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hing i ve made many many times especially on a weekday when i cannot be bothered to make something too involved am so glad i happened to have both asparagus and avocado in my fridge at some point or i might have never discovered this delightful combination you can find me on instagram as breadetbutter where i post a lot more regularly than i do here asparagus avocado pasta serves 2 generously 250g pasta of your choice i usually use linguini or spaghetti 2 avocados 150g asparagus i use asparagus tips cut into 1cm lengths 3 tablespoons olive oil plus more for drizzling juice of 1 lime bunch coriander approx 30g salt pepper to taste 1 cook pasta in boiling salted water until al dente 1 minute before the pasta is done add the asparagus to the pan when draining the pasta reserve some of the pasta cooking water you may need it later 2 whilst pasta is cooking halve and peel the avocados chop one avocado into small 1cm cubes and the other into larger chunks 3 place the large chunks of avocado into a blender along with the coriander lime juice and olive oil blend until it forms a thick smooth paste 4 place drained pasta and asparagus back into the same pan you were using earlier add the blended avocado mixture the mixture may be quite thick and gloppy if so add some pasta water 1 tablespoon at a time until you reach your desired sauce consistency the sauce should coat every strand of pasta 5 season with salt and pepper to taste 6 serve pasta onto plates top with small cubes of avocado other ingredients you can use are pine nuts extra coriander sesame seeds chilli flakes an endless list really drizzle with some olive oil if you wish and eat posted on march 24 2013 categories avocado dinner lunch pasta quick meals vegetarian 4 comments on instagrammed asparagus avocado pasta instagrammed pork turkey ragu we all have our comfort foods those few dishes that never fail to make you feel better the dishes that put a smile on your face no matter how rubbish your day has been whilst most of my comfort foods are malaysian chinese i do have a few non malaysian ones and ragu is one of them my take on ragu is by no means authentic but it is the way r and i like it someone on instagram asked me for this recipe so i thought i might as well post it here a blog post is long overdue anyway i used a mix of pork turkey this time around but alternative meats include beef lamb wildboar or even duck i tend to use two types of meats as i find it gives that little something extra to the dish do note that this recipe makes a fair bit of ragu i always cook with the aim of having leftovers hello packed lunch plus meat usually comes in 500g packs the recipe is easily halved though also amounts for seasonings are approximate please taste as you go along pork turkey ragu serves 4 6 generously 500g minced pork 500g minced turkey 1 onion diced finely 3 cloves garlic diced finely 250g chestnut mushrooms diced sliced finely optional sometimes i use carrots 3 tbsp red wine 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes 3 tbsp worcestershire sauce 1 tbsp sugar i use castor sugar 4 small bay leaves salt and pepper to taste 1 heat some oil in a large pan one that has a cover you will need this later over high heat fry the chopped onions and garlic for several minutes until they become fragrant 2 add the pork and turkey mince to the pan and fry until lightly browned 3 add the chopped mushrooms to the pan if using and fry for a minute or so until they shrink slightly 4 add the red wine to the pan and stir for 1 minute 5 add the sugar worcestershire sauce and chopped tomatoes to the pan bring the sauce to a boil 6 once the sauce is bubbling turn down the heat to low add the bay leaves salt and pepper to the pan i d advise underseasoning with salt pepper at this point it s very easy to add more salt but very much harder to save a dish that is too salty 7 cover the pan and simmer on low heat for at least 1 hour until the oils float to the surface of the sauce 8 taste and add more salt pepper as needed if the sauce is too wet for your liking you can leave it to simmer for a further 10 15 minutes uncovered 9 serve with a carbohydrate of your choice pasta rice couscous polenta freshly baked bread it all works in the photo above i served the ragu with some pappardelle posted on september 13 2012 categories beef dinner lunch pasta pork turkey 3 comments on instagrammed pork turkey ragu hello fresh recipe ready groceries delivered to your doorstep hello fresh is a relatively new company which has come up with a brilliant concept they provide you with recipe ready groceries and deliver it right to your doorstep you might be thinking online groceries old news but hold that thought because hello fresh is so much more than that you ll notice that i used the term recipe ready groceries this is because all the ingredients supplied come with accompanying recipes and all ingredients are portioned accordingly basically if you are planning to cook spaghetti bolognese you get the exact amounts of ingredients for this based on the accompanying recipes i think this is quite a brilliant idea as it definitely helps minimise waste and let s admit it we have all thrown something out before all the supplied recipes are created by chefs who ensure that the meals are delicious and balanced more importantly they are all easy to prepare and can be completed in 30 minutes so that all sounds great but how much does it cost a bag of 3 meals costs 39 for 2 people and 59 for 4 people delivery costs are included i know some people might think that this is a little expensive but i think it s a fair price as hello fresh provide a good range of meals and they source good quality products for example my chicken sausages were from a butcher and not bought from a high street grocery store because really i could just buy those myself there were still items that were from stores like sainsburys though oh and hello fresh is subscription based and has no minimum term with a 6 day notice period which means you can opt out at any time should you wish to do so but enough about all that because the most important thing is what the service meals are actually like i tried out the 5 meal plan however i only took photos of 4 of the 5 dishes though as i forgot to take photos of the last one i know forgot totally unacceptable in food blogger world but oh well i m not going to elaborate much on each recipe as i m never very good with words so hopefully the photos will do the elaborating the meals i had were 1 tuscan meatballs with spaghetti fresh basil and tomato sauce meatballs who doesn t love them this was a perfect meal to have in my bag and my love for meatballs meant i cooked this first i actually learnt a few new things from the recipe like how adding grated pecorino chopped porcini mushrooms helps to enhance the flavour of the meatballs and how rolling the meatballs in cous cous before pan frying them gives a great crunchy finish never too late to learn this was my favourite meal of the lot and the people at hello fresh have kindly agreed to let me reproduce the recipe here i have rewritten the methods of the recipe though i never feel comfortable just copy pasting someone else s recipe as i tend to have a preferred way of writing recipe at the end of the post 2 sesame crusted salmon with cous cous cherry tomato salsa it was great to see that hello fresh gives a good balance of meals in the bag as a medic i m highly paranoid about eating a balanced diet we try to eat fish twice a week with one vegetarian meal thrown in somewhere so i was glad to see salmon in one of the recipes i often eat cous cous but i ve never added fried onions for flavour texture those are the flecks you see in the cous cous another trick learnt 3 artisan sausages with roasted garlic mash red onion gravy bangers and mash british comfort food at its best wouldn t you say what i loved most about this was how the sausages were sourced from a specialist butcher which probably explains why they are one of the best sausages i ve tasted in a long time 4 thai red curry with chicken toasted cashews so this was the fourth day and i totally blanked and forgot to take a photo of the ingredients as i was in a rush to cook read i was too hungry greedy insert appropriate adjective here this came with a pack of pre made red curry paste a thai brand which i remember buying when i was in bangkok some years ago i hope that you all don t scorn pre made curry paste because truth be told sometimes they taste much better than homemade curry pastes the rice that i served on the side was supplied in the pack 5 pea mint goats cheese risotto err yes so this is the dish i have absolutely no photos of whatsoever apologies so what did i think of hello fresh and the service they re providing what i liked portioned ingredients which helps minimise waste not having to think of what to cook for dinner i m very fickle and have too many ideas so this is a good thing for me good balance of meals i had fish chicken beef vegetarian pork good variety of cusines i had italian thai british and i m not sure what category the salmon cous cous risotto dishes fall under excellent friendly customer service what i thought could be improved giving customers the opportunity to choose the recipes meals that come in the pack or at least the chance to state particular main ingredients that you dislike e g aubergines which could potentially be the main ingredient of a vegetable curry it would be a shame if someone got a pack with something they didn t like which would mean a high chance of throwing it out wastage the green on black text on the recipe cards weren t great contrast wise i can imagine it would be a little hard to read in poor lighting etc white text on black might work better i also thought the recipes were a little wordy but i suspect this is a personal preference expanding the service outside of london they currently only deliver to london addresses basically hello fresh is a service that aims to give you a convenient way of eating home cooked dinners it s great if you can t be bothered to figure out what to cook and don t have the time to hit the shops in time to get groceries for dinner would i pay for this service yes but only once every so often because i do enjoy experimenting and not sticking to recipes ha and i d go for the 3 meal plan vs the 5 meal plan i received a bag of 5 meals courtesy of hello fresh but all the opinions expressed above are my own tuscan meatballs with spaghetti fresh basil tomato sauce recipe courtesy of the hello fresh chefs with some modifications serves 4 500g beef mince 4 cloves garlic finely diced 3 tsp dried oregano 3 tsp porcini mushrooms soaked in hot water for 5 minutes then finely diced 40g pecorino cheese or parmesan 4 jacobs crackers crushed to resemble breadcrumbs 6 tbsp couscous 2 eschalion shallots 2 tins chopped tomatoes bunch basil leaves approx 30g roughly chopped salt pepper to taste 500g spaghetti cooked according to package instructions until al dente you can do this in a pot whilst you re making the meatballs 1 in a large bowl mix the beef mince garlic porcini mushrooms crushed jacob crackers grated pecorino and salt pepper to taste i used 1 2 tsp of salt and 1 tsp pepper using your hands mix the ingredients together until they are well incorporated 2 form the meatball mixture into 2 3cm balls roll each individual meatball in cous cous set the meatballs aside 3 place a non stick pan on medium heat and gently fry the diced shallots in olive oil until they turn fragrant 4 add the chopped tomatoes to the pan and simmer on medium heat if the sauce starts becoming too dry you can add some water to the pan to thin it down 5 whilst the tomato sauce is simmering heat a non stick pan over high heat brown the meatballs on all sides until they are cooked through this should take around 6 minutes if you re unsure if they are cooked through cut one open this is the best way to tell 6 add the meatballs to the tomato sauce which should have reduced down nicely by now add the chopped basil leaves to the sauce and season with salt and pepper to taste 7 serve the meatballs tomato sauce mixture over spaghetti top with grated parmesan and eat to cut down on washing up having too many pans on the go at one time cook your meatballs in the oven if you choose to do this i d advise not rolling the uncooked meatballs in cous cous as you won t get the same crisp from the couscous without pan frying i e there s not much point bake the meatballs in a 180 c oven for 15 20 minutes until cooked through you can then add the meatballs to the tomato sauce as in step 6 posted on march 14 2012 categories chicken dinner pasta quick meals review salmon 10 comments on hello fresh recipe ready groceries delivered to your doorstep scarpetta s tomato basil spaghetti i can t believe it s 2011 already i mean could time pass by any more quickly everyone always tries to be healthier in the new year especially after the christmas new year stuff yourself silly festivities although i don t believe in dieting hunger makes me grumpy i do believe in trying to eat healthy so for the rest of this month i will be trying to eat more greens and fish and less dessert not sure how well i will actually fare with this considering how much bbq pork belly i ate in koba today oh well but in the spirit of healthiness here is a fairly healthy pasta recipe i say fairly healthy because there is some butter and parmesan used in the recipe i first saw this recipe on jaden s blog was immediately taken by the simplicity of the recipe and so bookmarked it i have lots of bookmarked recipes so this was left for a good period of time but this pasta kept on popping up on the food radar with everyone raving about how good it was which obviously meant that i had to try making it this tomato basil spaghetti is one of the most popular dishes at new york s scarpetta so i hear and i ve read about people who specially make a trip to scarpetta to try this dish and after making it i can see why the freshness and sweetness of the tomato sauce that coats each strand of spaghetti is infinitely better than ready made pasta sauces and when you think about how simple it is to make it will make you want to give up on premade sauces altogether the original recipe calls for fresh plum tomatoes but i used a mixture of fresh and canned plum tomatoes the quality of your tomatoes are important as you want the freshest and sweetest tomatoes you can find they don t necessarily have to be plum tomatoes i m sure other varieties would work just as well quality may cost more but trust me when i say it will be worth it when it comes to making this sauce the spaghetti is served with a garlic basil oil which in my opinion brings the dish to another level whilst not overpowering the star of the event the tomato sauce the oil is made by infusing garlic fresh basil leaves and a pinch of chilli flakes in hot olive oil i might take the lazy route the ...