Anchovy Courgette Pasta

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The courgette pasta, courgette cut into long spaghetti strands (you do need a spiral slicer/spiralizer), is wonderful when combined with a flavoursome sauce. This anchovy sauce is both salty and sharp in taste, the perfect addition to this dish!

4 anchovies (tinned)
1 onion, chopped
1 tbsp tomato puree
Chili flakes
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp capers

400 g chopped tomatoes
200 ml black olives, chopped

A handful of dry roasted pecans, pine nuts and pistachio nuts
Parmesan cheese, grated

5 courgettes, spiralized

  1. On medium heat, fry the anchovies and onion in the oil
  2. Add the tomato puree and chili flakes. Let cook 1-2 minutes
  3. Add the capers and cook another minute
  4. Add tomatoes and olives.
  5. Let simmer 5-10 minutes
  6. In a dry frying pan, toast the nuts, then add them to the anchovy mix.
  7. Using a spiralizer, create spaghetti looking strands from the courgette.
  8. Fry the courgette a few minutes on high heat.
  9. Serve with some Parmesan cheese.

Vegetable Medley with Marinated Baked Salmon

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A light and beautiful dish. Use any vegetables that you can turn into spaghetti strands.

1 kilo fresh salmon, skinned and boned, cut into pieces

Marinade:
100 ml gluten free soy sauce
1 garlic clove, crushed
2 tbsp honey
2 tbsp fresh ginger, finely grated

2 large carrots
3 large parsnips
1 zucchini

oil to sauté in
Salt and pepper

 

  1. Combine the marinade, place salmon pieces in a plastic freezer bag, pour the marinade on top. Refrigerate 1 hour.
  2. Heat oven to 150 C. Remove the Salmon pieces from the marinade and bake for 10-15 minutes.
  3. Using a spiralizer/spiral slicer, create spaghetti like noodles out of the vegetables.
  4. Sauté the spaghetti in the oil. To remove excess oil, place for a moment on paper towels.
  5. Season