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?
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…
An oven, an oven tray and baking paper cannot be missed anymore in the daily kitchen to avoid burning ;-), to save extra kcal by reducing oil or butter, and often to intensify the taste of lots of vegetables. Marinate 250 grams of chicken filet in juice of ½ lemon, 2 chopped garlic cloves, a … More Baking paper, what a tool
Buy a good quality chicken and divide it into different parts. For 2p, make your choice and put the other parts in the freezer for a later occasion. Marinate the chicken in a mixture of 2 chopped garlic cloves, 1 chopped spicy little pepper, 2 teaspoons of turmeric, 2 teaspoons of ginger powder, 2 table … More It has been a while since we had a tajine, no?
The dressing defines the flavor of this salad. For 2p mix 1 egg yolk, 1 garlic clove, 1 teaspoon of mustard of Dijon, 20 ml of olive oil and 5 ml of white wine vinegar. Mix a green salad and add some radishes for a bit of color. Cut 250 grams of chicken filet. Mix … More Caeser salad
For 2p even a small chicken is (probably) too much, but our lovely pets (a dog and 2 cats) love chicken too, thus…. Cut the chicken in 2 or 4 pieces. Mix the juice of 1 lemon with 4 chopped garlic cloves. Add a drizzle of olive oil. Spread the marinade on the chicken and … More Chicken in lemon-garlic marinade
For 2p mix 200 grams of minced meat (chicken), 2 chopped garlic cloves, 2 table spoons of chopped fresh pasley, pepper and salt. Roll little meatballs and bake in the oven at 180° on oiled baking paper. Turn now and again. Mix the flesh of 1 avocado, 1 chopped garlic clove, 2 table spoons of … More There we go again, avocado!
Buy good quality chicken, with skin. Chop a handful of fresh parsley and a few mint leaves. Mix with lemon zeste. Put the herbal mixture just in between the skin and the meat of the chicken, but fold the skin back on the meat. Add pepper and salt and a drizzle of olive oil. Bake … More Crispy chicken and beet root couscous
My coriander harvest is no succes, thus we will have to survive without, and eat Asian food in a Italian way. Put noodles in salted boiled water and leave for 15 mins. Chop 3 spring onions, 1 spicy little pepper, 4 garlic cloves and fry in peanut oil. Add 300 grams of pieces of chicken … More Pad Thai
June’s edition of my favorite magazine (Delicious) is a great source of inspiration for this month. Thanks to Vikram I have two cute little boxes filled with Indian saffron, the real stuff. For 2p put 400 grams of cherry tomatoes on baking paper. Add 2 chopped garlic cloves. Sprinkle some olive oil, a pinch of … More Saffron fennel tomato salad
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