I’m
in Milan right now for a job on breakfast food but for once I have been a good
food blogger and actually have prepared something to share with you beforehand.
I don’t know what has happened with me but I really enjoy blogging again after
more than a year of very low blogging mojo. Maybe I have realized how connected
I am with blogging after all these years, it seems easy to stop but when it
boils down to the bone, I just can’t stop. One good thing about it, and maybe
one of the reasons, is that I practise and evolve my photography without
constraints - no one else’s directions, visions or wishes to adapt to, I can go
wherever the food or a prop takes me.
I
like going up to work here in this busy and big city where the pace is fast and
life never stops nor misses a beat but just as much as I like it, it is always nice
to get back home to the peaceful (well relatively so) countryside in my own
home with my own family. I’m lucky to have it both ways, as long as it lasts. Next
week I’ll be back here, this time working on an Easter job and for once it
feels good to anticipate something, in January it is always nice to 'pre-live' spring a little bit.
But
to get back to business, today I am presenting you with a quite light little
lunch dish that you make in a whiff!
COUSCOUS WITH PEAS, PESTO AND EGGS
4 servings
4 hardboiled eggs
400 ml/1,7 cup couscous
150 g/5,3 ounce green peas, fresh or frozen
3-4 tbsp pesto
salt if needed
Cook the couscous, following the directions on the package, together with the green peas.
Peel the eggs and press them into a bowl through a not too finely meshed sieve.
Mix the couscous and peas with the pesto, then put it into bowls and top with the ‘crumbly’ eggs and some extra pesto if you want.
All photos and original text copyright: Ilva Beretta 2005-2011. If you re-post a recipe, please give credit and link to recipe on this site. About photos, please contact me. (luculliandelights AT gmail DOT com)
Mmmm...nice. Just put together in 5 mins or less (boiled egg sitting in fridge looking for a role to play). Advanced comfort eating,
ReplyDeleteI like this kind of recipes that are simple and nutritious at the same time. I can imagine making this also with bulgur, rice or buckwheat kasha.
ReplyDeleteAnd the bowls... too cute!
Ilva,
ReplyDeleteThis is a delicious recipe. And I love that purple plate and cutlery.
I love how you describe the haze and craze of Milan. I can feel the heartbeat of the city in your words.
have a great weekend xx
Sounds like the perfect easy-to-make lunch!
ReplyDeleteThis looks fabulous! Your styling and photography are beautiful too. The ingredients are some of my favorite flavors. I am such a sucker for anything with pesto. I am definitely bookmarking this.
ReplyDeleteYour story makes me wish I was in Italy too!
Glad to read that you feel like you've got your blogging mojo back. Those pink cups and platter are intriguing (not to mention the threaded eggshell in the topmost photo)--and, of course, the food looks delicious--but what I notice most about this blog is the language: your use of the expression "in a whiff." Where did you learn it?
ReplyDeleteThe presentation looks amazing. The photos have great focus. And no doubt this recipe is great as well.
ReplyDeleteI just started eating couscous believe it or now and so I am getting recipes together and happy I stumbled on yours! I have it saved to my favs!!
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