Food
Posted in eats on December 3rd, 2011 by emma – Be the first to commentGlorious food.
Since the arrival of our weekly veg box we’ve decided to eat less meat and it’s been easy. It’s all about the vegetables – romanesco cauliflower, jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes, leeks, mushrooms, swede, squash – a never-ending parade of good stuff to eat and create new recipes. I even bought some tofu which I marinated and chucked on top of a stir-fry last night, it was delicious. This is not to say we’re not going to eat meat because we are, but the meat we do eat will come from a good place and taste as good as it possibly can.
One of my favourite, and easiest recipes, is pasta with cavolo nero (kale or cabbage will do).
First up, get your pasta cooking (spaghetti is good), fry off some chopped garlic in oil, add some chopped anchovies (as many as you like, 2/3 per person is good) and dried chilli flakes and cook for a few mins then set aside until the pasta is nearly done. In the meantime blanch your sliced up greens (a min in some salted boiled water), drain and run under the cold tap and set aside to drain until your ready for it. A few mins before the pasta is ready, re-heat up your pan with the garlic and anchovies, add the greens, season with lots of black pepper and squeeze on the juice of half a lemon. Drain your pasta (keep a little of the water), add to the pan with the garlic, mix around, add some water to loosen, grate on as much parmesan, or pecorino as you fancy and eat. Delicious, cheap and easy. Sometimes I add a few capers to the anchovies. Mmmmm.



















