Fettuccine with Shrimps and Roasted Vegetables for Valentine’s Day

Ingredients:

250 g heavy cream
200 g fettuccine pasta
150 g shrimp
2 slices of eggplant
2 slices of zucchini
½ onion, chopped
½ red pepper, chopped
1 envelope of  seafood broth
1tsp salt
Pepper

Preparing:

Cook the pasta according to directions and set aside.

Roast vegetables in a skillet over high heat.
Remove from heat and cut into strips.
Sauté the shrimps and vegetables for, in the same skillet, about 30 seconds.
Add cream and seafood broth.
Season it with salt and pepper.

Incorporate the pasta into the sauce.
Cook for 2 more minutes and serve.

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Vegetarian Valentine’s Lasagna

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups Béchamel Sauce
2 1/2 cups strained tomatoes
1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
225 g mozzarella cheese, grated
175 g dried no-precook lasagna
4 zucchinis, sliced
2 eggplants, sliced
2 tbsp butter
1 tbsp parsley, chopped
1 tbsp marjoram, chopped
1 garlic clove, chopped
Salt and pepper

Preparing:

Preheat the oven to 200ºC (400ºF).

Put half the eggplant slices on a greased pan and cook for 8 minutes.
Remove from the pan  and drain on paper towels.
Add the remaining eggplant slices and extra oil and cook for 8 minutes.

Fry garlic, zucchinis, parsley and marjoram in melted butter for 5 minutes.
Remove fron the pan and drain on paper towels.

Layer the eggplant, zucchinis, mozzarella, tomatoes and lasagna in a greased heatproof dish.
Season with salt and pepper and finish with another layer.
Pour over the Béchamel Sauce, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and bake for 40 minutes.

February 8th, 2008 | Category: bechamel, butter, cook, cooking, easy recipes, eggplant, european recipes, food, free, free recipes, garlic, healthy recipes, italian recipes, lasagna, low fat recipes, marjoram, mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese, parsley, pasta, pepper, recipes, Saint Valentine's food, Saint Valentine's recipes, sauce, tomato, vegetarian recipes, zucchini | Leave a comment

Valentine’s Glazed Tilapia

Ingredients:

4 tilapia fillets
1 cup sliced radishes
1 sliced zucchini
3 tbsp rice vinegar
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tsp minced scallions
1 tsp sesame oil
1/2 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp of wasabi powder or 1 tbsp horseradish sauce

Preparing:

Mix the soy sauce with 1/2 tsp sesame oil and 1/4 tsp sugar.
Marinate tilapia with the mixture for 5 minutes.

Mix rice vinegar, the remaining sesame oil and the remaining sugar.
Combine radishes, zucchini and scallions and bathe with the above mix.

Cook fish on a grill over medium heat for 8 minutes on each side.
Serve the fish with vegetables.

February 7th, 2008 | Category: asian recipes, barbecue, cook, cooking, easy recipes, fillet, fish, food, free, free recipes, grilled recipes, healthy recipes, low fat recipes, radish, recipes, rice vinegar, Saint Valentine's food, Saint Valentine's recipes, sesame oil, soy sauce, tilapia, wasabi, zucchini | Leave a comment
 
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