Thursday lunch - gnocchi, mushrooms, olives and capers

So after waiting for way too long with my today's lunch, it was up to my imagination to figure out what to make...

I took some olives and some capers, few droplets of cream and there were few eggs left.

I was so hungry by the time (and it was less than half an hour) I actually started to eat, that I didn't take any photos... so today no photos.

So here it goes. I used some gnocchi and boiled them. I put some olive oil in the pan and a small bag (about 125g) of frozen chopped mushrooms (šampinjoni po slovensko :) or portobello mushrooms in English, I believe). I usually buy them and use them fresh, but sometimes I buy them a bigger package, slice them and put them in the freezer. You can use them straight from the freezer as they release just enough water. I added some salt (a pinch or so), some ginger (just for the fun of it) and a few beans of coriander and some dried rosemary. I like to experiment with herbs and spices :)
I sliced some olives and added few capers. It depends on whether you like a more sourish taste by adding some sour cream, or if you don't, add some ordinary cream that I occasionally find in the fridge ;) (occasionally because it usually ends up in a pie). You add cream just before you take the whole thing of, or before you put in the gnocchi in my case.
And since I got some fresh eggs left, I put one in as well. Eggs are full of proteins, so an egg here and there is just fine fr you, especially if you are not so keen on meat (like me).

And there you are! Simple, fast and great in taste.

You can also make this with basically any type of pasta, but I would recommend smaller ones, like Barilla's Farfalle, Fusilli, Penne Rigatte, Pipe Rigatte...

Try and let me know how it goes :)

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