Last dinner in this great city. My daughters can finally say they have been in New York. Remember the chicken of yesterday? A good portion of chicken meat is still waiting to be eaten. For 3p, chop and fry all the garlic, 3 bunches of radishes, 500 grams of mushrooms and 1 spicy little pepper. … More Dinner 5 : No waste, even not in New York, or especially not in New York
Squacquerone is a fresh cows milk cheese. The day after the large buffet I decide to prepare a ‘caccio e pepe’- like pasta with this lovely cheese. Boil the pasta in salted water. Drain, but keep some of the cooking water. Chop and fry 4 garlic cloves. Add 200 grams of squacquerone, loads of pepper, … More No waste of squacqerone
My monthly delicious.nl magazine has arrived while being in Belgium. It’s always a nice moment to browse the magazine for the first time ( ‘the first cut is the deepest’ ;-)). I cleaned the fridge and freezer today and found a pack of gorgonzola. How is it possible to find gorgonzola in the freezer? Before … More Cold and snowy Siena
What do we have left in the fridge : 300 grams of mushrooms, 400 grams of spinach, 2 tomatoes (never keep tomatoes in the fridge!), a square puff pastry, 1 mozzarella and some rocket salad. For 3p blanch and drain 400 grams of spinach. Try to remove all the liquid. Chop 1 red onion, 3 … More No waste- day
One of the best recipes to demonstrate a perfect summary of my ‘rules’ is SHAKSUKA. This dish I discovered in the wonderful cookbook ‘Jeruzalem’ by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi. Started as a Tunesian breakfast recipe, it is popular not only for breakfast and not only in Tunesia and Israel but in the rest of the … More Shaksuka (empty your fridge)
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