Day 23 – Chicken Spinach Pasta
I had a long day, had to work till late evening. Whenever I wanted to make an easy dinner, pasta comes to rescue me. Combined the paste with chicken, spinach and store bought mushroom pasta sauce.
Day 3 – Spinach pakora and Sour Cream Pasta
I had a craving for pakoras and so made spinach pakoras along with a spicy yogurt sauce. For dinner, made sour cream veggie pasta. My new addiction is sour cream, I can have it with almost everything especially with pasta.
Sour Cream Veggie Pasta Recipe
Ingredients
- Pasta, fusilli – 1/2 packet
- Broccoli florets- 1 1/2 cups
- Mushroom, sliced- 1 1/2 cups
- Spinach- 1 1/2 cups
- Celery, cut long thin- 2 stalks
- Oregano, dried- 3 tsp
- Sour cream- 1 1/2 cups
- Ground pepper- 1/2 tsp
- Salt- to taste
Preparation
- Cook pasta in boiling water seasoned with little salt, drain and keep aside.
- Cook the veggies in a pan till tender, don’t over cook them.
- Season with oregano, ground pepper and salt.
- Pour sour cream and combine well, let cook for a few minutes.
- Add pasta and combine well.
- If the pasta is too dry, add some more sour cream and cook it.
- Remove from the heat and serve hot.
Day 197 – Baked Pasta with Chicken Mushroom and Sun dried Tomatoes
Winding up an amazing day with baked pasta with chicken, mushrooms and sun dried tomatoes.
Day 151 – Veggie Corn Pasta
Looks like summer is at its peak, having really hot days. Being a winter person, I cannot handle the heat. If I turn off the air conditioning for a few minutes, I get dizzy and I start freaking out. Hopefully I’ll feel better in a few days as my body get used to the sun and the heat. Late this evening, I baked a “chocolate almond upside-down cake” to surprise my friend on her birthday tomorrow, I can’t wait for the dawn to break. Since I was busy with baking, I made a quick veggie pasta for dinner.
Day 139 – Creamy Mushroom Pasta
The best pasta I have had in a while. It was creamy, had mushrooms and banana peppers and was aromatic.
Day 133 – Pasta Scrambled Eggs
How to make the best scrambled eggs? My answer would be make the worst omelette and you get the perfect scrambled eggs. I am an expert when it comes to making the best scrambled eggs. For dinner, I turned “Pasta Omelette” into “Pasta scrambled eggs”. My hubby got confused seeing the pasta scrambled eggs and he was curious enough: were you trying to make omelette? Me: Nope, pasta scrambled eggs right from the start 
Him: Whatever and gobbled up. In my mind: Whoever came up with the name scrambled eggs is a genius! Have a great weekend everyone!
Day 81 – Beef Roast and Palada
I was a bit frustrated today and to ease off I entered my kitchen and cooked. Its been a long time since I made Palada or Rice Crepes, my mom makes this on special days. Palada and Caramelized Onion Beef Roast along with Saffron Pasta Pudding helped to cheer me up.
Day 72 – Spring Onion Chicken and Corn Pasta
Why do weekends always end so fast??? I had a really lazy weekend, most of the time I was glued to my couch watching movies, browsing and listening to music. I felt so hard to move from my couch and to make tonight’s dinner. When the clock ticked 8 pm, I had no other choice but push myself to the kitchen. When I started cooking, the warmth from the heat and the aroma from the ingredients opened my senses and suddenly I regained my passion. Made spring onion chicken and corn pasta.
Day 9 – Schezwan Vegetable Fusilli Pasta
Pastas come to rescue me during days of laziness. Had a super lazy Sunday and in the evening quickly whipped up Vegetable Fusilli pasta in Schezwan sauce. I am glad I had a veggie dish for dinner.
Day 1 – Spinach Chicken Pasta
My first dinner of 2011: A healthy spinach chicken served over Fusilli Pasta.
Recipe:
- Spinach- 1/2 bag
- Add spinach to boiling water and cook for 2 minutes.
- Drain the spinach and puree it into a thick paste.
For cooking chicken:
- Oil- 2 tbsp
- Whole Garam masala- 2 cardamom, 2 cloves, 1 inch cinnamon
- Cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp
- Garlic chopped- 2 cloves
- Onion, chopped- 1
- Ginger-garlic paste- 1 tbsp
- Tomatoes chopped – 1
- Chicken boneless cubed- 1/2 pound
- Salt- to taste
- Chilly powder- 1/2 tsp
- Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
- Cumin powder- 1 tsp
- Coriander powder- 1 tsp
- Fenugreek leaves- 2 tsp
- Ground pepper- 1/4 tsp
- In a large pan, add oil, put whole garam masala, cumin seeds and saute for a second.
- Add garlic, saute for a minute.
- Add onions and cook till tender.
- Add salt to taste.
- Add ginger-garlic paste, cook for 2 minutes.
- Now, add the tomatoes and cook till it gets mashed.
- Add the chicken and cook covered till it turns tender and well done.
- Now, add all the ground spices and cook for a few minutes.
- Pour the pureed spinach to the mixture and cook for 5 minutes.
- Add 1/4 tsp ground pepper, combine well.
- Taste and add salt if needed.
- Cook pasta in boiling water along with little salt till tender, drain the water.
- Spread pasta on a plate and pour the spinach chicken over the pasta.
- Serve hot.
