Risotto with Salmon and Mozzarella-cheese

This was a quick and easy meal. I'm not the biggest fan of rice and especially not of Risotto, but a friend has been eating this again and again for quite some time so I thought I'd give it a try! What can I say? - IT'S AWESOME. And it was just about the first food my baby practically inhaled. Usually she's not the best eater (she likes almost everything, but after a few spoonfuls the just stops eating and instead starts throwing food everywhere...), but this risotto was a big hit. 


Here's the "original" recipe (she got the idea from watching How I met your mother, Season 2, Episode 3, where Barney and Ted's Mother talk about Salmon Risotto - Hey, so TV has some advantages after all...). I made some slight alterations, but see for yourself: 


For 2:
cubes (veggie) for stock/broth
200gr. risotto-rice
1 small onion
(white wine if you like)
150gr. smoked salmon
150gr. buffalo-mozzarella (or normal mozzarella) / Crème Fraiche
lemon juice
dill
salt/pepper


Prepare some stock [broth?] (750ml boiling water and stock-cube according to package or according to how salty you like it - I took the veggie-variety). Turn down heat but make sure the broth remains hot. Cut one small onion into small pieces and fry in butter and olive-oil (equal parts) until light golden. Add about 200gr. Risotto-rice and stir until the rice is covered with the oil/butter. De-glaze with a bit of white wine (I left this step out). Add one ladle of broth and stir gently until the rice has soaked up the liquid. Repeat until you finished the broth or until the rice is cooked (ideally, those two coincide). Add some pepper (I didn't) and about 100gr. smoked salmon (cut into small pieces; I sued more, maybe 150gr.), 1-2 tablespoons Crème Fraiche (I used about 150gr. buffalo-mozzarella, cut into small pieces), a dash of lemon juice and some dill (again, I didn't, I have no idea what it's called in Italy). Since the broth is quite salty you shouldn't need to add salt, but feel free to do so or to add other spices.


Here's the risotto and the baby:

The sad story of the carrot and the potato

This is the story of the carrot and the potato who wished nothing more than to become delicious baby-food. While the story starts out wonderfully and the carrot and the potato seem to be soooo happy, I can tell you right away that there will not be a Happy Ending. So, if you are of soft heart, stop reading NOW. Do not come and say I haven't warned you about the sad sad ending of the carrot and the potato.

Well, there once were a carrot and a potato. They didn't grow up together, they didn't even know each other, they just had the same wish: to be fed to a little baby and make it become strong and healthy. A lot of veggies have that wish, but it isn't granted to all. As it turns out the carrot and the potato of our story were among the lucky ones. A beautiful and very nice lady (ME! ME! ME!) picked them out in the store and brought them home. At once the carrot and the potato saw the smiling baby-girl in the high-chair, and it was like heaven come true. It made them strong inside to know that their wish would come true in a few minutes. It made them survive the peeler (OUCH!), the boiling hot water (MORE OUCH!) and last but not least the blender. All the while the carrot and the potato smiled at each other and they said: "What's a little pain, if we're going to heaven?" They heard the baby squealing with delight, and their carrot and potato-hearts opened up. Little did they know....
So, in their final bliss, they looked like this. They were ready, oh so ready. But their downfall was rapid, as the baby-girl had very different things in mind. You see, the baby-girl wasn't the least interested in becoming strong and healthy. She didn't know about the carrot's and the potato's wish and had she known, she couldn't have cared less. So, instead of being eaten, the carrot and the potato encountered their not-so-blessed fate I already mentioned above. May they Rest in Peace.

Baby: Pasta and Broccoli in Cheesesauce

Since my little one has decided that she's big now, and since I'm fed up with cooking special baby-pap every day and feeding it to the dog because "la signorina" does not like it, I started cooking for her the grown-up way. This way, we both can eat it and I do not have to cook several meals. All I have to do is add salt to my plate afterwards, as i cook without salt. Today we were to use up the broccoli:

broccoli
cream-cheese of any kind you like (we used stracchino), milk
pasta


Cook pasta, at the same time cook broccoli until soft (I did it in water, which pretty much kills all the vitamins, so steaming might be a better idea). Melt cheese in pan, add milk until you have a creamy sauce. Add broccoli and pour over pasta.










Broccoli is good for you!