Still to many fresh ingredients in the fridge, so no need to discuss the menu, pizza today!! A ready made rectangular pizza with spinach, ricotta, almond flakes and fresh salmon filet is no ‘second hand’ menu, but the ingredients which I can still find in the fridge. Chop and fry 4 garlic cloves, 1 red … More My turn, pizza with ‘fridge’
A lot of visitors are ‘afraid’ of squid. I always try to convince them to try it, just once. The sea is changing, due to the climatogical changes, and thus squid in general is moving towards more Northern countries. A real octopus with large tentacles is probably to shocking as first ‘contact with the squid … More Just try it, grilled squid!
From the moment of arrival, the delicious magazine is always a superb source of new cooking ideas. As you know we live in Italy and the only foreign magazine which arrives in our mail is my beloved Delicious. With a few days of delay, sometimes even more (italian speed is sometimes piano pianissimo ;-)) but … More Quick puff pastry with eggplant and garlic
Real french fries and tomatoes filled with North Sea shrimps are one of our traditional dishes, but there are good ways, better ways and best ways to prepare this dish. Checking my freezer I found 200 grams of frozen North Sea shrimps from our last roadtrip to Belgium. Fresh shrimps are much better, but anyway. … More Belgian tradition
The monthly magazine of the Italian supermarket Coop costs 1euro. So, for only 1 euro a month I have even more inspiring sources and I gradually become familiar with the Italian cooking vocabulary and with the variety of local products without great effort. For this recipe you need a blender and a fridge. For 2-3 … More Caprese in gazpacho
Pancetta grillata…Iris says ‘no’! I’m willing to try it. Thus, chicken for Iris and pancetta for me, same marinade and same side dish. For the marinade mix the juice of 1 lime, 1 chopped spring onion, 1 chopped spicy little pepper, 3 cm of grated ginger 1 table spoon of honey, 1 table spoon of … More Barbecue or grill pan, it’s up to you
After a busy period, we enjoy a week at home. Iris took a week off to get some extra sleep, some sun and some more books to read. I will make sure that we get enough healthy food ;-)! An easy fish recipe, inspired by delicious.nl with a whole grain piadino and stracchino (or crescenza). … More A week of holiday at home, just the two of us
Octopus is not a very common ingredient to prepare in the Belgian cuisine. Fresh or frozen octopus needs to be tender, if not, it’s not tasty. For 3p buy, approx a piece of 1 kilo. Put the clean, whole octopus in a large pan filled with water, 200 ml of white wine, a few bay … More Workshop octopus
Courgettes, young ones, are also perfect in a salad. Slice 1 kilo in stripes and marinate them with the juice of 1 lemon, 2 table spoons of olive oil, 1 finely chopped garlic clove, a handful of chopped wild fennel, a few leaves of chopped mint, pepper and salt. Mix carefully and marinate for at … More Never boring, always different, courgettes!
Squacquerone, stracchino, crescenza are all white, fresh cheeses based on cows milk. Their nutritional value and kcal (lower than normal cheese) is similar. The main difference is their origin. Scqaucquerone is from Emilia Romania as the parmigiano, stracchino is from Lombardia as the gorgonzola, and crescenza is from the province Lodi e Crema and is … More Frittata con squacquerone, zucchine, pinoli e olive
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