Today’s meal is so easy. Clean a large bunch of spring onions. Wash 500 grams of small new potatoes. Cut them in halves. Put them in a microwave dish. Steam for 5 minutes in the microwave oven. Allow to rest. Wash 700 grams of cherry tomatoes. Chop 4 garlic cloves. Put all vegetables in a … More My love for simple cooking
Buy fresh calamari. Ask Mirco or your fishmonger to clean them for you. A portion of 300-350 grams is a perfect for 2p. Store in the freezer if you can’t prepare them on the same day. Defrost, rinse and chop. Chop and fry 4 garlic cloves and 1 chili in a drizzle of olive oil. … More I’m still in love with Italy…
Jim has arrived in our village. He will be house-and dog-sitting at Diane’s place. We’ll ignore his jetlag and invite him for lunch ( we= the alpha ladies, Anria, Diane and myself and our dogs, Bonnie, Aragon and Oskar😉). It’s a beautiful day to spend time on our terrace, from which you have a fabulous … More Ideal lunch for lovely people
Every Tuesday I send my wish list for the market on Thursday to Mirco, the fishmonger. Often I ask him to surprise me with a new unknown whole fish which I prepare the same day. This week he has a ‘mormora’ for me. Literally ‘mormora’ means ‘murmers’, officially it’s a beautiful striped sea bass. The … More Every thursday another whole fish to taste
Google recipes for eggplant and tomatoes and you’ll find an incredible amount of variations. It’s really easy to create some more. For 4p you need : 4 large eggplants, 1 kilo of cherry tomatoes, 6-8 garlic cloves, 4 salted sun-dried tomatoes, 400 grams of mozzarella and 16 salted anchovies filets. Start the oven at 200 … More Unlimited number
I’m always impressed by looking at the amount of fruit and vegetables we consume every week. One of the most used ingredient is for sure the small sized tomato. They have this amazing gift to cheer up every meal. It’s Wednesday and thus the fridge is almost empty. A portion ( almost 700 grams) of … More Cherry tomatoes
Filled courgettes is always a topper. You can prepare the whole recipe in advance. Cut 800 grams of medium sized courgettes lengthwise. Use a small spoon to remove the meat. Leave a long solid cup of almost 1cm. Drain the meat. Put in a blender. Add 40 grams of breadcrumb, 40 grams of grated parmesan, … More Another dish for an Ottolenghi summer buffet
I’m completely out of my routine after 6 days of traveling to Belgium. Nobody forced me, so I have no reason to complain, and I can’t say that my dear wife didn’t try to convince my that I would better wait a little longer…. Anyway, I did it, enjoyed my awesome stay in Bazel with … More Hi, I’m still there 😉
Whenever I see a good tasting pumpkin I buy it and store them cool. Almost weekly I inspect my little collection because once they show weak spots, they quickly deteriorate. Today’s one has a green skin and a deep orange colored firm meat. Those are the best😍. Remove skin and seeds. Chop in cubes. Spread … More A tribute to pumpkin
I’m sorry, Donna Hay, for ruining the looks of your beautiful ‘zucchini-cheese’ ravioli’, but I can explain.I spent the whole morning at my computer and phone to fix, or trying to fix, some bureaucratic stuff. In the afternoon I planned a few hours of online medical training in order to earn credit points. I can … More No focus on the looks today 🤣
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