Tai Vel Makaronai

labai paprastas receptas: ypatingai nekaltas alyvu aliejus, puse tubeles dvigubos koncentracijos pomodoru pastos, puse skardines kapotu pomidoru su zolelemis ir cesnaku (arba pjaustyti pomidorai ir kapotas cesnakas), labai daug sampiniJonu, dziovintu raudonelio, baziliko ir daug petrazoliu, siek tiek druskytes, nemazai vandens praskiesti tai pastai ir kai isvirs, sumaisyti su makaronais, i lekstute ir uzbastyti tarkuotu ypatingai subrendusiu cederio suriu, bet kad neistirptu iki galo. voila!
p.s. ultra-gerai suveike prideti smulkiai pjaustyti rauginti agurkeliai ir siek tiek sutriuskinto cili.

Miso Pasta

If you happen to like traditional Japanese soup called Miso, you will find no problem finding all the ingredients in your cupboards. If not, try it out - it’s amazing and so easy to cook. I’ve combined some of the ingredients into a mild-tasting pasta meal.

YOU'LL NEED:

Spaghetti (or any other pasta) for 2 persons

Salt

Butter, 1 tablespoon

Instant Dashi (Bonito stock) 1 pack

Miso Shiro (White Miso paste) 1 tablespoon

Dried parsley (or Nori flakes)

Ground cinnamon

Boil pasta in lightly salted water, drain. While the pasta is cooking, dissolve Miso in 50ml of boiling water. Set the heat on absolute minimum. Add butter and mix well. Sprinkle the Bonito over the spaghetti and mix again (you could probably dissolve it with the Miso for more intense flavor – I did not think about at the time) Splash the pasta with dissolved Miso, sprinkle liberally with parsley and with just a little bit of cinnamon to add warmth, then mix for the last time. It’s ready and it looks great :)

Itadakimasu!

Found some Concentrato di Pomodoro in the fridge.

Ei, vienintele followere, išradau naują receptą! Tiesą pasakius du. Tik prisimink, kad didžioji dalis idėjų pasaulyje yra building up on previous ideas.

•Pasta

Pasta (spaghetti) for 3

Salt

Butter

Olive oil (Napolina, lemon and dill flavoured)

Tomatoes 2

Dried basil

Garlic cloves 3

Lemon juice

Concentrato di pomodoro (tomato pasta?) 50g

Salt

Boil pasta in salted water until it's still a bit hard on the inside; if you're not planning on serving it right away, bear in mind that even if drained, pasta will continue to soften and it's not as good overcooked.

For the sauce use a frying pan. Throw diced tomatoes in plenty of preheated olive oil, sprinkle dried basil and chopped garlic on top, mix it, add a dash of lemon juice and the concentrated tomatoes :), mix it again, add some salt to your liking, mix it yet again (I know...) and let it rest off the hob for a bit.

Mix it well with pasta, and sprinkle with oregano and pepper for decoration. Oh, I kept on adding hot water to it because it was too concentrated and kept on drying further. You have to dilute the sauce to mix it evenly with pasta.

•Couscous 

For cooking couscous, use the same recipe I've reccomended previously, but add a bag of Chai tea and a bit of butter to the boiling water.

Olive oil (Napolina, lemon and dill flavoured)

Tomatoes 3

Dried basil

Concentrato di pomodoro 50g

Greek style salad cheese 100g

Eggs 2

Salt

Lemon

Thai sweet chilli sauce

Again, diced tomatoes went into a fry pan with the preheated oil, basil was sprinkled liberally, concentrate was added... I don't like this way of writing. OK, then sprinkle the crumbled cheese, throw in the two eggs, sprinkle some salt on them and, this important, don't mix it too much. Don't move anything until the eggs start turning white, then mix it a bit and leave it again. But make sure the sauce doesn't start burning and, also keep on adding hot water trough the course to dilute it. Let it rest off-hob.

Add it on top of the couscous, add some sweet chilli sauce, squeeze few drops of lemon on top and decorate it with a half a slice of lemon sticking out of the pool of the chilli sauce and swallow your tongues :)

Creamy Yet Spicy Chicken Pasta

Dice whichever part of chicken you like, make it small pieces. At least 300g. Marinade it for some time with tasty soy sauce (not dark!) e.g. kikkoman, enough of it so you wouldn't need to use salt, and ground coriander (or garam masala spice blend). Click here for recipe for chicken. In the meantime start boiling 400-500g of pasta, e.g. 'spirali' in salted water. Fully cook the chicken in a large pan (I used wok pan so that everything would fit), reduce the heat and add the boiled pasta, add around 200g cheese spread e.g. dairylea and mix thoroughly. Add 2x400g chopped tomatoes with basil chili and oregano (get it from sainsbury's or make your own) and mix it well again. Once in a plate, sprinkle some black peper, some grated parmigiano if you feel like it and squeeze a quarter of a lime over it.