Pasta with mushrooms and green beans

After a very busy day I am craving a big plate of pasta, for which I used leftovers from the fridge combined in cream sauce.

Pasta with greens beans and mushrooms

Meal for 2

150 gr of green beans
2 chopped up shallots
1 tsp. olive oil
1 tsp. of fresh thyme

250 gr mushrooms, sliced

Juice of ½ a lemon

150 ml cream

150 gr pasta

1 tbsp. capers

Cook the beans in 3 cm of boiling water for about five minutes, set aside. 

Pumpkin soup and a potato salad

We have lots of packing to do for the upcoming move, but I have the rest of the day off and the cabinets need to be emptied so there is plenty opportunity and enough ingredients to cook. It’s a soup and salad again tonight.

Pumpkin Soup with a potato salad 
Lunch or light meal for 2

For the soup:

1 tsp. olive oil

2 shallots, chopped

2 cloves of garlic, chopped

1 tbsp. of red curry

1 small pumpkin, peeled, deseeded and cut into chunks

1 liter vegetable stock

3 bay leafs