Yummy spinach dip!!!

My friend made this dip as a part of a surprise lunch party for me. It was so delicious that I borrowed the recipe from her and tried it out. I must say it is a very easy and tasty option if you want to include spinach in your diet.

You will need:

1 packet frozen spinach
2 tbsp reduced fat sour cream
1 tbsp mayonnaise

Method:

Thaw the frozen spinach under warm water and then squeeze the water completely from it. To this add the sour cream and mayonnaise and keep it in the refregerator for about 3 hours to marinate.

After 3 hours take it out of the refregerator and relish the spinach dip. It serves as a great side dish too.!!!!

Quick colourful pasta salad!!!!

For those of you who love pasta this is a very healthy and a quick recipe. I had exhausted all the veggies from my refregirator when I relaized I had some pasta and could make delicious salad with it.

You will need:

1 cup of tri color spiral pasta
1/4 cup sliced black olives
1/4 cup sliced cherry tomatoes (I used the regular roma tomatoes)
Some chopped basil
Some chopped parsley
pepper
1 tsp italian salad dressing

Method:

Boil 3 cups water. Add the pasta and cook for about 1o minues until it is done. Drain the water and keep aside

Take the cooked pasta in a bowl and add cherry tomatoes, olives, basil, parsley and italian dressing and toss it well. Add pepper to taste.

The simple colorful pasta salad is ready to be relished!!!

Zucchini and cherry tomatoes stir fry!!!!

Zucchini is my current favortie vegetable. It needs a little bit of sauteing and it tastes heavenly. I found this recipe in one of the calenders and tried it. It came out really tasty. It can be served as a side dish.

You will need:
1 tsp olive oil
2 medium sliced zucchini
2 clove garlic /finely chopped
3/4 cup halved cherry tomatoes
1 tsp dried basil
salt and pepper to taste

Method:

Heat olive oil in a pan. To this add the sliced zucchini and cook until lightly browned. Add the chopped garlic and mix well. Now add the cut cherry tomatoes and stir until softened for a minute or so.To this add the dried basil, salt and pepper to taste.

The Zucchini and Cherry tomatoes stir fry is ready to be relished!!!!!