It’s exactly 1 week ’till my 25th birthday. Exciting! Nah, not really.. I don’t have anything planned, gone are the days when we were kids and giddy over a birthday party 😉 Is that a good or bad thing? Anyhow, I’m excited to be finally turning 25.. which is practically 30, which is practically adulthood. Whee!
Made a really satisfying-in-the-belly Lamb Sausage & Vegetable Pasta Bake with Salad last night. In retrospect, it’s not that easy to make. Not that the concept was difficult, just that I decided to chunk in lots of veg, so ended up spending the majority of the time chopping, chopping, chopping. On the plus side, it’s really scalable – mine ended up enough for 8 (!!) people, which is insane and works out to really cheap since everything cost about $15!
Chopped vegetables
Cooking up the sausage and vegetables
Lamb Sausage & Vegetable Pasta Bake with Salad
Lamb Sausage & Vegetable Pasta Bake with Salad (serves 8)
500g dried pasta
2 cloves garlic, mashed
1 onion, chopped
1 zucchini, sliced
1 baby eggplant, sliced
1 red capsicum, chopped
2 cups mushrooms, sliced
2 lamb & herb sausages, sliced
1 jar pasta bake sauce (I chose tomato & ricotta)
Basil leaves, torn roughly
1 cup mozarella cheese
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
1) Cook pasta in boiling salted water
2) In the meantime, fry garlic in 1 tbsp olive oil in large fry pan
3) Add in all vegetables and sausages and cook until slightly tender (approx 2-3mins)
4) Stir in pasta bake sauce and basil leaves
5) Place in baking pan and top with mozarella cheese and breadcrumbs. Brush olive oil on top.
6) Bake 180c for 20 mins.
Happy Birthday soon! Im turning 25 on the 7th! Scorpios unite!
Im the same I was so excited about my bday but now its coming closer, im not excited
Wooo Scorpio! And yeah, birthdays don’t seem as exciting when you get older… :X
Happy Birthday soon! Im turning 25 on the 7th! Scorpios unite!
Im the same I was so excited about my bday but now its coming closer, im not excited
Wooo Scorpio! And yeah, birthdays don’t seem as exciting when you get older… :X
The food looks great! I can not wait until I try it on my own! Thanks for the recipe! oh just in case I do not tell you next week Happy Birthday and you get everything that your heart and soul wants!
Aww thanks! It’ll be a low key birthday, I haven’t planned a major party or anything, but hopefully just a nice dinner with chris 🙂
Heh I know what you mean.. people assume I’m younger too, and at the moment, it’s insulting for me! but like you said, when we’re older we’ll probably like it.. it just seems soooo far away 😛
The food looks great! I can not wait until I try it on my own! Thanks for the recipe! oh just in case I do not tell you next week Happy Birthday and you get everything that your heart and soul wants!
Aww thanks! It’ll be a low key birthday, I haven’t planned a major party or anything, but hopefully just a nice dinner with chris 🙂
I had no idea you were that young! You write with such maturity!
Aww thanks! in real life though, I definitely act/sound younger than I really am 😉
It looks so yummy! I’m going to try out your recipe. I love reading your cooking entries and food reviews. Next time I visit Sydney I’m going to ask you for food recs. 🙂
Hope you’ll like the bake! It’s nicer with a lot of cheese (both mixed in and sprinkled on top) but I used less to try and be healthy 😛
Wow, that looks delectable. Did you cook so much so that you would ahve leftovers?
Yeah *lol* so much so that I had the freeze it.. don’t want to be eating pasta bake for the entire week 😉
YUM!!!
maybe you can open a shop called “Beverly Specialties”
*grins*
Hehe it would be fun! But I think I prefer the eating part 😛
Heh I know what you mean.. people assume I’m younger too, and at the moment, it’s insulting for me! but like you said, when we’re older we’ll probably like it.. it just seems soooo far away 😛
I had no idea you were that young! You write with such maturity!
Aww thanks! in real life though, I definitely act/sound younger than I really am 😉
It looks so yummy! I’m going to try out your recipe. I love reading your cooking entries and food reviews. Next time I visit Sydney I’m going to ask you for food recs. 🙂
Hope you’ll like the bake! It’s nicer with a lot of cheese (both mixed in and sprinkled on top) but I used less to try and be healthy 😛
Wow, that looks delectable. Did you cook so much so that you would ahve leftovers?
Yeah *lol* so much so that I had the freeze it.. don’t want to be eating pasta bake for the entire week 😉
YUM!!!
maybe you can open a shop called “Beverly Specialties”
*grins*
Hehe it would be fun! But I think I prefer the eating part 😛