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Hello friends returning to blogging after a long break. Hope all you are doing well. Today I 'm sharing with you a very delicious pasta recipe Pasta tomatina. It's truly drool worthy. In this recipe I use farm fresh ripe red tomatoes. The tomato has been referred to as a "functional food," a food that goes beyond providing just basic nutrition. Due to their beneficial phytochemicals such as lycopene, tomatoes also play a role in preventing chronic disease and deliver other health benefits.Tomatoes are also an excellent source vitamin C, biotin, molybdenum and vitamin K. They are also a very good source of copper, potassium, manganese, dietary fiber, vitamin A (in the form of beta-carotene), vitamin B6, folate, niacin, vitamin E and phosphorus. Pasta is a perfect foundation for healthy, nutritious and satisfying meals.Pasta tomatina is such a delicius healthy recipe filled with antioxidant-rich tomato sauce and protein-packed cheese with little dash of fiber rich vegetables. So enjoy yummy Pasta tomatina.

Pasta Tomatina

Ingredients

100 g pasta of your choice
1 cup tomato puree
1 tbsp red chilly sauce (optional)
1 tsp mixed Italian dried herbs
1/2 cup cream cheese
1 1/2 tbsp crushed garlic
2 tbsp butter
1/2 cup chicken / vegetable stock
1 onion big slices (optional)
4 tbsp finely chopped beetroot (optional)
2 tsp finely chopped green beans (optional)
to taste salt and pepper

Cooking Directions

Boil the pasta in water adding salt and a teaspoon of oil.
In a pan add a teaspoon of butter fry the sliced onion and with toss finely chopped beetroot and green beans with little salt and pepper. Keep aside.
In another pan heat a teaspoon of butter add garlic. Fry a little. then add tomato puree. Stir well. Add dried herbs, red chilly sauce if using want little heat , salt and pepper. Mix well . Then add 1/2 cup of stock. Let it boil. When the sauce thickens. Add cream cheese. Mix well. Add boiled pasta and let the sauce get well coated now you can add fried onion and veggies. Mix well. Put off the flame.Serve hot a delicious whole meal pasta tomatina.

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Spring rolls of different shapes, sizes and fillings have been a popular snack in Asia for centuries. It is believed that spring rolls originated from China. It was a seasonal food consumed during the spring, started as a pancake filled with the new season's spring vegetables, a welcome change from the preserved foods of the long winter months.Today I am sharing a very easy and quick spring roll recipe.I am sure you will love it.The best part of spring roll stuffing is that you can fill it up with any winter veggies, sprout, fish and meat and make it as healthy as you can just keep in mind that the stuffing you put in is dry or else it will make the spring roll wrapper soggy and then it's tough to fry. In today's recipe if used a simple yet yummy stuffing, you can even use leftover chicken to make this stuffing. Enjoy Chicken spring roll.

Chicken Spring Roll

Ingredients

10 spring roll sheet
1 cup cooked chicken shredded
1 onion finely chopped
1 bell pepper finely chopped
1tsp soy sauce
to taste salt n pepper
1 cup oil for frying

Cooking Directions

In a bowl take shredded chicken, onion, bell pepper, soy sauce, salt n pepper. Mix well .Defrost the wrapper for 30 minutes before using or as per package instruction. Take each wrapper on the work surface in a rectangular way. Place 1 tbsp of stuffing in one end of the wrapper now roll tight and then fold from the left n then from right. Make a envelop Finally roll it completely and seal the edge using a little cornflour/wheatflour-water mixture. Heat the oil in a deep non- stick pan and deep-fry, 2 rolls at a time on a medium flame, till they turn golden brown in colour from all the sides.Then place them all in a kitchen paper so the excess oil get absorbed.Now place them on a plate and serve immediately with your favorite hot sauce. I serve it with Thai chilly garlic sauce.
For those who think it is quiet tough to fold the spring roll , you can put the stuffing and then fold like a triangle. It look quiet interesting, and then fry. Quick fix if you are in hurry or not too confident to fold spring roll correctly. Have fun with your folds and enjoy delicious crisp rolls or triangles..=P =D.

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Chicken clear soup is one of my favorite. This chicken clear soup is very refreshing during the summer as I use lime juice in it.Chicken soup has long been touted as a form of folk medicine to treat symptoms of the common cold and related conditions.
The most widely cited of these studies, published in the medical journal Chest in 2000, is by Dr. Stephen Rennard of the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. He conducted laboratory tests to determine why chicken soup might help colds, beginning with his wife’s homemade recipe, handed down by her Lithuanian grandmother. Using blood samples from volunteers, he showed that the soup inhibited the movement of neutrophils, the most common type of white blood cell that defends against infection. Dr. Rennard theorizes that by inhibiting the migration of these infection-fighting cells in the body, chicken soup essentially helps reduce upper respiratory cold symptoms.
Another study by Mount Sinai researchers in Miami also suggests that chicken soup has more than just a placebo effect. They looked at how chicken soup affected air flow and mucus in the noses of 15 volunteers who drank cold water, hot water or chicken soup. In general, the hot fluids helped increase the movement of nasal mucus, but chicken soup did a better job than the hot water, according to the 1978 report, also published in Chest. Chicken soup also improves the function of protective cilia, the tiny hairlike projections in the nose that prevent contagions from entering the body, according to a 1998 Coping With Allergies and Asthma report.
None of the research is conclusive, and it’s not known whether the changes measured in the laboratory really have a meaningful effect on people with cold symptoms. However, at the very least, chicken soup with vegetables contains lots of healthy nutrients, increases hydration and tastes good, too.
I am sure you will love this light and refreshing chicken clear soup.

Chicken Clear Soup

Ingredients

1 cup boneless chicken cubes
1 onion sliced
1/2 tsp ginger chopped
6 garlic clove
1tsp butter/ diet butter
1 tbsp coconut milk
5 cup water
1 tbsp lime juice
to taste salt and pepper

Cooking Directions

Take boneless chicken, ginger, 4 garlic cloves, onion and 5 cups of water in pressure cooker with little salt and pepper and cook for 4 to 5 whistle or until the chicken is well boiled.
Strain the chicken stock and keep it aside.
Heat butter in a pan and add finely chopped the rest garlic cloves. Fry till brown then add the chicken stock simmer for 8 to 10 minutes. Add coconut milk, lime juice and freshly ground pepper. Mix well. Put off the flame and serve with garlic cheese bread or any bread of your choice. Enjoy a delicious healthy meal in minutes.

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