Sweet Potato Gnocchi - healthy, easy and homemade!

Recipe of the month!
Sweet Potato Gnocchi - healthy and easy to make!

Hey guys,

ever wondered what you can do also with sweet potatoes ? 

I just love the taste and the health effects which sweet potatoes bring with them. I thought so why not trying out a recipe to make gnocchis out of them. Its not a rocket science and it does not take you forever in the kitchen. 

All you need is some good ingredients and a bit of time in the kitchen! 

So here we go !

2 Persons 

Ingredients for the Gnocchi:

ca. 400 g sweet potato (cooked & smashed)

ca. 130 g flour (all purpose flour)

1 teaspoon of nut meg powder

2-3 table spoons of freshly grated parmesan 

Ingredients for the sauce:

150 g cocktail tomatoes (quartered)

Pepper & salt 

For serving: 

ca. 50 g splits of parmesan on top at the end 

Ruccola (cutted and mixed in the sauce at the end)

1-2 tabel spoons of roasted pine nuts, mix them at the end underneath the sauce (roast them over minmal heat in the pan, be careful burns quick,)

This is how we do it ! 

Cook (sliced and peeled) & smash afterwards the sweet potatoes in a bowl, mix in the nut meg and parmesan. Add slowly the flour and knead the ingridents all together till the dough is not sticky anymore. Be aware that you only knead till everything is one dough, dont add too much flour as it can make the gnocchi to hard. 

When ready place it for around 15 minutes covered in the fridge.

In this 15 minutes roast the pinutes in medium heat, place it aside. Quarter the cocktail tomatoes and stir them slowly (medium heat) in a bit of olive oil with a drizzle of salt and pepper till a nice sauce comes out. Afterwards put the sauce ot the side.

Get your dough out of the fridge. Add some flour over it and cut the dough into 3-4 slices. Roll the slices on a floured work surface till they get the look of a long sausage. Than cut the long sausage into 2 cm thick gnocchis. If you want you can also do the typical fork thing to the gnocchis, but I woud skip that part. 

Now get water in a pot to boil (reduce heat - not boiling anymore) and add the gnocchis till they come on the surface of the pot. The best you can use to get not too much water with this is a ladle. Collect them all on a plate.

Use your pan and put some little olive oil and heat it, add the gnocchis at medium heat and roast them a bit on each side (be careful not to smash them). Turn off the heat and add the sauce, cutted ruccola and pinuts and mix it all together. 

Serve it on a plate and add some parmesan splits above your Gnocchis ! Enjoy!

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Cheers,

melainesinsights 

Pasta with only 3 ingredients? recipe! 15 min ready, my insights for you!

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Pasta recipe with only 3 ingredients. Easy to make and ready to serve in 15 min!

Check out my new quick and super easy to make, yummy recipe ! 

Hey guys,

even if you are not the best one in the kitchen - this one is a cooking recipe even beginners can easy learn and can impress their loved ones. I takes only 15 minutes of your precious time and you dont need to buy a lot of stuff for this wonderful dish.

This recipe is from my lovely mother-in-law and when my husband cooked it for me the first time I was really amazed how only 3 ingredients can taste that good.

One Thing, it is not for somebody who is on a diet. This one is especially during the winter months a great dish and for sure nothing that you will loose weight from. For your guilty conscience you can do a extra mile tomorrow for it. The taste is worth the extra calories. I swear.

Ingredients (2 Persons):

250 grams Linguine (my favorite for this dish are Linguine from the Italian brand "De Cecco")

200 grams of creme fraiche

200 grams of (make sure you buy "dolce", which means sweet one!) Gorgonzola 

100 grams of cooked ham 

Directions:

1. Cook linguine. 
2. During that time cut the ham into small cubes.
3. Cut the Gorgonzola (remember it hast to be a "sweet" in Italy called "dolce" one) into small cubes.
4. Melt creme fraiche in a large skillet, reduce heat to low, stir in the cheese and keep on stirring constantly till the creme fraiche and the Gorgonzola will build a creamy Sauce. The less you heat the cheese, the better. 
5. When you reached the creamy consistence add the squared ham into the Sauce and stir it again for some minutes. 
6. When ready drain the Linguine and put the Linguine to the skillet and mix it with the Sauce.
7. Remove from heat and toss with pepper to taste.

As the Italians say: Boun Appetito! Enjoy your Pasta guys ! 

Cheers,

Melaines-Insights

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Orange Carpaccio, recipe, my insights for you!

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Orange Carpaccio with fresh basil and mozzarella, ready in 15 minutes to serve, vegetarian ! 

One of my favorite recipes for this time of the year, a great, easy to make and healthy appetizer.

Hey guys,

its that time of the year again, Christmas is about to come and finally time to spend some time with your loved ones. And what is better then to have dinner with family and friends?

I got this recipe from a friend of mine, which visited Stockholm recently for travel and got this dish in a restaurant while exploring the city. 

This home made recipe is just easy to prepare and you also get extra credit points as normally no one ever tried it before. Beside that recipe is easy to make and needs only really good and fresh ingredients theres nothing more really to have in mind.  Thanks to the oranges, it gives you an extra vitamin fill up for the cold winter times. 

Carpaccio - an Italian dish- was invented at "Harrys Bar" in Venice back in 1950. Normally Carpaccio is a dish of raw meat or fish, thinly sliced or pounded thin and served mainly as an appetizer. This recipe is the vegetarian alternative for you, even if you are not a veggie (I totally love Carpaccio also with beef) it is just a great option to check out. 

For the ingredients please only buy and use really the best you can get, as this dish taste is living threw the high quality of the ingredients I would recommend you to only buy bio orange, basil and only - really ONLY - buffalo mozzarella. Once again its all about the taste. 

Ingredients Orange Carpaccio (2 persons)

1 tea spoon salt

1 tablespoon freshly ground black pepper

2 tablespoon olive oil 

1 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar

1/2 bunch fresh basil, leaves only

250 g of buffalo mozzarella

2 big oranges 

Directions

1. cut of both ends of the oranges, start removing the orange peel running your knife along the sides, turn the orange upside down and remove any white membrane that is still attached to the orange. Then slice the orange into very thin slices. Prepare the slices on a large serving platter.

2. cut the buffalo mozzarella into small pieces.

3. place mozzarella slices on the orange carpaccio.

4. combine oil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper in a jar with a tight-fitted lid, shake well. Drizzle over oranges and mozzarella; sprinkle with the fresh basil leaves.

5. Depending on your taste you can also add some more freshly grounded black pepper over the orange carpaccio.

6. Enjoy your appetizer. I serve along Italian bread, ciabatta, and a great match is rose wine.  

Cheers,

Melaines-Insights

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5 min tea that fights flu and colds the "natural" way, easy and effective - diy !

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Fight the nasty flu bug (and others) with this homemade tea, ready in 5 min!

Hey guys,

its flu and cold season, so make sure you boost your immun system to stay healthy and energetic.

The easiest way for me is to make my "special" tea, which I discovered some years ago.

One thing that is important, don't wait to long to make this tea - right in the beginning when you feel the first symptoms of a flu/cold make sure you take 5 minutes to treat yourself with this tea.

When I feel sick I normally make this tea 3 times a day, before or while having breakfast / lunch / dinner. 

I avoid alcohol, fast food and sadly also my weekly sports routine during this time, as the immun system needs to recover.

What you need is as simple as the recipe itself:

- handful of ginger 
- 1 tea spoon of honey
- juice of one lemon
- hot water

1. squeeze out a bio lemon (1), add this fresh lemon juice to
    the cup.
2. peel and chop the ginger in a handful portion. Make sure
    you use a good kitchen knife, to get rid of the though skin
   of the ginger, add this juice to the cup. I don't eat the
   chopped ginger, its only in the tea to give his healthy boost
   into the hot water. 
3. add the hot water in the cup.
4. add one tea spoon of honey in the hot cup.
5. mix everything with a tea spoon and enjoy the delicious
    outcome of tea you just made. 

Thats it, enjoy and stay healthy ! 

Cheers,
Melanie

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