Rosted Squash with Potatoes

One of these days I had a mini calabaza squash at home and I wanted to make something with it. It was the first time ever I cooked this kind of squash and I gotta say it tasted delicious. It is not easy to find this kind of squash around in NY state ( at least not where I leave), but this recipe goes really well with butternut squash too if you want to substitute it.

This squash recipe goes really well with the roasted beef recipe I posted before, or if you feel like going vegetarian just have the squash as an appetizer as it is good by it self.

Ingredients:
1 mini calabaza squash (or one small butternut squash)
2 golden potatoes
1 chili pepper (no seeds and chopped small)
3 gloves of garlic
Olive oil
Cumin
Thyme
Dry basil
Salt
Black pepper
Parmesan cheese

Instructions:
Pre-heat the oven at 350ºF.  Chop the squash and potatoes into medium cubes, and then chop the chili pepper into small pieces taking out the seeds. Add the potatoes and squash  and chili pepper into a wide pan, then add a good amount of olive oil, salt, black pepper, the gloves of garlic (without the skin), a little thyme, cumin and basil. Shake everything well so it season well the squash and potatoes.

Then put it to roast for around 15 minutes, then take it out, give it a little shake so the squash and potatoes don't stick to the pan, add some parmesan cheese over it and get it back to the oven for more 20 minutes or until the squash feels soft inside. Depending on your oven it can take a little longer for the squash feel soft.

Enjoy!

Delicious Boiled Lemon Potatoes

Did you know that lemon and potatoes goes well as a sunny day and a cold drink? This was something I learned when I made this recipe from Jamie Oliver of boil potatoes. It is very simple to do and incredible delicious and it goes just perfect with a steak.

I change the recipe a little bit from the original that you can find on his website, so this is my version of it. Oh and in the photos doesn't show but try to finalize these potatoes with some mozzarella cheese in little pieces over it, it is just perfection!

Now let's go check how potatoes and lemons are best friends! 

Ingredients:
1lb (405g) Baby potatoes
2 table spoon of olive oil
2 table spoon of lemon juice
2 table spoon of heavy cream
Some scallion fine chopped
Salt
Black pepper
1/2 chili pepper
Water to boil the potatoes
Mozzarella cheese pieces for decoration.

Penne With Pesto

Today I'm going to teach you a quick golden recipe. It's really good for those who are sick of having the same old tomato sauce pasta and want to vary a little. This is a delicious recipe, but go easy on it because it is really heavy and your gym instructor will not like if you eat this too much. lol But once in a while won't hurt! =D

The good thing about this recipe is how quick it is to make it. It's not always that I have ready pesto from store at home, so when I do I like to enjoy it as much as I can with this pasta and with my other recipe Healthy Chicken with pesto which is amazing as well.

Now let's dive into some basil!

Ingredients:
4 handful of penne cooked according to package instructions
300g of parmesan cheese
3 table spoon of pesto
A handful of fresh basil (or a little dried basil in case you don't have fresh)
Salt
Black pepper
Olive oil

Healthy Lemon Dressing for your Salad

Today's recipe is for those who feel light and healthy. It is an awesome recipe for those who like to season their salad with lemon juice but don't know how to measure the amount of lemon and then the dressing or get too lemony strong (urgh!) or too light. With this recipe you will learn how to balance it and the best part is that you won't need to buy those dressing in the bottle, since this one is SO fast and with ingredients that you will always find in your kitchen. =]

Ingredients:
1 lemon juice and a little of zest
6 table spoon of olive oil
Salt
Black pepper
1/2 chili pepper with no seeds chopped really small (you can use powder if that's what you have, it's only to give a little spiciness)

Mustard Dressing for Salads

I believe that for a good salad all you need is a good dressing. It doesn't matter if you get the best ingredients in the world, if the dressing is bad, it will ruin the whole salad. So, thinking about this, i decided to give to you guys this recipe for a delicious dressing made with mustard, that way you can vary a little bit more then the basic vinegar + olive oil. You have in your kitchen a lot of possibilities for great dressings, all that is stopping you is only your creativity! So let's work!

Usually when I make the dressing for my salads I don't have exact quantities for the ingredients, it varies according to the quantity of salad I have or the taste I have on that day, so even that I put the quantity here please keep tasting your dressing while seasoning it to make sure it is according to your taste.

Ingredients:
Salt
Black pepper
Olive oil
Vinegar
1 table spoon of dijon mustard (in case you don't have the dijon option, you can use the regular mustard with honey and a pinch of mayonnaise)
1 garlic glove chopped really small