{"id":1711,"date":"2013-10-04T21:43:33","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T21:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myfifteenminutemealsproject.co.uk\/?p=1711"},"modified":"2013-10-28T21:56:02","modified_gmt":"2013-10-28T21:56:02","slug":"broccoli-pasta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myfifteenminutemealsproject.co.uk\/?p=1711","title":{"rendered":"Broccoli Pasta …"},"content":{"rendered":"

… Chopped Garden Salad\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n

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This is one of the meals I\u2019ve looked forward to cooking from the start.\u00a0 I don’t think I’ve ever cooked orecchiette before.\u00a0 It was one of the store cupboard ingredients I bought before I started the project but has since sat in the cupboard (or actually wicker basket in my case).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

As I go on with these meals I do think I’m getting better at cooking quickly.\u00a0 I make less mess.\u00a0 I make fewer mistakes.\u00a0 I intuitively know if I need to mix of the order of the cooking process to compensate for my equipment (mostly my shitty hob).<\/span><\/p>\n

There isn’t much to report about the cooking process.\u00a0 It was on time (nearly). It was a tidy cook.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a fair bit to report about the eating.\u00a0 The Orecchiette was great.\u00a0 It’s quite a thick pasta and so it has a good bit of bite to it. Basically this was a simple pasta dish that tasted great. The salad was great too. The little revelation with this salad was that the broccoli stalk went in the salad.\u00a0 Now I’m not one of those people who automatically throw away the stalk, I use it in soups, and if I\u2019m just boiling or steaming broccoli the majority of the stalk will be served.\u00a0 But I\u2019ve never had it in a salad before.\u00a0 The stalk is just grated as part of the salad and it tastes great. Really great.\u00a0 Maybe this isn’t the best part of the meal.\u00a0 But it is the most interesting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Who with:<\/strong> Gordy and Gavin\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How Long:<\/strong> Fifteen Minutes and fifteen seconds\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t