Hurray it’s Friday: that means a bit of a chill out and something that doesn’t require too much effort for supper.
Husband had been requested to get a bottle of wine on the way home and he played a blinder! Our local corner shop is a branch of the co-op and they do fantastic “reduced for quick sale” bargains if you time it right, and this evening he timed it perfectly. He arrived home with the requested bottle of wine, and a pot of “posh” olives marinated in garlic and herbs reduced from £2 (which I definitely wouldn’t have paid) to 40p – result! So we chilled with the olives and a glass of wine and then it was pasta for supper. It wasn’t particularly veg bag-centric but it was quick and I did use the mushrooms and an onion.
Friday night easy pasta (serves 2):
Put the kettle on to boil.
Meanwhile heat some oil (I used the oil that our bargain olives had been marinating in so got some extra garlic and herbs thrown in for free!)
In a separate pan put enough pasta for 2 people on to cook.
Fry an onion, 6 mushrooms, a pepper and 2 cloves of garlic gently in the heated oil for 5ish minutes
Add 200g of crab sticks (chopped into small chunks)
Add 80ml of cream or crème fraiche
Cook gently for another 5 minutes.
Drain the pasta (which should be cooked by now) and stir it into the creamy veg mix.
Serve with optional parmesan cheese
Husband had been requested to get a bottle of wine on the way home and he played a blinder! Our local corner shop is a branch of the co-op and they do fantastic “reduced for quick sale” bargains if you time it right, and this evening he timed it perfectly. He arrived home with the requested bottle of wine, and a pot of “posh” olives marinated in garlic and herbs reduced from £2 (which I definitely wouldn’t have paid) to 40p – result! So we chilled with the olives and a glass of wine and then it was pasta for supper. It wasn’t particularly veg bag-centric but it was quick and I did use the mushrooms and an onion.
Friday night easy pasta (serves 2):
Put the kettle on to boil.
Meanwhile heat some oil (I used the oil that our bargain olives had been marinating in so got some extra garlic and herbs thrown in for free!)
In a separate pan put enough pasta for 2 people on to cook.
Fry an onion, 6 mushrooms, a pepper and 2 cloves of garlic gently in the heated oil for 5ish minutes
Add 200g of crab sticks (chopped into small chunks)
Add 80ml of cream or crème fraiche
Cook gently for another 5 minutes.
Drain the pasta (which should be cooked by now) and stir it into the creamy veg mix.
Serve with optional parmesan cheese
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