Because we’re such hipster-in-the-know-cool-peoples (not) we went to Naked for Satan on Thursday, for my belated birthday dinner. And it was delicious.
It’s a pintxos bar which is a style of eating experience (similar to Sushi train) where you pick and choose your meal from a pre-prepared bunch of little treats, each treat has a tooth pick which they count at the end. Naked for Satan charge $2 per piece, which is exceptionally cheap considering the quality, style and deliciousness.
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It was time to hit our ‘To Do Recipe list‘ and last night we cooked a deliciously unhealthy, but surprisingly light, Poppy Seed Chicken casserole style dish picked up from Christy at The Girl Who Ate Everything. It’s a rich, creamy bake with loads of chicken and crumbly goodness. We made a couple of slight variations, also I made a bit of a boo-boo and forgot to put the casserole dish lid on, so had to recover halfway through the …

Tonight’s a quick recipe that makes 4 decent sized serves, only takes 15 mins and is DEEElicious. (That’s according to Bec BTW)

Ingredients

500gm shell pasta
1 small onion
2 cloves of garlic
2 teaspoons of olive oil
190g basil pesto paste (we use Barilla, it’s got the highest percentage of basil)
10 slices of finely shaved ham, roughly chopped
10-15 button mushrooms, diced into cubes
Half or a whole zucchini (totally optional)
Sour cream to taste

Recipe

Bring a large pot of water to the boil, add pasta with a dash of olive …