A few days in Belgium- to celebrate the birthday of my dear mother, to see my girls, my family, a few friends- are always intense. The trafic in that small country is horrific. This journey I tried the smaller airport of Antwerp which is cosy but you hardly see or meet other nationalities than people … More Italy feels like ‘home’
For 2p mix 600 grams of pre-baked ( in the oven on baking paper with a drizzle of olive oil) butternut cubes with 50 grams of oatmeal, 1 drained can of chickpeas, 2 garlic cloves, 1 spicy little pepper, ½ teaspoon of paprika powder and 1 table spoon of dried basil in the blender. Add … More My love for squash is boundless 😉
We hardly watch television but we love home cinema (you need a white wall and a beamer). With our cats and dog we install ourselves in our large sofa and all look in the same direction. If we start our dinner at the table, time flies and we never have any time left to watch. … More Movie food : timbale with potatoes, leek and anchovies
Salmon ‘en croûte’= a nostalgic recipe of Jamie Oliver (Christmas cookbook) For 8 large portions you need : 2 white onions, 2 garlic cloves, 3 table spoons of butter, 1 kilo chopped deepfrozen spinach, 2 rectangular sheets of puff pastry, 1 kilo of large salmon filet, 1 egg, 1 leek, 50 grams of sundried tomatoes, … More Ready for the main dish?
The South African recipe, Bobotie, has probably a lot of variations, but surely a lovely list of ingredients. Above all it’s a superb dish to prepare in advance and to serve with a simple green salad. For 3p fry 1 red chopped onion, 4 chopped garlic cloves, 1 table spoon of curry powder, 1 teaspoon … More Bobotie
For 2p boil 400 grams of potatoes until soft and make a puree. Boil 100 grams of buckwheat in 1 ½ amount of water with a pinch of salt until the water is gone (approx 15 mins). Bake 4 chopped garlic cloves, 3 chopped spring onions, 1 chopped spicy little pepper, 1 teaspoon of cumin, … More A veggie terrine
Emilia Romagna is the creator of this flatbread, based on flour, salt, water and lard or olive oil. You can of course make them yourself, but the variety in the supermarket is so large that it’s easier to store in the fridge for the right occasion. Today’s recipe is flatbread, mozzarella and a tomato meat … More Piadina, the Italian flatbread
The dressing defines the flavor of this salad. For 2p mix 1 egg yolk, 1 garlic clove, 1 teaspoon of mustard of Dijon, 20 ml of olive oil and 5 ml of white wine vinegar. Mix a green salad and add some radishes for a bit of color. Cut 250 grams of chicken filet. Mix … More Caeser salad
For 2p mix 200 grams of minced meat (chicken), 2 chopped garlic cloves, 2 table spoons of chopped fresh pasley, pepper and salt. Roll little meatballs and bake in the oven at 180° on oiled baking paper. Turn now and again. Mix the flesh of 1 avocado, 1 chopped garlic clove, 2 table spoons of … More There we go again, avocado!
Once you have eaten a pizza in Napoli, you will rarely reach the same level of pizza dough at home.That’s why I prefer to work with puff pastry instead, thin and cripsy. For 2 p cover 1 puff pastry (I prefer the square ones) with a mixture of 150 grams of ricotta, 2 chopped garlic … More Flat puff pastry
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