Inspired by Sabrina Ghayour’s ‘confetti rice, this recipe is perfect to serve at room temperature and thus ideal for a hot summer evening meal. I use almost the same amount of vegetables for 2p as the original recipe for 4-6. Chop 1 large eggplant in small cubes. Fry in a drizzle of olive oil. Stir … More Confetti’farro
My thoughts go to Beirut today ❣. The first tahini was a present of an old friend, Daniel, who lived near Beirut for a few months a year. Since then I always have tahini paste in the fridge, and, they sell it even here, the exact same brand. The mixture of lemon juice, tahini, greek … More Tahini sauce
Sabrina Ghayour’s cookbooks are fabulous. It will be difficult not to cook everything in the following weeks, but that would be against my ‘rules’ Slice a few eggplants ( too much is no problem, you can serve the leftover as lunch the following day) in slices of approximately 1cm. Brush some oil on each slice … More Eggplant with a beautiful sauce
French ratatouille and sauce provençale, italian caponata, and for today a Persian version of a vegetable stew by Sabrina Ghayour. Tomorrow I’ll have my online master course. So this stew prepared today, will be ideal for tomorrow evening. Those stews are always better the following day. Chop 2 smaller sized eggplants in cubes of approximately … More A vegetable stew from every country
Hoisin is seafood in the Cantonese language which is weird because there is no seafood involved. There is only one shop in Siena where I could possibly find readymade hoisin sauce so, thanks to delicious.nl I make a home made version today. As ingredients you need brown miso (which I store in the freezer), rice … More Sweet spicy salty sauce = Hoisin sauce
We recently discovered rats 😨in the heating room. I’m trying really hard to convince myself that rats are cute, as in the lovely Disney movie. I’m trying…but in the meanwhile I hope that the ‘plastic boxes’ have done their job.1 large eggplant, 4 small courgettes, 1 red onion, 4 garlic cloves, 1 can of chopped … More Ratatouille
Cut 2 eggplants in long slices of +/_0.5 cm. Brush some olive oil on each side and grill them.Prepare a simple tomatoe sauce with 500 ml of passata, 2 garlic cloves, 1 red onion, dried basil, 1 chili and some olive oil balsamic vinegar, pepper and salt.Mix 100 grams of fresh white cheese with 2 … More Vegetarian involtini
It seems drastic, but for sure the best decision made to try to to have an impact or at least to stabilize. Iris tried to explain me the whole, almost predictable , scenario at the beginning of January. Anyway I’m glad I got the opportunity to see my mother and daughters in Belgium 2 weeks … More Italy in lock down
It’s been a few weeks since we had eggplant on our plate. For 2p cut 2 eggplants in halves. Make a few incisions in the meat. Brush some olive oil on each. Put on baking paper. Cover with aluminium foil. Bake at 200° for 40 mins.In the meanwhile, chop and fry 1 red onion, 4 … More Filled eggplant, feels like summer
We all try to reduce the animal proteins. Traditional recipes are turned into vegetarian versions. Moussaka is one of those famous traditions with a lot of different varieties. Chop and fry 1onion, 4 garlic cloves, 1 chili, 1 carrot and 2 stems of white celery in a drizzle of olive oil. Add 1 table spoon … More Far from the traditional version of moussaka, but still delicious and vegetarian 😋
