‘Ottolenghi’ is a must in the library of passionate hobby cooks. The salad with aubergines and a dressing based on saffron is so delicious that I could eat it every week. Start with the dressing. Leave a pinch of saffron in 3 table spoons of hot water for 5 mins at least. Add 180 grams … More Beautiful colors after a wonderful day in the sun.
Tuscany has many thermal resorts. Rapolano Terme is half an hour from Siena. You smell the sulfur kilometers away from your destination. http://www.termesangiovanni.it/it/home After my visit I am supposed to leave as a different person (that photo you can surely discover in the next local ‘Vogue’ or similar magazine), but the menu for today will … More Completely relaxed after a visit to Rapolano Terme
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 
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’
Checking the fridge while making my shopping list for next week provides the following loot : 1 courgette, 1 fennel, 2 enormous yellow sweet peppers, 4 purple carottes, cherry tomatoes and a few spring onions. 1 Yellow sweet pepper will make a delicious soup for tomorrow and all the other vegetables will make a colorful … More Pure and healthy!
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
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!
For 6p 1 kilo of fresh salmon filet, 1 ½ kilo of frozen spinach and 500 grams of tomato will make a great lasagne. Add a few chopped garlic cloves, 1 table spoon of dried thyme, 1 table spoon of paprika powder, 1 teaspoon of turmeric, pepper and salt and zeste of a lemon in … More Pre-silence salmon and spinach lasagne
On a windy and sunny Saturday our kitchen is the coziest room to spend some time in. Living in a typical appartment on the first floor the kitchen connects us with the life of the courtyard. It might feel like ‘una giornata particolare’ scene (small scale) in 2017. Everybody can hear and smell what you … More Pumpkin!
Doc V's Healthy Kitchen 