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4 INGREDIENTS: 4 WAYS (v) 

Serves: 1-4 Total Time: 10-50 minutes Difficulty: Easy 

Summary: 

Okay, so a little lie has been told, it will be more than 4 ingredients. However, the base across all four recipes is the same four ingredients. The feta pasta recipe went viral on TikTok but what else can you cook for dinner with the same ingredients? 

Ingredients: 

• 200g feta cheese 
• 300g cherry tomatoes 
• 1 onion (white or red) 
• 1-2 cloves of garlic 

INSTRUCTIONS 

1 – FETA PASTA 

1. Preheat the oven to 200ºC. In a medium baking dish, place your block of feta in the centre and distribute the tomatoes (cut into quarters) and onion (diced) around the feta. Drizzle with oil and sprinkle the garlic (diced), salt (1 pinch), black pepper (1 pinch), and mixed herbs (1-2 pinches) over everything. Mix around a little bit but make sure the feta remains in the centre. 

2. Bake in the oven for 30 – 45 minutes, until the feta is soft enough to mash. 

3. Meanwhile, boil the pasta shape of your choice until al dente. Strain the pasta but save a couple tablespoons of the pasta water if possible. 

4. Mash all the baking dish ingredients together until they resemble a pasta sauce, adding the pasta water in slowly until desired thickness. Add in the cooked pasta and stir through.  

2 – CREAMY TOMATO SOUP 

1. See step 1 of FETA PASTA and then bake for 30 – 45 minutes. 

2. Mash all the baking dish ingredients together and stir in hot vegetable stock (300ml). Whizz in a blender if you’d prefer a smoother soup consistency.  

3 – TOMATO RISOTTO 

1. Boil the rice (150g) in vegetable stock (300ml) for 25 minutes. Add in the tomatoes (quartered), onion (diced) and garlic (diced) and cook for another 5 – 10 minutes. Mash the tomatoes slightly to create a more tomatoey sauce.  

2. Crumble the feta over the top of the risotto. 

4 – SALAD 

1. Roughly chop the leaf of your choice (e.g. lettuce, spinach, rocket) and add to you bowl. Chop feta, tomatoes, and onion (I’d recommend red onion soaked in ice water) into bite sized pieces and add to bowl. 

2. In a cup, add olive oil (2 tbs), lemon juice (2 tsp), cider vinegar (1 tbs) and the garlic (diced) and stir until combined. Drizzle over the top of the salad.  

Image: Daisi Parker