Super Busy

Today I've managed a great day in the kitchen. Got shopping nice and early (well, lunchtime, but it is the holidays!). Bought loads of veggies and have made a few meals for us all to eat over the coming months.

For the girls, I crushed three cloves of garlic, fried in olive oil until just going golden and then added two tins of tomatoes, some dried tarragon, oregano and two dessert spoons of sherry vinegar. I bought some nice quality ones today as well to add sweetness. I reduced these for about 30 minutes whilst roasting five very large red and yellow peppers on a high heat in the oven. Once cool enough to handle, I deskinned the peppers, put them into the tomato sauce and blended. I served this over pasta with a mixture of grated cheddar and Parmesan. Was it successful? Biggie said 'Mummy, you're a winner' and downed the whole lot in less than five minutes. Baby Big Girl ate at her usual speed and about forty minutes later we threw about half of her portion away, cold. I don't think she disliked it...hope not, as there are five portions now in the freezer! It's a recipe I'll make for Husband#1 and myself in the efforts to reduce cholesterol - not so much cheese I guess for us!

Whilst the peppers were roasting I decided to make the pesto for Tuesday - the girls are going to join us on this one, it does create pressure! So I roasted about 100g of pine nuts and cooled. Then I added about three and a half large basil plants (stalks and all), two crushed cloves of garlic, half a triangle of Parmesan, chopped and blended with a mix of olive oil and extra virgin olive oil until just as I wanted. I added a little salt and tested a spoon on the Biggie. She approved. Hope she likes it on pasta with a nice piece of fish!

Beautiful Colours!

Pasta with Roasted Pepper Sauce and Cheese