Making bread, making pizza dough, or fresh pasta is so much easier with a robot. If you are clever, you prepare different things in the right order and you only need one cleaning session. Butter in a dough can be replaced by thick yoghurt, of fresh cheese. The low fat Greek yoghurt is the perfect … More In love with my kitchen robot
Summersquash or zucchini/courgette is a delicious ingredient. By exploring the cuisines of the different continents you will be surprised by the incredible varieties of preparation. Today we go for a recipe of filled courgettes from the Middle East. The round courgette is probably the easiest to fill, but the long variety is perfect alternative and … More Courgette in English, Zucchini in American
Stuffed tomato, stuffed bell pepper, stuffed eggplant, ….today’s menu stuffed onion and courgette. Stuffed onion is a typical side dish (contorno) in Tuscany : red onions stuffed with some meat, cheese and spices. The offer of new onions is increasing. Although they look red outside, inside they’re white, and have a great taste. For 2 … More Stuffed
To prepare a buffet you need at least 8 guests. The idea is to join and share together. You spend some time in the kitchen to prepare. The whole job starts with the menu, preparing your shopping list and organizing the cooking by reading the recipes carefully (and adapting if you prefer). In my junior … More What a pleasure to cook and serve a buffet inspired by Ottolenghi’s cookbooks.
For 6p 1,5 kilo of monkfish. Remove the skin and cut in smaller parts. Prepare the marinade of chermoula with 2 chopped garlic cloves, 1 tea spoon of sea salt, 2 teaspoons of cumin, 1 teaspoon of paprika. Grind everything in a mortire. Add 1 bunch of chopped fresh coriander. Grind in the mortire. Add … More Tajine with monkfish
The evenings when I only cook for myself I try to ‘serve’me a dish which I would not prepare for the two of us. Tuscany sausages are one of those delights. For myself 2 round courgettes, halved and hatched. Cut the flesh of the courgettes and mix with 4 chopped garlic cloves, 1 chopped spicy … More Salsicce toscane with fennelseeds as a private pleasure
Primavera is asparagus, fresh peas, …and is beautiful green. For 4p, 500 grams of fresh green asparagus, 700 grams of courgettes, 700 grams of fresh peas (unpeeled). Clean, chop, and bake everything with 4 chopped garlic cloves and a good drizzle of olive oil in the oven at 180°. Boil fresh pasta ‘integrale’ (250 grams). … More Real primavera recipe to share with good friends in wonderful Napoli (let’s wait to die;-))
So many possibilities if you can think ‘out of the box’. Eggs, pancetta, cheese and pasta…. Let’s keep the eggs, the cheese and the pasta and empty our fridge instead ;-). Mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, courgettes, or whatever you may find in your fridge are prefect ingredients for this carbonara. Smoked salmon? Of course, ideal for … More Be creative with your pasta carbonara recipe
Fattoush is an Arabic salad made with old bread and probably the panzanella version of Israel. Do never throw away old bread, unless you give it to the chickens or swans in your neighbourhood. This salad is one of those good reasons to do this. Important is to keep the bread dry in a paper … More Fattoush with chicken balls
I am ready for long evenings outside, and so is our terrace. But maybe 9° is still a bit too chilly… Anyway I probably used muscles which I didn’t train yet, and I feel it, and tomorrow I am sure, even more. The menu of today respects my sore body. Slice 600 grams of courgettes … More Painful gardening, easy recipe 😉
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