Gnocchi in Tomatosauce…with Cheeeeese

Yes, yes, you should make the gnocchi yourself…it's quick and it's easy and it's SO much better 

than store bought gnocchi!

But I cannot be bothered today, so:

-          gnocchi di patate (200 grams per person)

-          tomato sauce with basilicum (or add fresh basilicum leaves)

-          diced onion

-          mozzarella

-          grana padano

-          bouillon cube

-          thyme

-          salt

-          pepper

-          oil

Cook the gnocchi in water with a bouillon cube or salt as per the instructions on the package.

Add oil to the pan and add the gnocchi when they're done, stir and let them brown a little….

when they look good, bake the onions on medium heat for a couple of minutes.

Then add some tomato sauce… it should be a generous amount, but you do not want your gnocchi to swim in the sauce. Add a liberal amount of pepper and salt to taste. Also other herbs like fresh basilicum or thyme could be added at this point, just taste it and make it how you want.

When it's all good to go, scoop the gnocchi in tomatosauce into an oven-safe bowl. Almost cover the surface with a couple of mozzarella slices and grate some grana  padano over the dish before sliding the whole thing into the oven
for 10 to 15 minutes at 200 C (or 400 F) 

(keep an eye on it; the whole dish is done, so you can pull the bowl from the oven when the cheese is looking good!)

Curried Noodle Soup

-          1 red onion, roughly diced

-          ½ red pepper

-          1 clove of garlic

-          ½ to 1 tablespoon of freshly grated ginger

-          1 tablespoon of red curry paste

-          1 bouillon cube

-          400 mL water

-          50 mL coconutmilk

-          1 red bell pepper

-          1 to 3 scallions

-          Piece of carrot

-          Egg noodles

-          1 tablespoon of olive oil

Bake the onion in the olive oil until translucent (4 minutes), then add the red pepper, garlic and ginger. Half a minute after that, add the red curry paste and give it a good stir, warm it up so you can smell it well. Then add the coconutmilk, the bouillon cube and the water. Let it all simmer for a while (10 minutes) before you add the egg noodles and boil them as instructed on the package.

In the mean time, slice the carrot and bell pepper in thin strips and and thinly slice the scallions.

Fill a bowl with the soup and arrange the fresh vegetables in the bowl

Tagliatelle with salmon, oyster mushrooms and salicornia

made by the BF, hence no recipe 
(but add cream, salt and pepper to the items 
mentioned above and it'll be pretty close)

Not a bad start for a food blog, I think.