An eastern steaming basket allows me to prepare the fish of today. For 2p chop 4 cm of ginger, 2 garlic cloves, 1 chili pepper. Mix with the juice of ½ lemon, 1 table spoon of rice vinegar, a pinch of sugar and a pinch of salt. Prepare coriander butter by mixing 20 grams of … More Let’s give the oven some rest, steamed fish today!
Spanakopita (or whatever own name you give it) is a superb Greek dish which you can prepare in a small version as appetizer or in a bigger version as a main course. As a main course for 4p start with 1kg of spinach. Blanch fresh spinach shortly in salted water (or defrost frozen spinach). Leave … More Let’s pretend we are on a Greek island…
I am ready for long evenings outside, and so is our terrace. But maybe 9° is still a bit too chilly… Anyway I probably used muscles which I didn’t train yet, and I feel it, and tomorrow I am sure, even more. The menu of today respects my sore body. Slice 600 grams of courgettes … More Painful gardening, easy recipe 😉
Swordfish is a perfect fish to use in Sicilian dishes. The sweet and sour flavor of the Sicilian cuisine was originally a necessity to prepare cheap fish (and to camouflage the inferiority). Sweet and sour was introduced by the Mores. Cook 300 grams of peeled and sliced potatoes. Put them in an oiled oven dish … More Sweet and sour = Sicily
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 
In the cold department of the supermarket you will find a lot of different wrap-like types of prepared dough (piadine). I was curious to find out how a ‘kamut-piadina’ would taste and decided to use this as an altnernative for a pizza bottom. Kamut is a kind of wheat, but per definition organically grown. To … More Healthy pizza variant
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’
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
For 2p you need : 500 grams of a good tasting pumpkin, 3 beetroots of moderate size, 100g feta, garlic cloves (2 pp?), juice and zeste of 2 oranges, 1 table spoon of honey (I used chestnut honey 1table spoon of dried thyme, some fresh ginger in little pieces or grated if you prefer, 50 … More Pumpkin and beetroot with feta sage crumble
After a few belgian days it really feels good to be home again. We will start with a delicious, simple and super healthy dish. A beautiful scorpion fish looked at me among the other fishes. 800 grams of a whole fish will be a good portion for two, so this evening no carbs. Slice 800 … More Glad to be home!
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