This awkward period has its positive effects. Although I try to remain creative, the restricted variety of vegetables has an important impact on our weekly menu. Frozen vegetables are not comparable with fresh ones, but, why not? With a small freezer, storage is limited, but you will never end up finding some products from another … More Frozen vegetables, why not?
Today I have been cleaning like crazy. My whole body aches, although I’m not convinced that it’s the healthiest way to exercise. Anyway, it’s almost done …for this week. My appreciation for our Luana will be even more after the lock down period. After the cleaning, I decided to do my every other day 5km … More I love my cleaning lady
Cooking for 4p or 6p is often easier than for 2p. That’s why all in one dishes are a perfect solution. One of the other possibilities is preparing a side dish( with a little correction) for 4-6p as main coarse, as long as you have enough vegetables and some proteins (and/or carbs).Clean a small sized … More Side dish becomes main dish
For 2p, chop 400 grams of broccoli and 400 grams of fennel. Add 4 chopped garlic cloves, 1 chopped chili and 1 table spoon of dried thyme. Mix wit a drizzle of olive oil a nd spread on an oven tray covered with baking paper. Roast in the oven at 180° for 30-40 mins. Stir … More Roasted vegetables, what a tasty and easy way of cooking
Baking pastries is dangerous 😉 but now and again 🙏. The following recipe for those delicious sweeties is quick and easy. For 12 little cakes you need 1 rectangular ready made puff pastry, 2 eggs, 75 grams of sugar, the zeste of 1 lemon, 150 ml cream, 15 grams of flour, 1 cinnamon stick and … More The famous Portuguese pasteis de nata❤
I haven’t seen white or purple asparagus here in Tuscany. The green ones of today are from Puglia. White asparagus are more common in Belgium but are often expensive. We were always lucky to get super fresh ones from one of the nephews of one of the monastic sisters who lived opposite our house. Tonight … More Green or white or purple asparagus?
Dried local chickpeas are fabulous. For 3p soak 120 grams of chickpeas in water for at least 12h. Renew the water. Boil the chickpeas for approx 1h, until tender. Drain. Chop and fry 4 garlic cloves and 2 medium sized eggplants. Put in an oven dish. Add a good drizzle of olive oil. Add 1 … More Chickpeas, a real local ingredient
Again and again and again, Ottolenghi ‘s ‘Simple’ is the source of tonight’s dinner. Remember the spring vegetable, agretti? Agretti has a gentle salty taste and looks like chives. Mostly you find them here in packages of 300 grams. Remove the hard part and split. Rinse and drain. For 2p, boil 120 grams of spaghetti … More Ottolenghi with Italian ingredients
Clean 10 baby artichokes. Cut each one in 8. Put them immediately in a recipient filled with water and the juice of 1 lemon (keep the zeste ). Chop and fry 4 garlic cloves and 1 pepperoncini in a drizzle of olive oil. Add the zeste and the drained artichokes. Add a few chopped black … More Another awesome pasta dish
You know, or perhaps you don’t (and then you are lucky) hospital food is often awful. White cabbage is partly responsible for this statement. A new era for white cabbage has started, since today! Cut a whole white cabbage of 1 kilo in slices of 1.5-2cm. Put the slices on baking paper on an oven … More I knew it would be awesome
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