Never put tomatoes in the fridge, because they loose a lot of flavor. Put them in a visible position and inspect them regularly. It would be sad to find ‘rotten tomatoes’, because there are so many ways to prepare them. Drying them in the oven is one of those methods, and it’s a wonderful way … More How to use your ovendried tomatoes
We find special brown paper roast bags in the supermarket. Put a small biological chicken (still too much for 3p, but anyway), seasoned with pepper, salt and some curry powder (found in the cupboards) in a brown bag. For safety reasons, use another bag and some aluminium foil to protect the oven. Put 400 grams … More New York! Dinner 3 : Broadway musical and Japanese food, dinner 4 : Chicken in a bag!
Every time we visit Belgium we feel the vibe in another area of this fascinating city. Being ‘ex-pat’ is a great opportunity in many ways. After a few years of Italy it would be great to live in other countries, but the idea of ‘coming home’ in Brussels feels really good. Our apartment this week … More Back in lovely Brussels for a few days
For 2p, put 600 grams of eggplant in cubes. Fry in some peanut oil during approx 10 mins. Keep the fried cubes seperate. Heat another drizzle of peanut oil. Fry 3 chopped garlic cloves and 2-3 table spoons of red curry paste. Stir and add 300 grams of minced meat (chicken-pork mixture). Bake the meat … More Eggplant in a red curry
In between 4 weeks of laundry (the smell of Laos in Siena;-)) I take a quick look in my new cooking magazines and cook books. My shopping list is extensive and must deliver food for more than a week (occasional guests included). Donna Hay’s last book ‘Basics to brilliance’ is brilliant. The salmon niçoise with … More An extensive shopping list
The cookbook of the Green Kitchen is on my Christmas list. What a variety of delicious vegetarian recipes! Little pasta and loads of vegetables is my preference (not really the Italian way). For 2p cut 500 grams of cooked beetroot in little cubes of 2 cm. Bake 1 chopped onion, 4 chopped garlic cloves, 1 … More Another vegetarian pasta
It’s cold outside. Let’s heat our internal system ;-). Arrabiata is on our menu list for this week, but is already on the blog in the most traditional way. Thus? Chop 4 garlic cloves, 1 red onion and 4 cm of fresh ginger. Fry in a drizzle of arachid oil. Add 1 table spoon of … More Time for a real spicy dish
Keep it simple with good ingredients’ is a rule in most of the Italian recipes. Jamie Oliver has an Italian style of cooking and knows what to do with a perfect mozzarella. For 2p 200 grams of real buffalo mozzarella is a large portion as appetizer, but in combination with a light main course it’s … More Lucious buffalo mozzarella
So sad to read that Antonio Carluccio passed away today. The recipe of yesterday was a pure coincidence. Carluccio had a passion for food as well as for cooking. ‘A drizzle of good olive oil’ is one of his most famous sentences in his television programs. He will never be really dead. Thanks, Antonio … More No carbs tonight, lasagna parmigiana but first : tribute to Antonio Carluccio
The natural flavor of North Sea ‘crevettes ‘ is not really comparible with pink shrimps or any other creature of that family. Our Belgian visit by car made it possible to bring some. There are a lot of traditional dishes with that lovely ingredient,and the following dish is a bit of a unusual combinition but … More One of my favorite combinations with grey shrimps
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