Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, pasta nests with mediterranean veggies. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Pasta Nests With Mediterranean Veggies is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Pasta Nests With Mediterranean Veggies is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pasta nests with mediterranean veggies using 16 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Pasta Nests With Mediterranean Veggies:
- Get 250 grams Wholewheat Spaghetti
- Prepare 2 Eggs
- Take 200 ml low-fat milk
- Get 50 grams grated low-fat cheddar cheese
- Get 1 as needed salt & pepper
- Make ready 1 red bell pepper
- Take 1 small zucchino
- Make ready 1 small onion
- Take 1 as needed chili flakes (or powder)
- Take 2 tbsp olive oil (and a bit for the muffin tan)
- Prepare 1 glove of garlic
- Make ready 1 1/4 cup dry red wine
- Make ready 1 tsp stevia or sugar (or any other granulated sweetener of choice)
- Get 1 can chopped tomatos
- Prepare 1 as needed oregano
- Take 1 as needed herbs & spicery of choice
Instructions to make Pasta Nests With Mediterranean Veggies:
- Cook spaghetti as described on the package
- Cut the veggies into small dice (zucchino/bell pepper) - put some oil into a pan - cook the veggies for about 3 minutes - remove from pan and let cool
- Whisk the eggs and milk together - season with salt & pepper
- Grease the 12 wholes of a muffin pan with a bit olive oil - pre-heat oven (200C or 400F)
- Spread egg-milk over the spaghetti nests - put some cheese on every nest
- Combine the cooked spaghetti with half of the vegetables and put them into the muffin pan (it's easier if you rollup the spaghetti as if you'd eat them - then put the spaghetti role into the muffin whole and then add the veggies if they fell off)
- Put your nests into the oven for 25-30 minutes (until golden brown)
- While nests are in the oven - cook some lovely sauce
- Chop onion into small dice - press garlic through a press
- Add olive oil into a pot - cook onion and garlic until glazed
- Add wine and seasoning (chili/salt/pepper/oregano/herbs of choice) - let bowl down (so that the alcohol disappears)
- Add tomato dice and sweetener of choice - cook on low heat for about 5 minutes
- When the nests are golden brown - they're finished - you can have them as a lovely main meal just with the tomato sauce or as side dish to chicken or a nice fish
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