Combine slices of a lucious mozzarella with slices of, preferable sunriped, tomatoes on a plate. Add a drizzle of good olive oil, balsamico vinegar, pepper, salt and fresh basil. Perfect is the word!
An oven dish, 750 grams of mixed cherry tomatoes, 2 fish fillets, a bit of garlic and spring onion, some dried basil and oregano, some fresh basil, and farro…Cooking can be easy, really. Take a round oven dish. Chop 2 spring onions, 3 garlic cloves and 1 spicy little pepper. Put in the oven dish. … More Cherry tomatoes are real sweeties
I must admit that there are days that my inspiration is not gone, but that I take it the easy way. Today is one of those days and luckily I find some real ‘ragù bolognese alla Carluccio’ in the freezer. The real Carluccio ragù sauce needs time. So often, it is better to prepare a … More Italian classic Lasagna Bolognese
*Fruit as sweet end of a meal : Chop 2 fresh melons. Add a few leaves of chopped mint and 1 teaspoon of rose water. Put in the fridge until serving time. *moroccan cuisine is known for real sweet pastry. I always try to find the best of two worlds, sweet but not too much … More cookies and fresh melon salad to finish a Moroccan meal
Chop 4 garlic cloves, 1 spicy little pepper, 1 red onion. Fry and add 200-250 grams of minced meat (chicken). Add 1 big bell pepper, in smaller pieces. Fry together. Add 2 table spoon of garam masala. Fry and stir now and again. Add 1 can of tomatoes. Allow to simmer. Towards the end, add … More Chili con carne
Having visitors can be a reason to cook certain things which we normally wouldn’t. Honestly eating a T-bone on my own is exagerated ;-), knowing that Iris doesn’t eat that kind of food. Compensate the meat with a lot of vegetables. Cut 800 grams of courgettes and 500 grams of green asparagus in equal pieces. … More Awesome T-bone steak as guilty pleasure!
Green asparagus is a local vegetable and they are so fresh, you could eat them raw. Instead of eating them pure, let’s combine with smoked salmon. For 4p wash and prepare 1.2 kilo of green asparagus. The preperation is really easy, simply remove the hard part by breaking it off. Roll a slice of smoked … More Smoked salmon and green asparagus
For 2p fry a few chopped garlic cloves, 1 chopped spicy little pepper in some olive oil. After a few mins add 200 ml of white wine and allow to simmer. The real recipe is very limited in the amount of tomatoes, but nobody tells me that I cannot make my own version ;-), thus … More Pasta vongole
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
For 2p, bake 150 grams of old bread with garlic on baking paper, with fresh thyme, pepper and olive oil at 180°. When crispy, put in the blender to cut. Use ½ of the amount to mix with zeste of 1 lemon, drained chickpeas (1 can) and some extra olive oil. Bake at 120° in … More Do not forget that chickpeas are proteins!
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