Monday, July 8, 2013

Meatless Monday - Garlic

Welcome to another edition of Meatless Monday. Today we're using garlic.
I love garlic. I add it to most of our main meals. Here's a great example!

Beat-the-flu Pasta
Winter has really hit here. I hate the cold. I'm lucky that I rarely get sick, but I sure hear lots of people around constantly sniffling & coughing.
Lets fight off that cold & flu season with some good food! Yet when we're feeling down we also feel like comfort food too. This recipe both comforts and provides flu-beating goodness!

To serve 2 you'll need:
200g corn pasta (or other pasta of choice)
1/2 cup chickpeas
small bunch broccolini
1/2 lemon
4 cloves garlic
2 Tablespoons tahini

Bring a pot of water to the boil & add the pasta. Cook for recommended time frame, adding the broccolini and chickpeas with 3 minutes to spare.
Drain the pasta and the veggies.
Return the pot to the heat and add the juice of the lemon, tahini and crushed garlic along with a tablespoon of boiling water. Stir well. Pour the pasta/veggie mix over the sauce & combine to make sure all the pasta pieces have a light coating of the sauce over them.
Serve with freshly cracked black pepper.

10 comments:

  1. I have to say, one reason I'm happy to be back home is the weather. I need to visit Australia in the summer next time! I'll have to save this recipe for a rainy day or chilly evening, but it looks fabulous!

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    1. hehe yes we aren't always the 'sun-burnt' country that people think we are - we sure have cold weather too!!!

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  2. I like the cold but am always wary of germs at this time of year - this is perfect for the wintery weather!

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    1. You must totally melt in Perth summer time then?!?!?

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  3. I'm right with you on the garlic - I add it to almost everything I cook! This looks like a lovely simple pasta dish.

    I'm not a fan of cold weather either!

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  4. I LOVE the sound of this! Yum yum yum. This will be on my plate for sure. Not sure I could get the hubs to eat it... maybe if I left out the greens and incorporated the chickpeas into the sauce?...

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  5. I put garlic in lots of things to help keep the bugs away - its seems to work as we have avoided anything major for sometime. I don't mind the cold, not much choice when you live here in the ACT - but after 14 years I think I am well and truly acclimatized.

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    1. Yes you must definitely of gotten used to it to stay there that long!!! Glad you've avoided the nasties that go around at this time of year

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