Diane, one of my dear friends has moved to our village. Finally I could help her a bit in reorganizing her new place while our dogs are having a great time together. This lunch seems perfect, heatable in the microwave and creating, especially to Diane, a little break on one of her lovely terraces. Chop … More Vegetarian balls in a green soup
After a week of staycation Iris is back on track. I’ll try to focus on healthy lunch breaks ( and keep on focusing on our candlelight dinners. My favorite lunch has always been salads, but I know Iris loves soups, not only in winter. While using the oven for our dinner, an extra tray before, … More A bowl of soup as lunch
You know that spongy thin white toast bread? That’s the one you need for this recipe.4 croques, 8 slices of that bread, 4 slices of mozzarella, 1 egg, 2 table spoons of flour, 100ml of semi skimmed milk and 1 table spoon of dried basil.Create 4 mozzarella sandwiches. Press at the sides to close the … More Croque mozzarella
Kuku is a kind of frittata with a Middle Eastern flavor, and thus, worth to try to convince Italians to eat other cooking styles. An Italian is proud of its national ( or is it regional🤔) heritage, including its cooking. Kuku is based on vegetables, eggs( as frittata is) but with a delicate flavor of … More Kuku with eggplant and caramelized onions
There are many different ways to use old bread in your recipes. It’s always useful to cut the bread in smaller pieces before becoming extremely hard. Put 2 chopped garlic cloves in some olive oil in a pan. Heat the fire. Add a handful of old bread crumb cubes. Bake and stir now and again. … More Old bread in a salad
Rinse 500 grams of fresh spinach. Chop and fry 4 garlic cloves in a drizzle of olive oil. Add the spinach for a few mins. Once the spinach has shrunk, stop the fire. Add pepper, salt and a handful of chopped fresh basil. Spread the spinach in an oiled oven dish. Create little nests. Put … More Life can be simple ❤
Mix 2 table spoons of peanutbutter with 2 table spoons of apple vinegar, pepper and salt. Add some water to improve the texture. Remove the skin from1 avocado. Cut in cubes and mix with some lemon juice. Slice a cucumber and 2 tomatoes. Roast 2 table spoons of pumpkin seeds and 1 table spoon of … More Peanutbutter in a dressing
Slice 500 grams of small courgettes with a potato peeler, or spiralizer. Mix with the juice of 1 lemon, a drizzle of olive oil, 2 table spoons of chopped chives, some roasted pine nuts and pepper. Spread 100 grams of smoked salmon. Ready!!
Soup is in very many ways ideal, I admit (although Iris would say I too often forget this). Chicory soup served with oven dried cherry tomatoes in a little cup is perfect as healthy appetizer. Fry 1 chopped potato, 1 chopped white onion, 3 chopped garlic cloves in some olive oil. Add 500 grams of … More Ideal as lunch, ideal as appetizer, ideal as ‘in between’, = soup
Ricotta in a sunny version For this recipe buy good quality ricotta. 1 slice of 100 grams for each person. Chop 1 big red onion, 2 garlic cloves. Add 1 table spoon of unsalted capres and some fresh oregan leaves and 500 grams of halved cherry tomatoes. Mix with some olive oil and spread on … More After a short visit to Belgian, DocV is back with new ideas for a tasty summer
Doc V's Healthy Kitchen 