Pesto Spaghetti Salad

Yesterday I was so hungry and had nothing in my kitchen to make a proper lunch for myself! So I found few things here and there and thought of making spaghetti salad with pesto dressing from these few limited ingredients! And it turned out to be a fulfilling yummy dish! I was going to make pesto spaghetti only, but I was so hungry that I had to add few of what I have left in my fridge, so I turned it into a yummy salad that can be eaten cold or warm!

Ingredients:
- Whole wheat spaghetti
- 1 Tomato, diced and deceeded / or 5 cherry tomatoes halved
- 1/4 Bell pepper cut into small squares
- 1 Spring onion (small)
- 1/2 Avocado cubed
- 3 mushrooms

Pesto Ingredients:
- 1 cup fresh basil leaves
- Few mint leaves/ cilantro
- 1/3 cup pine nuts or walnuts
- 1 clove fresh garlic / 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
- Few drizzles of olive oil
- pinch of ground pepper
- A juice of half lemon

Method:
- Cook spaghetti according to package directions.
- In a food processor, gradually add the pesto ingredients and blend until everything is well combined.
- Now combine both the pesto paste and spaghetti, and enjoy!

Happy cooking! xxx

Oven Roasted Baby Potatoes

This is a very easy and a quick side dish post; oven backed baby potatoes. It can be served as a side dish to pretty much all kind of dishes you like; soups, meat and poultry entrees, fish entrees, and vegan dishes.

Ingredients:

• 6 small white/red baby potatoes, scrubbed and halved
• 1 tablespoon Italian herbes
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• Salt and ground black pepper
• 1/4 cup fresh dill

Directions:

1. Boil the baby potatoes for 10 minutes only, then drain them well.
2. Preheat oven to 200 degrees C.
3. Put the potatoes in a large bowl. Sprinkle the herbs, garlic, salt and pepper, and oil, mix till the potatoes are well coated.
4. Transfer the potatoes to a baking dish and into the oven.
5. Turn the potatoes occasionally. In the first 30 minutes, add the fresh dill to the potatoes, and put them back in the oven for another 30 minutes or until golden and tender. -So the whole process may take approx one hour-. 
6. Finally, serve the potatoes hot or warm, and enjoy.

Color Infatuation

Ahhh you guys, this season is one of my favorite seasons!! Lots of beautiful colors, I'm high on pastels now, and bye-bye dark colors!

That day, I spent breakfast and lunch with my sister. After having a yummy lunch from Cafe Lilou, me and my sister wanted to treat ourselves with a little sinful creamy McFlurry from McDonald's. Here are some snaps of the day and what we wore.

Me

My sister, Bedoor

What I wore:

Top from Batik -Turkey-

Pants from Zara

Flats from Yargici -Turkey-

What my sis wore:

Top from Forever21

Pants from Zara

Shoes from Burberry

Scarf from Mavi -Turkey-