Nothing fancy, nothing exotic: today we eat carrots, potatoes and fish. Sometimes a traditional dish is a good in between. Yesterday we already cleaned the fridge. Carrots are the real leftover vegetable. Boil 750 grams of chopped carrots and 200 grams of potatoes (dish for 2). Boil them in salted water until they are really … More Why not a fish dish today?
After a day chasing from one place to another, to another, to another hoping to obtain an Italian number plate, we will have an easy dish tonight. Cook rice or noodles. Heat a drizzle of peanut oil in a wok. Fry 4 chopped garlic cloves, 5 cm of chopped ginger, 1 chopped spicy little pepper. … More Italian bureaucracy, what an adventure 
A stew of chicken, little meatballs and mushrooms filled in a ‘vol au vent’ (= puff pastry-cup) is a very traditional Belgian first course ( flemmish name = videeke =‘koninginnenhapje =the queens’ bite;-)). The wife of king Louis XV, Marie Leszczynska, was the first person to have the idea of filling the vol au vent … More Let’s be proud of a Belgian classic
Because of the early start of spring we long for another kind of food. Today we will serve a beautiful green dish with fish. Cut a green cauliflower in little roses and put them in a large oven dish. Add 2 tablespoon of chopped fresh herbs (rosemary, parsley, thyme), 1 chopped garlic glove, 1 tablespoon … More Green, color of ‘la Primavera’
Chickpeas (and personally, also coriander) is probably the only constant ingredient in falafel. There are so many different recipes that you will never eat them exactly the same way. Yesterday I decided to make (1 can of chickpeas will be good for 8 normal size falafels) them with 1 teaspoon of curry, 1 teaspoon of … More Falafel = king of chickpeas recipes
Today let’s go for pasta. Checking my cupboards I often find some leftover small amounts of pasta of different shapes which I then try to remember when we have a pasta for 2 (would be great to find smaller portions of only 150 grams). A ‘torta della pasta alla Norma’ will be a perfect choice … More Craving for some carbs
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