Pre-cooked pasta from the supermarket can save you a lot of work and time when cooking. I don’t see it as »cheating« when using it in a recipe. Why not make things a little easier for yourself if you can? You don’t have to spend hours in the kitchen preparing pasta dough plus filling to make these delicious Ravioli in Creamy Tomato & Spinach Sauce. You can simply use a good product from the supermarket and have a delicious dinner on the table in no time at all!
There’s much more to a BBQ than just throwing meat onto the hot flames. In addition to meat, sausage, or tofu schnitzel, you also need some salad and bread, of course. That’s normally a lot of stuff. In case you don’t want to buy the bread for your BBQ party, but would rather make it yourself, a Tomato Soda Bread with Nigella Seeds, like this one here is the perfect solution. The bread is super quick and easy to prepare and tastes really delicious thanks to the tomatoes!
Summer is the time for BBQ and salads. When the sun is shining outside and the temperatures are not dropping below 30°C, a light salad is pretty much the only option. Salad is perfect on a hot day. This delicious Mediterranean Orzo Pasta Salad may not be the »lightest« candidate in the world of salads, but we haven’t reached 30°C in our apartment under the roof yet… we can still manage a few carbs I guess ;P
You can always get me to the table with a tasty stew. A lot of veggies, beans’n’stuff, and maybe some meat too… I love it! This simple Sausage Bean Stew is no different. It tastes so great and is on the table in no time (if you don’t count in the preparation of the beans). What more could you want? A second bowl with stew after the first one has been eaten perhaps ;)
In summer, the supply of delicious and tasty tomatoes is always at its best. If you grow your own tomatoes, it may happen that there is a time when everything is ripe at the same time, and you got more tomatoes than you could snack on your own. This is the time when recipes like this one here for Tartlets with Cream Cheese & Tomatoes come in handy. With a recipe like that, you can quickly get rid of quite a few tomatoes and create something delicious at the same time. A snack for your summer party, a picnic, or maybe something for your lunch box at work. These small tartlets are great when warm but also taste great when eaten cold ;)
Summer is the time for barbecue! Right? However, even in summer, you can have rainy days too. That means you might not always be able to grill something outside in your backyard. If you got an electric grill that’s actually not a problem – just move your BBQ party into the house. These delicious Kofta Skewers with Tomato Salad can be grilled outside or inside – it does not really matter. They will turn out great no matter what type of grill you are going to use… a frying pan is actually also fine here ;)
I love my job, but in between I love to bake and try new things in the kitchen. A lot of my friends and colleagues encourage me to bake - for a very simple reason: they get the leftovers - and it seems they like it most of the time ;) 
