change.
Simple traditional minestrone is delicious, hearty, filled with [...]
Why not? – Spaghetti squash with artichoke pesto
813 years ago
Perchè no? – Zucca spaghetti con pesto ai carciofini
Crushing these gorgeous baby artichokes into a pesto broke my heart. I have always wanted to make artichoke pesto but never really managed to turn the artichokes into a paste. They’re so cute and delicious as hearts that really putting them [...]
For lazy days – Quinoa, grilled zucchini, chickpeas en verrine with almond pesto and goat cheese
1313 years ago
Pour les jours paresseux – Quinoa, courgettes grillées, pois chiches en verrine en couches de chèvre et pesto
Yes, this is definitely a dish for one of those lazy days, not lazy “like sitting on the sofa”, but lazy “like not feeling to cook” but with a desire to eat something good.
After waiting [...]
My romantic egg – Oeuf cocotte with salmon, asparagus and a cilantro-coconut pesto
2814 years ago
Mon oeuf romantique – Oeuf cocotte au saumon et asperges, pesto de coriandre et noix de coco
Thanks so much for all your kinds words on my previous post, you guys are really wonderful, kind and generous of your time. I do appreciate it a lot.
I think this dish is perfect for a tête à tête dinner [...]
A different kind of pesto from Sicily – Homemade spinach tagliatelle with pesto alla trapanese
3414 years ago
Un altro tipo di pesto Siciliano – Linguine agli spinaci con pesto alla trapanese
You can really tell someone is Italian by the quantity of pasta they eat…my family eats pasta almost every day…unlike me…I eat it once in a while, which can be a good reason to question my Italian nationality, let’s [...]
More pesto stories – Penne with broccoli rabe-almond pesto and shrimps
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Storie di pesto – Penne con pesto alle cime di rapa e gamberi
Lately, I have been too busy and hundred things to take care of, which in my world means no sleep and no time for anything including cooking and of course, deep under eye circles. Those cernes how we call them in French make me look [...]
Vegetables inside and out – Carrot tagliolini with zucchini-walnut pesto
615 years ago
Verdura fuori e dentro – Tagliolini di carote con pesto alle zucchine e noci
More on the homemade vegetable pasta chapter… I am in my Italian cooking phase, I left French food aside and going back to my roots. Playing with pasta is a lot of fun. I love making homemade pasta, and having my hands [...]