Every day I check my post and still, no new delicious magazine. My cookbooks are waiting for me in the new house, packed in boxes. But, no problem, I can still find some good ideas in the few magazines left in our appartment. Chop and fry 4 garlic cloves, 2 spicy peppers, 1 red onion, … More Beautiful shellfish
The succulent chicken breast of yesterday was too big for the two of us, thus at the same time as the Thai chicken curry I prepare this dish (so easy for our life ‘in between two houses’ ). Chop and fry 4 garlic cloves and 1 pepperoncini in a drizzle of olive oil. Add 350 … More Same chicken, different style, pollo alla Siciliana
Halve 2 Italian bell peppers or 4 non-Italian sized bell peppers for 2p (as main dish) and remove the seeds. Put 1 table spoon of salted capres in water. Chop 2 medium sized eggplants in cubes. Put in a colander with salt for approx 30 mins. Rinse and dry. Fry the eggplant in a drizzle … More Bell pepper alla Napoletana
Chop and fry 4 garlic cloves, 1 red onion, 1 spicy pepper and 4 carrots in a drizzle of olive oil. Bake for approx 10 mins. Stir now and again. Add 500 grams of halved mushrooms and 1 table spoon of dried thyme. Bake for approx 10 mins. Stir now and again. Add 250 grams of … More ‘Champignon à la Grecque’
In every kitchen you find leftovers of unfinished bags of dried pasta. So check your cupboards regularly before opening a new package. Chop a few garlic cloves and, of course, a spicy little pepper. Fry in some olive oil. Add chopped green cabbage (1 green cabbage = 1 recipe with the outer leaves + 1 … More Green cabbage and pasta (a lovely recipe for ravioli in a simple version)
A few years ago I organized one of my huge dinners. In an Italian buffet one of the dishes was home made gnocchi. I forgot the recipe which I tried, and to make a long story short, the moment the gnocchi arrived in the boiling water, they were probably tired of my work and looked … More It’s about time to get rid of my first ‘gnocchi trauma’
For 2p boil 70 grams of quinoa al dente. Mix the quinoa with 2 table spoons of sliced black olives, 1 finely chopped onion, 2 chopped garlic cloves, 1 chopped spicy little pepper and zeste of 1 lemon. Empty the belly of a seabass and make some oblique incisions at both sides. Put the fish … More Courgettini, quinoa : fancy food
Most ingredients in Italy are of a superb quality, and this includes the meat. Certain days I really crave for a piece of perfect meat. The’ pick of today’ is ‘suino italiano’, italian pork. This succulent piece of meat is perfect in combination with a pasta in Greek style. Chop 1 red onion, 4 garlic … More Lucious pork and Greek pasta salad
Spanakopita (or whatever own name you give it) is a superb Greek dish which you can prepare in a small version as appetizer or in a bigger version as a main course. As a main course for 4p start with 1kg of spinach. Blanch fresh spinach shortly in salted water (or defrost frozen spinach). Leave … More Let’s pretend we are on a Greek island…
– As a perfect starter mix 150 grams of beetroot, first boiled, 150 grams of potatoes, first boiled, 2 garlic cloves in a blender. Add pepper, salt, 1 teaspoon of dried basil, 1 teaspoon of cumin and mix with 1 raw egg. Cool the mixture in the fridge. Preheat the oven at 200°. Put the … More Burgundy red, wow!
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