Tomorrow big shopping day thus time to inspect the fridge and freezer. We only have a small freezer, but still it is important to check regularly. Frozen can not be kept indefinitely. A beautiful piece of monkfish in the oven with ovenbaked potatoes is always tasty. In my case, defrost the fish (already stripped and … More Check your freezer regularly!
Fry 4 chopped garlic cloves, 1 chopped white onion, 1 chopped spicy little pepper and 1 fennel in a drizzle of olive oil. Add 1 teaspoon of ras el hanout, 1 teaspoon of dried basil and some salt. Bake and add 200 grams of chicken minced meat. Bake until everything is well cooked. Add 200 … More Something round, something crispy = une Galette
Baby spinach leaves spread in a circle, some slices of good quality smoked salmon, a few cherry tomatoes, finished with a dressing of 2 teaspoons of coriander oil ( cfr blogpost Cauliflower, ovenbaked tomatoes and meatball) mixed with ½ teaspoon of apple vinegar, pepper and salt as 1p starter, cooking can be easy!
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’
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
Since autumn is in the air, although I really hope this is not the real start, certain food will warm us up. Lentils (1 can of 400 gram or 200 grams of dried lentils) are a perfect alternative for meat. For 2p, fry 1 chopped onion, 4 garlic cloves, 1 chili pepper, and 1 bell … More Chili sin carne
While cooking for a large dinner for tomorrow…. Chop 4 cm of fresh ginger, 1 onion, 4 garlic cloves and 1 cucumber. Put everything in an oven dish with a drizzle of peanut oil. Bake at 180° for 20 mins. Stir now and again. After 20 mins mix with 300 grams of cherry tomatoes and … More Yes, fresh coriander!
Put the clean octopus (400 grams for 2p) in a pan with 200 ml white wine and a handful of fresh oregano. Add water to cover the octopus completely. Boil for 15 mins. Cool the octopus down in the pan. Mix 500 grams of cherry tomatoes and 4 slices of old bread (in smaller pieces) … More Octopus, souk style
Heat the oven at 180°. For 2p, put 250 grams of cherry tomatoes on baking paper. Add a drizzle of olive oil and roast the tomatoes for 20 mins. Put two pinches of saffron in 500 ml of hot water. Fry 1 chopped shallot and 4 chopped garlic cloves in some olive oil. Add 120 … More Saffron risotto
The thin tortilla-like pancakes which you find in the cool department of the supermarket are the best of both worlds. Reheat them in a non-sticky pan very shortly before serving (last step of this recipe). Slice 2 eggplants in slices of 1 cm. Add salt and leave in a colander for 30 mins. Rinse and … More Not a pizza, not a wrap, something in between
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