Sunday, July 26, 2009

Quick and easy pasta snacks

This is for people who want quick and easy pasta but are sick of instant/microwave mac and cheese. It doesnt take that much more time but is much better tasting. I guess it should be pretty obvious, but for those who aren’t aware..

Ingredients:

-Pasta that cooks quickly. Suggestions: Egg vermicelli, egg fettucini or gnocchi. I like gnocchi as it cooks in no time (literally 5 mins or less).
-small amount of fetta cheese
-3 eggs
-olives
-smoked salmon
-olive oil

Method:

1. Boil the pasta. If the pasta comes in coils, you can separate them in half to make it cook faster.

2. While it is boiling, heat up a saucepan with a bit of cooking oil. Crack the eggs, put in saucepan, whisk for a bit until they start solidifying. (I like to do that instead of beating the eggs beforehand because I prefer a more imperfect mix of egg white and yolk. It looks more interesting too.) Don’t overcook them, they should be almost done when they stop looking runny.

3. When the pasta is done stir in a dash of olive oil, stir in a small amount of fetta cheese, then toss in the cooked eggs, and then add the smoked salmon. Sprinkle on some olives.

And there you go. You can do this for dinner too if you’re lazy. It’s a relatively healthy option.

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