A semi-experimental day in the kitchen, which as most of you probably know, means clearing out stuff from the fridge. First to go was half a bag of baby spinach. I decided on a spinach pesto. Pesto is just anther word for paste, and you can make pesto out of pretty much anything green, some nuts, parmesan and olive oil. I had some walnuts in the cupboard so I put all the spinach, the walnuts, parmesan and olive oil in the food processor and whizzed it round till it looked like this:
The plan was to cook some pasta, and then add the pesto to some cream I had left over to make a simple cream sauce, which I did and it then looked like this:
On top of that, we have lamb meatballs with the minced lamb I bought the other day but didn't have a chance to use till now. I combined the lamb with very finely minced onions and chopped parsley, salt and pepper, and a dash of cumin, to make the meatballs. I would have normally have used breadcrumbs and an egg, but didn't have any breadcrumbs. They turned out fine regardless. A squeeze of lemon - and they are just right!
On the side we have a simple cucumber and tomato salad.
Time to fill up the fridge again!
FOOD COSTS:
Minced lamb (1 lb) : $ 8.87
Tomatoes : $ 1.77
Onions : $ 0.50
Lettuce : $ 0.99
Total: $ 12.13
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