I’m a little tender today from my first hockey match yesterday for the proper season. We played against a team that came down from the higher league and I got a bit of a workout.

Food-wise, I’ve been managing to make some different pasta dishes in preperation for the next day at hockey. I’ll also be combining some other carb-heavy meals shortly, pasta is not the only thing that can be eaten on these days. Of course, it is a favourite though.

This week, I had an idea to make some italian meatballs on pasta and although they turned out a little like hamburgers, they tasted quite good and I reckon worthy of putting up. Not only can these meatballs be used in this dish, but tried on their own as a burger. They’ve got a little chicken taste to them, but if you’re after a more meaty version, you could use something like shitake mushrooms in them or some vegetarian beef stock.

Also on the menu is a delicious sweet potato curry soup. This one’s got some unique sweet flavour with warm spices and some lentils. You’d almost be mistaken in thinking it’s a dahl with the consistency!

Final thing this week is a pasta using vegetables that you’d normally wouldn’t eat in a pasta. It also consists of one that I’d normally wouldn’t eat at all, but my taste has changed. Try this with some of the vegies you may not be that keen on!

Quick links will be posted here:

• Italian Meatballs Pasta
• Curried Sweet Potato and Lentil Soup
• Eat Your Greens Pasta