Tuna Pesto Pasta

For tonight's dinner we had Tuna Pesto Pasta. A vey simple pasta dish that I am sure you will surely love.

To make this, you need

200 grams Classic Pesto Sauce (I got mine from the supermarket)
2-3 tablespoon virgin olive oil
Tuna chunk100 ams tuna in water
500 grams Pasta, al dente ( I used Penne)
Freshly grated Parmesan for serving (optional)
Salt and Fresh ground pepper to taste

Then....
Heat the pan, drizzle voo. Stir in the pesto sauce then the tuna. Throw in the cooked pasta. Mix make sure the pasta is coated by the pesto sauce. Add salt and pepper to taste. Place in a serving platter. Drizzle with voo.
Serve with parmesan cheese on top.

Enjoy!

Longanisa and Mushroom Pasta in creamy garlicky sauce

I added a twist to my regular creamy white sauce by adding longganisa in this pasta dish.Let me share this wonderful recipe that is a personal favorite. :)

you will need:

400g uncooked pasta (I used linguine)

2 tbsp olive oil

500 grams of garlicky (non-sweet) longganisa

250g fresh mushrooms, sliced

1 pack nestle cream

blue cheese, thumb size

1 tsp garlic powder

salt and pepper to taste

what you'll do;

1. Cook the pasta until al dente.

2. Fry the longanisa. When the half done, divide into small pieces with the use of the fying spatula. COntinue cooking the longanisa meat for a few minutes.

3. Throw in the mushrooms, saute 3 minutes longer.

4. Add the nestle cream, simmer for a minute

5. Then add the blue cheese. Keep stirring until it melts and the sauce thickens.

6. Add the garlic powder. You can add more if you want. This will add the nice garlicky flavor.

7. Season with salt and pepper.

8. Add the cooked pasta. Stir until the sauce covers the pasta.

9. Remove from pan. Serve and enjoy.

By the way, the longanisa I used in this recipe is homemade :)

Seafood Pasta

It's been a long time since I last update here. Hay was really lazy talaga. Anyway, let me start kicking by sharing another pasta recipe that I cooked when I was in Sydney. Pasta was a staple food for me whan I was there Why? Number one because its so easy to do, Number 2 because its my favorite. :)

Here's my recipe for seafood and tomato pasta.

You need...

Half kilo pasta. Cook as package direction

tomatoes cubed

few pieces of shrimp (peeled and deveined)

few pieces of calamari

few pieces of few fillets (cut in pices)

chili flakes (optional)

Olive oil

fresh basil

onions (chopped)

garlic (chopped)

salt and pepper to taste.

Then what you will do.

Saute onion then garlic. Then add the tomato, saute until wilted. Then throw in the shrimp, calamari then the fish fillet. Add chili flakes. Simmer for a minute (dont overcook ha). Then add the cooked pasta mix well then throw the basil in. Season with salt and pepper.

Served and enjoy Dali di ba?

Pasta with tuna and fresh tomatoes

you will need;

500grams pasta (cooked aldente)

5 pieces sliced peeled tomatoes

2 cans of tuna in oil

lots of chopped garlic

lots of chopped onions

few pieces of fresh basil leaves

In a saucepan, saute onions then garlic. Add the tuna, include the oil. Simmer for a minute. Add the fresh tomatoes, cook it for a while but dont overcook it. Then include the cooked pasta, mix everything then throw in the basil leaves.

Remove from heat. Serve with garlic bread.
This is my favorite pasta dish that I learned from my good friend M. Thanks mare. :)

Kitchen Essential

My kitchen essentials, pasta, tomato sauce, milk and cheese. So whenever I'm running out of idea on what to cook, I can easily whip a pasta dish with whatever sauce I wanted. Like last night, we had spaghetti and home made pizza. :)

Yummm!!!!

What's your kitchen essential by the way?

Enjoy the rest of the week