This #MeatlessMonday, we’re sharing a pasta that’s both simple and yummy… Gnocchi! As it is low in cholesterol, Gnocchi is a great choice for your Monday meal. This pasta can be made in a variety of ways and is a great go-to dish for meal prepping. For our recipe, we will be repurposing stale bread as our base and adding butter with sage to give it a subtle flavor.

Plated Gnocchi with fork.

Ingredient List:

  • 7 oz of stale bread
  • 3/4 cup of all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp of salt
  • 2/3 cup of water
  • 1 egg
  • 4 oz of butter
  • 3/4 cup of parmesan cheese

Directions:

  1. Place your stale bread scraps in a covered bowl.
  2. Add water to the bowl and leave to soak for about 20 minutes. Afterwards, you will need to squeeze out any remaining excess water.
  3. Mix in your other ingredients: flour, cheese, egg, salt and stir with fork until moist. Try to be careful not to overdo it or else it will be too sticky!
  4. Cover the surface with flour and use it to mold the dough. You will need to shape dough into bitesize pieces (we recommend about 2 inches per piece). Then you can use a knife to cut each piece about 3/4 inch each.
  5. Bring salt water to a boil in a large saucepan and cook ingredients for 4 minutes. Then you will need to drain the gnocchi after.
  6. Melt butter and sage in a skillet and add gnocchi to the pan.
  7. Place on medium heat and cook until gnocchi is slightly brown.
  8. Serve and enjoy your dish!

Torrico, G., Wasiliev, A., & Rooney, D. (2019). The zero waste cookbook: 100 recipes for cooking without waste. Hardie Grant Books.

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