Though I am the one with the cooking (sous-chef) diploma in the house, having such a dedicated and passionate cook around has meant no cooking for me in the last year! Now Veerle was busy entertaining and driving around all our visitors, I finally saw my chance! J Chop a large red onion, a spicy … More Iris’ top lasagna (Iris= sous chef;-))
Thanks to Lisbet, my oldest daughter, I received the latest magazines of Libelle Lekker, one of my favorite cooking magazines. One of my ‘deviations’ is to read cooking magazines during breakfast (since I started working as family physician in 1988 buying magazines also became one of my deviations ;-)). This morning I decided to prepare … More Meal soup = cosy food
We cannot complain about the weather here, and a rainy day is often an ideal moment to catch up with a few tasks inside the house. Boil two sweet corn cobs in salty water for approx 20 mins. Cut them in smaller rolls. Spread 2 sliced avocado( with a drizzle of lemon juice to keep … More It’s raining cats and dogs, time for a bit of sun on our plate
So sad to read that Antonio Carluccio passed away today. The recipe of yesterday was a pure coincidence. Carluccio had a passion for food as well as for cooking. ‘A drizzle of good olive oil’ is one of his most famous sentences in his television programs. He will never be really dead. Thanks, Antonio … More No carbs tonight, lasagna parmigiana but first : tribute to Antonio Carluccio
Swordfish is a great fish to grill but timing is not easy, rapidly the fish becomes too dry (confirmed by my dear mother ;-)). The choice of sidedishes is large, but to please my precious audience a potato dish is a must. Antonio Carlucci and Gennaro Contaldo have this great book ‘Two gready Italians’ with … More Majestic swordfish
My dear mother who hasn’t travelled for a long time, agreed to come and visit us in Italy. My youngest brother is her bodyguard ;-). Thus, my cooking style will be less adventurous the following days. The Chianti route brings us from Florence to Siena and chicken alla ‘cacciatore’ gives the start signal of a … More More visitors and guess who?
Autumn holiday in Belgium is an ideal moment to open the house for visitors. Day 1, Lisbet, my oldest daughter, arrives in Florence. After a little walk in Certaldo, small and beautiful, 250 grams of fresh pasta dough awaits being transformed into ‘ravioli alla mozzarella and artichokes’. Clean 4 smaller artichokes. Fry 2 chopped garlic … More Certain food is made to show people how much you love them
Tandoori chicken is probably one of the best known Indian dishes which we will never be able to prepare in the same way as they do in India : the combination of the real tandoori oven and the exact mixture of herbs. Let’s try! Chop a chicken in different parts. Use the breast parts and … More Vikram and Puneet, Indian food in an Italian kitchen by a Belgian 😉 Not quite, but…
Pork meat and squid in one salad…delicious Thailand Slice 150 grams of lean pork and 300 grams of clean squid thinly. Chop and grind 3 cm of fresh ginger, 4 garlic cloves, 1 spicy little pepper (or more), 1 white onion, and salt. Bake this rough pasta in an oiled hot wok. Add first the … More Yam wun sen, a delicious noodle salad
Square puff pastry covered with a mixture of new Philadelphia, ‘active’, with even less kcal than the light one (92 kcal for 100 grams) with 4 chopped garlic cloves, pepper and salt. Cover with 1 big sliced red onion, 150 grams of smoked salmon. Finish with a few halved cherry tomatoes (I ovendried them for … More One more day to go before I make my new shopping list…woop woop
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