Chickpea Minestrone

Last week I went completely out of track. Don't know why or how, suddenly I had so many things to do and 24h were not enough for it. I felt so tired and anxious and, what is worst, didn't have time to cook!!!

Finally by Friday evening I had things more or less controlled and despite Friday is the day of homemade pizza in my house, I wanted soup so bad that I had to do it for me.

I decided to make a kind of minestrone with the vegetables I had at home and I was so happy to eat soup after a frenetic week {*smile}.

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Na semana passada fui completamente para fora de pista. Não sei porquê nem como, de repente tinha tantas coisas para fazer e 24h não foram suficientes. Senti-me tão cansada e ansiosa e, o que é pior, nem tive tempo para cozinhar!

Finalmente na noite de sexta-feira eu tinha as coisas mais ou menos controladas e apesar de sexta ser o dia de pizza caseira em minha casa, eu queria tanto sopa que tive que a fazer para mim.

Decidi fazer uma tipo minestrone com os legumes que tinha em casa e fiquei tão feliz de comer a sopa depois de uma semana frenética {*smile}.

Chickpea Minestrone

1tbs olive oil
1 leek, sliced
3 cloves garlic, sliced
1 big sweet potato, peeled and chopped
1 litter vegetable stock
1 canned tomatoes (I had a can of whole tomato which I chopped)
1 canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed
1 smaller cabbage, chopped
grilled bread, to serve

Heat the oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and cook for a few minutes until soften. Add sweet potato and salt and pepper and cook for few more minutes. Add stock, tomato, chickpeas and simmer for 10 minutes until sweet potato is tender. Add the cabbage and cook for more 2 minutes or until cooked.
Serve with the bread.

Courgette and Chickpea Fritters

A simple dish can be a winner and these fritters are a real proof of that. They are so easy to make and they taste absolutely amazing. Courgette gives them some crunchiness, lemon gives them aroma and chickpea give them softness.

I had them with some sour cream and beetroot salad and they did make my day.

Courgette and Chickpea Fritters

400g can chickpea, drained and processed until roughly chopped
1 courgette, grated
1 onion thinly sliced
zest of 1 lemon
50g self rising flour
2 eggs
2 tbs milk

Place all the ingredients in a bowl and mix. Cook small batches (I did 1 tbs batches) in a pan with some olive oil.

Um prato simples pode ser uma aposta ganha e estes bolinhos são uma prova real disso. São tão fáceis de fazer e têm um gosto absolutamente incrível. A courgette dá-lhes um toque estaladiço, o limão dá-lhes aroma e o grão-de-bico suavidade.

Eu comi-os com um pouco de natas ácidas e salada de beterraba, o que fez o meu dia.

Fritters de courgette e grão-de-bico


400g grão-de-bico de enlatado, escorrido e picado
1 courgette ralada
1 cebola em fatias finas
raspas de 1 limão
50g de farinha com fermento
2 ovos
2 colheres de sopa de leite

Coloque todos os ingredientes numa tigela e misture. Cozinhe pequenas porções (eu fiz as porções com uma colher de sopa) numa panela com um pouco de azeite.