We all know that vegan and vegetarian recipes are tasty, colorful and generally healthy. This book proves it all. Meera Sodha takes us from Bangalore to Beijing. Coconut rice with eggplant and pickled cucumber is based on a Malaysian dish, nasi lemak. The only thing what I change is using lemon juice instead of tamarind, … More The Sunday Times bestseller of Meera Sodha EAST
Our Airbnb seems to be taking off well. We have new guests for the weekend. We don’t offer breakfast but I do bake a welcome cake ( which is very common as breakfast in Italy). Libelle lekker.be has a great recipe. Mix 4 eggs, 150 grams of melted butter, 120 grams of sugar, 50 grams … More I benvenuti a San Polino
My weekly chat with Mirco, the fishmonger, is often related to ‘what I will prepare with the fish I ordered’. This week he was really surprised I was going to prepare ray in the oven. He tried to convince me to prepare a typical pasta/soup (minestra) where you boil the ray wings in the stock … More A little conflict with the fishmonger
Kale is an important ingredient in the Italian kitchen and is, in Tuscany, mainly used for the famous ‘ribollita’ ( = a thick all- in- one soup, literally translated as re-cooked). In the beginning of our Italian life, I experimented with this vegetable. Being used to cook al dente and to avoid waste ( one … More Kale
Iris has to finish an essay this weekend. I hope to contribute with good food. She loves a traditional French onion soup and so it will be 😉. I hate the smell of baked onions in my clothes and hair, so I prefer to plan this dish before my shower. Clean 4 large white onions, … More I try hard to be supportive 🤫
A common form of galette resembles a type of single crust, free-form pie with a fruit filling and the crust folded partway over the top of the filling, as you can read on Wikipedia. It’s an easy homemade version which can be compared with puff pastry. Today I seem to be in a French mood. … More La galette in a sweet version
Elegant cooking is not really my thing. During weekends I try to add some extra effort ( without adding too many kcal). Tonight farro ( less carbs than risotto rice), artichokes and a creamy parmesan sauce are the ingredients for our dinner. Chop and fry 1 red onion, 4 garlic cloves and 1 chili in … More This is a good one
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