Pasta salad

Summer holidays have now started and I've arrived in Bordeaux ! 

The train was delayed and didn't start for an hour and a half and then it stopped along the way so all in all the ride took 5 hours and a half, plus i was stupidly wearing jeans and a jumper, so as soon as i got out of the train i almost suffocated from the heat ! However after a change of clothes and a glass of water,  it finally felt like the holidays ! I love Bordeaux and the sun so it's been great. 

We didn't have time to do any shopping, we could only buy a brocoli on the way to the house, so I made a salad from leftovers in the cupboard and it actually was delicious, I looooved it ! 

Here's what I put inside :

- 1 steamed broccoli 

- Cold pasta

- 1 tin of tuna

- 1 jar of roasted peppers

- 6 diced prunes ( it added a nice sweetness in the background that went really well with the salty tuna )

- Chopped mint and parsley

- Olive oil and salt & pepper.

A bowl full of minestrone.

What is the nicest thing to eat on a stormy night ?

Soup.

And what soup is the most flavorsome and comforting ?

Well it has to be minestrone !

What is minestrone ?

It is basically a lot of vegetables cooked together in water with small pasta and at the end you add tomatoes, basil, parmesan and olive oil.

Here's how I made it :

- chard (both stalks and leaves)

- leeks

- carrots

- celery

- mange tout

- green beans

- peppers

- potatoes

- alphabet pasta

- lardons

- basil

- tomatoes

- parmesan

- salt

- pepper

- olive oil

 Chop the celery.

 Chop chop chop.

And chop chop choperou.

 Fry in a casserole until lardons are cooked then add water and bring to the boil.

 Chop the peppers.

 And guess what you do to the potatoes ?!

Rince the beans (finally something that doesn't need any chopping).

 After 20 minutes add the potatoes and peppers for 30 minutes.

 Then add the beens for 10 minutes, and then the pasta for another 10.

 Prepare bowls with crushed tomatoes, CHOPPED basil and parmesan.

Serve the soup with a drizzle of olive oil, a pinch of salt and pepper.

















Basically if you're in the mood to do some chopping then this is the recipe for you !