Cooking recipes in a campervan cannot be too complicated, as you can imagine. We, or is it mainly I, prefer warm dinners, even in summer (especially when the outdoor temperature is between 5 and 10 degrees). I think this recipe is already more than 20 years on my list. Originally it’s from Nigella Lawson. I … More This is an old one
A second virus in 2 weeks time is forcing me to slow down ( which is really difficult for me). So my meals will be extra simple and light. Tonight we will have some beautiful salmon with roasted carrots. Wash 2 bunches of carrots carefully so that you don’thave to peel off the skin. Remove … More Start the new year slowly
What a lovely weekend! Blue skies, sunny wintertime…I love this place on earth. Breakfast outside, a few phone calls, some cooking, the last bit of painting for this year, a lovely walk, afternoon tea and cooking for just the two of us. What a gift! I bought a few portobellos and I don’t remember what … More I’m still here😉
This recipe is already a while on my list. Wikipedia is again a great helpline to understand the origin. ‘Scaccia (plural: scacce) or scacciata is a stuffed flat bread in Sicilian cuisine. Scaccia is made with a very thin rectangular layer of dough, folded on itself three or four times. It can be stuffed with different ingredients, the more common variations are … More Scaccia ragusana
Chop and wash 3 bulbs of fennel. Heat a pan with 2 table spoons of olive oil. Add the fennel, 4 garlic cloves, 1 table spoon of basil and 1 chili. Bake and stir. Add 2 liters of vegetable stock. Allow to simmer for approximately 30 minutes. Blend. Add 300 ml of oatmilk. Taste, add … More Quick fennel soup
Hand hygiene has become common sense in Covid times. So using your hands while preparing your dinner is less risky. Anyway, this recipe cannot be made without. When I ordered the calamari, I definitely planned to fill them, not quite decided how. Mirco, the fishmonger, explained me the traditional way with bread, parsley, garlic, tuna … More Don’t be afraid to use your hands
At the beginning of the year I decided to pay even more attention to healthy eating. I hate dieting if it means elimination. Eating consciously has always been my food philosophy. So I started by asking myself where I could cut kcal without following a real diet : – instead of ‘a drizzle of olive … More Eat consciously
A few bags of frozen figs are waiting in the freezer. Inspired by a recipe of a quiche in delicious.nl I prepare an ovendish without using pastry and eggs. Cut 500 grams of peeled potatoes in slices of 0.5cm. Spread in an oiled oven dish. Slice 2 large fennels. Spread on the potatoes. Spread a … More Frozen figs
Cooking for 2p is mostly more difficult than cooking for 4p. Knowing that one of my rules is ‘no waste’ and another rule is variety, I cook the ingredients in a different way. The original paella recipe was based on couscous instead of rice. Instead of considering to reduce the choice of vegetables, I skipped … More Inspired by a paella recipe, I made this one 😅
Although buying mango is bad for my ecologic footprint, I knew this dish would be fabulous and thus, I decided to prepare it anyway. For 2p, slice 1 mango. Put 1 garlic clove, a handful of basil leaves, the zeste of 1 lemon, 1/2 teaspoon of fennel seeds, some chili flakes and a pinch of … More Mango caprese
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