Pasta with artichokes and tomatoes

Published: Sun, April 28, 2013

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Pasta with artichokes and tomatoes recipe

INGREDIENTS
Serves 4
800g vine tomatoes
300g farfalle pasta
100g green olives
2 jars artichokes in brine or oil 2 onions, finely chopped
1 tablespoon Italian olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
40g basil pesto Fresh Parmesan

METHOD

Place tomatoes in a pan and cover with boiling water.

After a couple of minutes remove, peel away the skin, core and roughly chop.

Bring another pan of water (salted) to the boil, add the pasta and cook for 12 minutes or until al dente.

Drain the olives and the artichokes.

Soften onions in a large frying pan, with a little oil. Add olives and artichokes before throwing in the tomatoes and frying together for 2-3 minutes.

Season to taste and stir in the pesto.

Drain the pasta, reserving a little of the water. Add the pasta and reserved water to the vegetables and stir.

Serve piping hot in large bowls with fresh Parmesan shavings and a green side salad.

Pasta with artichokes and tomatoes

Published: Sun, April 28, 2013

0Comments

Pasta with artichokes and tomatoes recipe

INGREDIENTS
Serves 4
800g vine tomatoes
300g farfalle pasta
100g green olives
2 jars artichokes in brine or oil 2 onions, finely chopped
1 tablespoon Italian olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
40g basil pesto Fresh Parmesan

METHOD

Place tomatoes in a pan and cover with boiling water.

After a couple of minutes remove, peel away the skin, core and roughly chop.

Bring another pan of water (salted) to the boil, add the pasta and cook for 12 minutes or until al dente.

Drain the olives and the artichokes.

Soften onions in a large frying pan, with a little oil. Add olives and artichokes before throwing in the tomatoes and frying together for 2-3 minutes.

Season to taste and stir in the pesto.

Drain the pasta, reserving a little of the water. Add the pasta and reserved water to the vegetables and stir.

Serve piping hot in large bowls with fresh Parmesan shavings and a green side salad.

Mood Swings Remedy

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Have you been feeling an acute change in your mood through the day? Then, you must be suffering from mood swings. Mood swings can be a result of a psychological problem, internal disease, pregnancy, depression, side effect of a medication etc. These generally include sudden change of mood from cheerful to depressed, happy to angry and vice versa.

Here are some simple tips to help you achieve a cure for wild mood swings:

1. Meditate: A great way of gaining inner peace is through meditation which helps you relax and enjoy the maximum value of your rest. Meditation also helps you gain more control over your moods and consequently reducing the frequency of your mood swings. Try reserving a few moments of the day for yourself. Various exercises like yoga or tai-chi will help you meditate if you have not learnt how to meditate.

2. Acknowledge: This should be the first step taken, especially with men in curing wild mood swings. Since mood swings and depressions are more common in women than in men, mostly during menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause, they do not have any difficulties in admitting to having such problems. With men, it is quite different as they think that mood swings are unusual among them and often consider it as a weakness. Unless they (men) acknowledge the problem and become willing to seek treatment curing mood swings will be impossible.

3. Be happy: Happiness is a state that not only involves your emotions but your thoughts and psychological health as well. Being at peace brings you happiness, although it is a state that is not easily achieved. 

4. Exercise: This will come as a surprise to many, but the mere act of briskly walking outdoors for about twenty minutes each day has proven to be more effective than antidepressants. This clearly indicates that the best cures for wild mood swings are not always medical, but can be natural too. Not only does walking outdoors give your body an overall workout, but it allows you to socialize and breathe fresh air.

5. Eat Healthy: Eating the right diet also helps to cure wild mood swings. To maintain a right diet is much easier than most people think, unless you have a medical condition such as hypertension or diabetes that requires a special diet. Healthy eating does not necessarily imply you avoid certain food groups but rather eating moderately as moderation is the key to having the right diet.

• Wine and dark chocolates have their own health benefits therefore, including them in your diet is recommended but in proper amounts.
• Eating fruits more often and drinking lots of water helps to improve your healthy eating habits as water helps remove toxins from your body. As a result, your health and overall well-being is improved tremendously.

If you are feeling happy and healthy, there is no reason for you to suffer from mood swings.

6. Communication: Talking things out will greatly help to reduce the frequency of your mood swings. Communication is more difficult for men than it is for women as women generally air out their feelings rather easily. On the contrary, men are usually unwilling to talk about what is bothering them, much less ask for help.

7. Meditate: A great way of gaining inner peace is through meditation which helps you relax and enjoy the maximum value of your rest. Meditation also helps you gain more control over your moods and consequently reducing the frequency of your mood swings. Try reserving a few moments of the day for yourself. Various exercises like yoga or tai-chi will help you meditate if you have not learnt how to meditate.

Mood Swings Remedy

• Mood Swings

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luv itno luv

Have you been feeling an acute change in your mood through the day? Then, you must be suffering from mood swings. Mood swings can be a result of a psychological problem, internal disease, pregnancy, depression, side effect of a medication etc. These generally include sudden change of mood from cheerful to depressed, happy to angry and vice versa.

Here are some simple tips to help you achieve a cure for wild mood swings:

1. Meditate: A great way of gaining inner peace is through meditation which helps you relax and enjoy the maximum value of your rest. Meditation also helps you gain more control over your moods and consequently reducing the frequency of your mood swings. Try reserving a few moments of the day for yourself. Various exercises like yoga or tai-chi will help you meditate if you have not learnt how to meditate.

2. Acknowledge: This should be the first step taken, especially with men in curing wild mood swings. Since mood swings and depressions are more common in women than in men, mostly during menstruation, pregnancy, and menopause, they do not have any difficulties in admitting to having such problems. With men, it is quite different as they think that mood swings are unusual among them and often consider it as a weakness. Unless they (men) acknowledge the problem and become willing to seek treatment curing mood swings will be impossible.

3. Be happy: Happiness is a state that not only involves your emotions but your thoughts and psychological health as well. Being at peace brings you happiness, although it is a state that is not easily achieved. 

4. Exercise: This will come as a surprise to many, but the mere act of briskly walking outdoors for about twenty minutes each day has proven to be more effective than antidepressants. This clearly indicates that the best cures for wild mood swings are not always medical, but can be natural too. Not only does walking outdoors give your body an overall workout, but it allows you to socialize and breathe fresh air.

5. Eat Healthy: Eating the right diet also helps to cure wild mood swings. To maintain a right diet is much easier than most people think, unless you have a medical condition such as hypertension or diabetes that requires a special diet. Healthy eating does not necessarily imply you avoid certain food groups but rather eating moderately as moderation is the key to having the right diet.

• Wine and dark chocolates have their own health benefits therefore, including them in your diet is recommended but in proper amounts.
• Eating fruits more often and drinking lots of water helps to improve your healthy eating habits as water helps remove toxins from your body. As a result, your health and overall well-being is improved tremendously.

If you are feeling happy and healthy, there is no reason for you to suffer from mood swings.

6. Communication: Talking things out will greatly help to reduce the frequency of your mood swings. Communication is more difficult for men than it is for women as women generally air out their feelings rather easily. On the contrary, men are usually unwilling to talk about what is bothering them, much less ask for help.

7. Meditate: A great way of gaining inner peace is through meditation which helps you relax and enjoy the maximum value of your rest. Meditation also helps you gain more control over your moods and consequently reducing the frequency of your mood swings. Try reserving a few moments of the day for yourself. Various exercises like yoga or tai-chi will help you meditate if you have not learnt how to meditate.

IDIOMS WITH ANIMALS

to separate the sheep from the goats = to distinguish good people from bad people (=diferenciar entre bueno y malo, separar el agua del aceite)

a wolf in sheep's clothing = somebody who appears friendly or harmless but is really an enemy (= lobo disfrazado de cordero, impostor, hipócrita)

like sheep = easily influenced by others (=behave like + sheep = comportarse como borregos.

to count sheep = to imagine sheep jumping over a fence and count them, as a way of getting to sleep

every time the sheep bleats, it loses a mouthful = oveja que bala, bocado pierde

like a lamb (to the slaughter) = without realising that something dangerous is going to happen( = como cordero al matadero.)

the black sheep (of the family) = somebody regarded as a failure or embarrassment(= la oveja negra de la familia,)

as meek as a lamb = humble, obedient(= tan manso como un cordero, tan suave como un guante).

a mutton dressed as a lamb = older person wearing clothes made for younger people(= aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda)

to make sheep's eyes at somebody = to look at somebody in a way that shows you love him (=hacerle ojitos a alguien)

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb = Dios aprieta pero no ahoga

IDIOMS WITH ANIMALS

to separate the sheep from the goats = to distinguish good people from bad people (=diferenciar entre bueno y malo, separar el agua del aceite)

a wolf in sheep's clothing = somebody who appears friendly or harmless but is really an enemy (= lobo disfrazado de cordero, impostor, hipócrita)

like sheep = easily influenced by others (=behave like + sheep = comportarse como borregos.

to count sheep = to imagine sheep jumping over a fence and count them, as a way of getting to sleep

every time the sheep bleats, it loses a mouthful = oveja que bala, bocado pierde

like a lamb (to the slaughter) = without realising that something dangerous is going to happen( = como cordero al matadero.)

the black sheep (of the family) = somebody regarded as a failure or embarrassment(= la oveja negra de la familia,)

as meek as a lamb = humble, obedient(= tan manso como un cordero, tan suave como un guante).

a mutton dressed as a lamb = older person wearing clothes made for younger people(= aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda)

to make sheep's eyes at somebody = to look at somebody in a way that shows you love him (=hacerle ojitos a alguien)

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb = Dios aprieta pero no ahoga

Aesop's Fables: The Wolf and the Lamb

Once upon a time a Wolf was lapping at a spring on a hillside, when, looking up, what should he see but a Lamb just beginning to drink a little lower down. "There's my supper," thought he, "if only I can find some excuse to seize it." Then he called out to the Lamb, "How dare you muddle the water from which I am drinking?"

"Nay, master, nay," said Lambikin; "if the water be muddy up there, I cannot be the cause of it, for it runs down from you to me."

"Well, then," said the Wolf, "why did you call me bad names this time last year?"

"That cannot be," said the Lamb; "I am only six months old."

"I don't care," snarled the Wolf; "if it was not you it was your father;" and with that he rushed upon the poor little Lamb and ate her all up. But before she died she gasped out:

"Any excuse will serve a tyrant."

lapping: bebiendo a lengüetazos
seize: agarrar
muddle: ensuciar
nay: no (en inglés antiguo)
snarled: gruñó