Portobello mushrooms are not often available here and when they are, I buy them. Mushrooms in general are healthy, contain few kcal. A Portobello is nothing more than an overgrown chestnut mushroom, but size wise they are perfect for filling. Start with the beetroot. Wash 1 kilo of beetroot. Remove the greens. Wrap the beetroot … More Filled portobello and beetroot
The ‘One Pan Perfect’ cookbook from Donna Hay is a topper. The following recipe is awesome and contains Italian ingredients only. The following dish is for sure more than enough for 3p ( or 2p if you’re really hungry). Clean and wash 500 grams of fresh spinach. Chop 4 garlic cloves. Heat a pan with … More Prepare yourself for a superb vegetarian lasagna
We’ve been traveling for 10 days in a few nearby provinces : Urbino, Cesena, Rimini, Ravenna, Pesaro, Ferrara, Padua, Vicenza, Verona, Mantua and some more villages in between. What a beautiful trip and how nice to be home. While traveling we really experienced the change in season. On the road I discovered a few new … More Back home
If I have to make a choice between the taste of a meal or the appearance, I will certainly go for the taste. If I can make a dish more attractive without the need of all my patience, I will do my very best, of course. Layers of food are always a surprise for your … More A vegetarian artistic lasagna
For 2p, 2 piadine or Italian flat breads, 2 garlic cloves, 5 small fresh artichokes ( 1 can of artichokes as alternative), 200 grams of mozzarella, 2 table spoons of black olives, 60 grams of sundried tomatoes on oil and some rocket salad is all you need tonight. Clean and chop the baby artichokes in … More Artichokes on a piadina
Cold and cloudy with something in between snow and rain are not my favorite ingredients. Iris did rearrange the unpacked boxes and I found the magimix tools. Internet showed me some ideas for our menu tonight. Rösti is real mountain food, ideal for this time of year. My friend, Magimix, grates 600 grams of washed … More Real winter food
Finally I tried those ugly look-alikes of celery. Cardoon is an old vegetable, a family member of the artichokes. Remove the hard part, the ugly parts, the wires by peeling them. Put the pieces in water with lemon. Boil the cardoon for 30 mins, or even more, until al dente. Drain and chop in small … More A few days ago ‘mama Anna’ made us a ‘sformatino di gobbi’
We have a lot of different mushrooms in our garden, but sadly enough I don’t know anything about mushrooms, and decide to leave them and buy some in the supermarket. The variety here is much less than what I could find in Belgium, so it’s possible that forest mushrooms never arrive in the supermarket because … More Mushroom soup
Wikipedia explains : A strudel is a type of layered pastry with a filling that is usually sweet. It became popular in the 18th century throughout the Habsburg Empire. Strudel is part of Austrian cuisine but also common in many other Central and Eastern European cuisines. There is a lot more to say, and thus a lot of possibilities. In the december edition of delicious.nl … More Strudel
Buy a small good tasting pumpkin of approx 1.5-1.8 kilo. Cut in 2 halves. Remove the seeds. Put both halves in an oven dish. Spread a large drizzle of good olive oil. Cover with aluminium foil and bake in the oven at 180-200° until the meat is almost soft (approx 1h). Use the oven at … More Pasta with pumpkin, chestnuts and gorgonzola
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