LIDL's Deluxe Gnocchi with pesto

   Everybody knows how much I love Lidl by now, right? If anybody is still wondering why, here's a short reason: amazing products and great marketing! The fact that they only bring a certain amount of delicious products for special weeks makes you want to GO BUY those products because they sound so good (if you haven't cooked with them before) or because you already know how good they are! 

   I just LOVE Lidl's special weeks! They help us plan our weekly meals and they keep our life more interesting! It was the same this week. It's Deluxe week (I've been eagerly awaiting this one) and while I was browsing through their magazine I saw a new product:

    My eyes widened because I love pesto and I love gnocchi so I knew I just HAD to buy these :) I cooked the gnocchi today and I'm happy to share the recipe with you! Lidl has done it again! Thanks for pimping my dinner one more time, Lidl! 

   If you liked the picture of the dish, you decided you want to try this recipe and you're from Romania, go to Lidl and buy the gnocchi this week because they're going to be out afterwards. But don't forget to also enjoy all the other products from Deluxe week (we especially love the salmon en croute, the potato gratins and the "frutti di mare")! They're absolutely fabulous! (No, Lidl didn't pay me to say all this!) 

   Ok. Now let's prepare dinner! I first cooked the gnocchi according to the instructions on the package (they are enough for 2 people) and then I came up with a white sauce that I thought would complement the gnocchi fairly well. I made it from: 

- a bit of oil

- a small diced white onion

- 3 grated garlic cloves

-150g of diced Pikok Pastrama Taraneasca or Bacon bits from Lidl (since you're there for the gnocchi)

- around 100g of cooking cream 15% (add a bit more if you want)

- 50g of Bluedino Gouda cheese spread from Lidl

   I fried the onion and the garlic for a bit and then I added the pastrama for another minute or so. After that I gave the onion, garlic and pastrama a bath into silky cooking cream and made everything extra rich with the cheese spread and that's all. Easy peasy, huh?
   When you serve the dish make sure you also add some pepper and parm cheese on top. Bon apetit! :)