When mum comes to visit...

...and you really don't have time, because you're meeting your pregnant friend/dentist/friend for a movie, and you want to make something for lunch :)
It is as simple as 1, 2, 3 or 'what do we have in our fridge'?
Let's see... for three we need one pack of ravioli with mushrooms, and some other pasta(short pasta looks better) half of leek and a small pack of mushrooms in a deep freez. oh, and have some salt and pepper and some creme available at hand (sour or regular :D)

Boil the pasta, but check, if they need longer time to cook than ravioli, them lkae sure you don't put them together, as ravioli will go... well the end result won't be pretty ;)

Put some butter, or you can go a bit mediterranean and instead use some olive oil, in a pan... let it go loose and add mushrooms, you don't have to leave it melt, the melting water will add some moist needed while cooking. Add some creme, whichever you prefer... salt & pepper... Now chop chop that beautiful green leek... I love to chop leek, it looks so professional... and the way those rings run away from your chopping board... ah, poetry :D ok, back to lunch :D

so chop half of leek and at to the creme-mushroom mixture. now, just let it be for about 10 minutes, stir here and there and make some nice salad to go along. In my case, my man (kiss to you, hon!) is doing this :) He makes best salads and usually uses pumpkin seed oil... absolutely divine.


Anyways, you can now prepare the table, if you or someone else hadn't done it already. Distribute the cooked pasta and then add the mush-leek-creme on top... if you want, add some parmezzan and a nice glass of white wine :) yummy ;)

A little bit of ham, coloured pasta and creme

Again, I've been away, but making some pretty good stuff and eating of course, and taking some photos... Oh and I found out why you definetly should try out onion soup in France, well I tried it in Paris,... IT?S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!! I tried two, first one was full in flavour, not oniony, but rich and deep and dark red (ok, don't mind my colourful description, because the fluid itself was brownish)and cover with melted cheese... amazing! Recommended :) However I'll probably keep to visiting France for new flavours and not trying out this sort of stuff at home :D


And now, here we go... today I made this lovely, easy-made pasta: spinach and regular pasta, creme, some ham or similar... Done in a sec.
Boil enough pasta for two. In my experience it is important which pasta you do, because they actually do make more or less pasta eventually than, let's say 180g, you levy. Make tiny pieces of ham with your fingers or a knife (like I did) and bake them for a few minutes, but don't put them into the pan before the oil (use olive oil) heats up. It smells divine! Now crunch some cashew nuts, just make halfs or quarters, it's enough. Throw them in with the ham. By now you have your pasta boiled through and ready, but don't put them in a colander, instead just put them directly from the pot to the pan with a big 'holey' spoon :) That way you add some water from the cooked pasta so it doesn't get too dry aftrewards. Mix through.
Now add two spoon-fuls of sour creme and one or two of creme and mix well.
Leave for a few minutes, so that all the flavours mix and you're done!