Cooking is not always time consuming, and doesn’t have to be elegant to be healthy and tasty. Marinate chopped chicken in olive oil, lemon juice, pepper and salt. Chop sweet potatoes, eggplant, courgettes, mushrooms, tomatoes, onion, garlic. Add a few stems of fresh rosemary, olive oil and put everything on baking paper in the oven … More Sometimes, I just ‘throw’ the food in the oven
Mackerel delivers a lot of omega 3 which is important for our heart, and also Calcium, vit B12, A, D and K. To prepare mackerel without the long lasting smell in the house, bake them outside, or in the oven. In combination with the local wild fennel which you find in the field, along the … More Mackerel, cheap, delicious and healthy
Chop courgettes, bell pepper, tomatoes, loads of onion, garlic, mushrooms, whatever you find. Combine with a mixture of thyme, basil and oregano. Finish with pepper and salt. No proteins? Chop 150 grams of tempeh in small cubes. Grill in a drizzle of olive oil. Add the tempeh, a small can of red kidney beans. Serve … More Vegetable sauce with tempeh or… empty fridge recipe
Mix 180 grams of buckwheat with 350 ml of water. Add 1 table spoon of dried thyme and 1 table spoon of dried oregano. Store in the fridge. This mixture is enough for 3 medium sized pancakes or, in our case, for 3 pizzas. Bake the pancakes in a real hot pan. Put them on … More Buckwheat pizza = glutenfree
Tuscany has its own rice of the Maremma. The carnaroli risotto rice has the perfect texture. For a risotto for 2p, chop and fry 1 large red onion, 4 garlic cloves in a mixture of butter and olive oil. Add 160-180 grams of risotto rice. Stir and bake until the rice is glazy. Add 1 … More Risotto and radishes
A gazpacho in summer is a super nice in-between or starter. One condition, it needs to be really cold. Mix 1 cucumber, 2 green apples (only remove the seeds), 1 garlic clove, 4 cm of fresh ginger, a drizzle of white balsamic, 1 chili pepper and a teaspoon of salt in the blender. Add cold … More Green gazpacho
Blend 100 grams of arugula (rocket salad ), 1 garlic clove, 25 grams of parmigiano, a pinch of sugar (or stevia), 40 grams of roasted pine nuts. Add olive oil to obtain a proper pesto, add pepper and salt. Marinate 400 grams of swordfish cubes in 2 table spoons of chopped fresh basil, the zeste … More Black, green and white, less common on our plate
In Italy there is no door to door household waste collection. You bring everything to nearby containers. We rent an appartment with a nice garden. So after a few weeks I decided to collect the organic waste (limited to raw fruit and vegetable waste, egg shells and garden waste). Although we have cats I didn’t … More Pumpkin flowers
Is there a better way to guarantee a healthy meal than use the oven and mix all ingredients together? It saves you time, offers loads of possibilities and above all there is hardly any after-work. For 2p, 500 potatoes, 1 large bell pepper, 4 large carrots, 2 apples, 1 large red onion, 4 garlic cloves … More All-in one dish
No offence intended, of course, I even try to participate by cooking a traditional Belgian dinner during an important game ;-). Italian mussles are not the same as Belgian or Dutch mussles, and often they are sold together with vongole. Clean the shells. Slice 4 large fresh onions and 4 garlic cloves. Bake the onions … More I will never stop wondering about what soccer can do to people
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