The whole culture of finding your own ingredients, herbs and mushrooms, intrigues me already a long time. It must be a wonderful heritage to grow up with that knowledge. In his ‘Complete mushroom book’ Carluccio shares his passion and knowledge. After buying a huge quantity of fresh mushrooms, a mixture of chanterelles and porcini, I … More Every mushroom is eatable, sometimes only once
My cooking stove is awesome. Thanks to Marion it has a name now : ‘the beast’😉. My daily cooking would be completely different without an oven, and now, I can use 3 ovens at the same time🤗. For 2p steam 1 small cauliflower. Remove the green first and chop. Chop and fry 2 garlic cloves, … More What a beast🤗
A few data ago our stored furniture arrived. I feel like a child🤩 every time I open another box. I know minimalism is the new hipe, but not ( yet) for me. Although the workman have to come back for a few things inside the house, I decide to fill the cupboards. Candle light dinner … More We are finally opening our boxes
For years I was used to prepare a vegetarian alternative for Christmas dinner. Recently Emilie decided to eat vegan and thus, let’s try. Eating vegan in a balanced way is not easy, and for sure, I would not recommand this diet for children. No meat and fish, okay, but vegan is much more than that … More Help, a vegan in the family
Elodie is leaving the company and says goodbye to the team in Siena. It’s nice to see her and to show her our house in progress. Bruschetti with fresh porcini are a perfect starter, cfr blogpost Porcini and truffle after a trip to Assisi and Perugia. The november edition of delicious.nl magazine inspires me for … More Dinner for 4
I still have too much food in the fridge. On top of it I bought 500 grams of fresh porcini yesterday. My first plan was to prepare the porcini on bruschette, but this morning, without any other input, I decide that pici cacio e pepe with porcini and a crumble of bread, pecorino and fresh … More Would it be a sin to combine porcini with pici cacio e pepe?
So many reasons to be in love with squash : their looks, their beautiful color, their flavor ( intenser when they are precooked in the oven), their nutritional value and the incredible variety of recipes. Buy goodlooking pumpkins. They cheer up your kitchen and it’s one of the vegetables which can be stored for a … More My true love for squash
BRUSCHETTA with porcini mushrooms Use slices of old bread. Brush some olive oil on both sides. I put some finely chopped garlic in the olve oil for extra flavor. Clean 500 grams of fresh porcini (use no water, brush them). Fry 2 chopped garlic cloves, 1 spicy little pepper in some olive oil. Add the … More Porcini and truffle after a trip to Assisi and Perugia
After 1 year visiting the same supermarket at least once a week they probably recognize me (hopefully in a positive way). It’s fun to observe people while shopping for food. My attention tends to drift in the direction of the people who inspect food in many different ways. Since last week the fresh porcini have … More Observational study in the supermarket 😉
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