I admit, I love Jamie Oliver. His cooking style inspires me since the early beginning and I’m still a big fan. This salad is really delicious, although I add more vegetables. For 2p, start with the cucumber. Cut the cucumber in 2 halves. Remove the seeds (and the skin if you prefer). Slice thinly. Mix … More Asian salmon salad
Daily cooking for guests cannot be a daily party, especially when there is someone leading a normal working life, and especially if you would like to keep it all healthy. Salmon is a perfect fish to store in the freezer and to prepare in the oven. Fennel saffron salad and hasselback potatoes are perfect side … More Yes, sometimes I prepare certain dishes more than once 😉
Certain dishes will be more frequently served on a Sunday, in Belgium for sure. Fish stew is one of them. For 2 p chop and fry 4 garlic cloves, 1 white onion, 2 carrots, 1 leek, 2 stems of white celery in 1 table spoon of butter. Bake and stir. Add 1 table spoon of … More Fish stew on a Sunday or on a Monday?
Certain tools are so nice to have, but often end up in a corner of your kitchen without being used frequently. In our rather small kitchen in Siena all our kitchen tools are really visible, and thus much easier not to be forgotten. Today it’s time for the Portugese cataplana. Chop 400 grams of paksoi, … More Be inventive with kitchen tools
Iris adores Asian cuisine, and she is probably better at preparing this cooking style than I am. Always remember : combine sweet-sauer-salty-spicy! Marinate two salmon filets in 2 teaspoons of mirin (sweet), juice of ½ lemon (sauer), 4 table spoons of soya sauce (salty) and ½ chopped spicy little pepper(spicy), 4 cm of grated ginger … More Craving for good Asian food
Although grapefruit is a winter ingredient, it’s a perfect to use in a summer dish. Green beans, or asparagus beans (less work to cut the ends of ;-))are at their best in this season. Cut 400 grams of green beans in pieces of 3-4 cm. Add 4 chopped garlic cloves, 1 spicy little pepper and … More Grapefruit and salmon in a lovely summer recipe
Heat the oven at 180°. For 2p, put 250 grams of cherry tomatoes on baking paper. Add a drizzle of olive oil and roast the tomatoes for 20 mins. Put two pinches of saffron in 500 ml of hot water. Fry 1 chopped shallot and 4 chopped garlic cloves in some olive oil. Add 120 … More Saffron risotto
Once you have eaten a pizza in Napoli, you will rarely reach the same level of pizza dough at home.That’s why I prefer to work with puff pastry instead, thin and cripsy. For 2 p cover 1 puff pastry (I prefer the square ones) with a mixture of 150 grams of ricotta, 2 chopped garlic … More Flat puff pastry
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
Our last purchase ‘Life in Balance’ by Donna Hay in an Italian translation inspires the Friday night dinner. For 2p cut 1 big or 2 smaller cucumbers in thin slices. Add 1 chopped garlic clove, 1 small spicy pepper in tiny slices, 2 teaspoons of mirin, juice of 1 lime, a pinch of salt and … More Fish in a Dukkah jacket
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