I had a lovely afternoon. My dear friend Anria invited me to her class. I had the opportunity to talk about the living will and advance directives, the subject of my thesis in counseling. I really managed to catch the attention and introduce the delicate matter to young people. Coming home, I decided to prepare … More My favorite cooking style: all in one dishes
This week ‘Veg’ of Jamie Oliver is the kitchen bible. The first recipe is an oven dish with potatoes, mushrooms and truffle as extra flavor. For 2p, chop 500 grams of potatoes, 2 onions and 4 garlic cloves. Put them in an large round oven dish. Add a drizzle of olive oil, pepper, salt and … More Inspired by Jamie Oliver
Roasted potatoes, roasted tomatoes and a whole fish on top is delicious, super simple and healthy food. Buy a fresh whole fish ( see bream or see bass). Scrape the skin and remove the intestines. Wash and dry. Cut 500 grams of potatoes in wedges. Put in an oven dish. Spread a drizzle of olive … More A simple whole fish
We all try to reduce the animal proteins. Traditional recipes are turned into vegetarian versions. Moussaka is one of those famous traditions with a lot of different varieties. Chop and fry 1onion, 4 garlic cloves, 1 chili, 1 carrot and 2 stems of white celery in a drizzle of olive oil. Add 1 table spoon … More Far from the traditional version of moussaka, but still delicious and vegetarian 😋
Cauliflower is gifted with qualities; beautiful, elegant, international, healthy, creative and perfect carb substitute. The smell while cooking and the possible smell afterwards 😉are acceptable concessions. Boil a chopped cauliflower inhaled water until ready to make a puree ( leave some water). Add pepper and salt. Blanch 300 grams of green beans. Chop and fry … More No carbs today
It’s always an adventure to cook something with the leftovers of the fridge. I decided two days before going back for a refill. Thus, today’s menu is a combination of pumpkin and red cabbage and some frozen meatballs, tomorrow a pasta with preroasted tomatoes, onion, garlic and chili. Chop 400 grams of a leftover pumpkin … More Pumpkin and red cabbage?
Where radicchio is Italian, chicory is a product from Belgium and the Netherlands. I try to avoid buying import products but certain ingredients are too delicious, I’m sorry. For 2p, bake 1 kilo of chicory, cut in quarters, brown in some butter. Add 3 tablespoons of chopped fresh sage. Make a bechamel. Add 60 grams … More I came from a region where chicory was cultivated in soil
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
I definitely start my dinner with the vegetables I would like to use. I imagine certain people would start with the proteins, or even would think, let’s have some pasta today…. Anyway, my choice of today is squash, one of my favorites in colder seasons. A chubby tasty pumpkin of 1,2 kilo is the perfect … More How do you start to decide your dinner? What is your protagonist ingredient?
My mother used to prepare fennel and gorgonzola in a crispy oven dish. It was a really fancy combination 40 years ago, and still is an awesome marriage of flavors. My mother hates pasta, so the lasagna version would never have been her kind of thing. For 4p, chop 1,5 kilo of fresh fennel. Steam … More Gorgonzola and fennel
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