For 2p marinate 500 grams of boiled beetroot in chopped garlic cloves, fresh basil, pepper, salt and olive oil. Boil 125 grams of good quality lentils in water, with a bay leaf, fresh thyme, 1 chopped garlic, 2 chopped garlic cloves, 1 chopped shallot until al dente. Bake the beetroot in the oven at 180°. … More Lentils, beetroot, on request
Whatever you can slice thinly, you can serve as carpaccio. For today we combine thinly sliced radishes and cucumber with sliced mozzarella. Spread some good olive oil, some lemon juice, salt and pepper. Garnish with some parsley… Light and delicious.
Blanch shortly equal pieces of different vegetables as cauliflower, radishes, asparagus, courgette, … Mix with 3 chopped garlic cloves, 3 table spoons of olive oil, 2 table spoons of algues, 1 small spicy little pepper. Put in a aluminium foil and close (seperate portions of one big portion for 2p). Put in the oven at … More Veggie veggie veggie…
Spanakopita (or whatever own name you give it) is a superb Greek dish which you can prepare in a small version as appetizer or in a bigger version as a main course. As a main course for 4p start with 1kg of spinach. Blanch fresh spinach shortly in salted water (or defrost frozen spinach). Leave … More Let’s pretend we are on a Greek island…
Tuscany has many thermal resorts. Rapolano Terme is half an hour from Siena. You smell the sulfur kilometers away from your destination. http://www.termesangiovanni.it/it/home After my visit I am supposed to leave as a different person (that photo you can surely discover in the next local ‘Vogue’ or similar magazine), but the menu for today will … More Completely relaxed after a visit to Rapolano Terme
I am ready for long evenings outside, and so is our terrace. But maybe 9° is still a bit too chilly… Anyway I probably used muscles which I didn’t train yet, and I feel it, and tomorrow I am sure, even more. The menu of today respects my sore body. Slice 600 grams of courgettes … More Painful gardening, easy recipe 😉
After a day chasing from one place to another, to another, to another hoping to obtain an Italian number plate, we will have an easy dish tonight. Cook rice or noodles. Heat a drizzle of peanut oil in a wok. Fry 4 chopped garlic cloves, 5 cm of chopped ginger, 1 chopped spicy little pepper. … More Italian bureaucracy, what an adventure 
Mozzarella, tomato, aubergine and basil are probably the most known ingredients of the italian cuisine. Put them all together in a dish and you will end up with the delicious parmigiana di melanzane. Cut the aubergines (2 for 4p) in slices of 1 cm, put them in a colander and add salt on every … More Italian classics, Parmigiana di melanzane
For 2p you need : 500 grams of a good tasting pumpkin, 3 beetroots of moderate size, 100g feta, garlic cloves (2 pp?), juice and zeste of 2 oranges, 1 table spoon of honey (I used chestnut honey 1table spoon of dried thyme, some fresh ginger in little pieces or grated if you prefer, 50 … More Pumpkin and beetroot with feta sage crumble
– As a perfect starter mix 150 grams of beetroot, first boiled, 150 grams of potatoes, first boiled, 2 garlic cloves in a blender. Add pepper, salt, 1 teaspoon of dried basil, 1 teaspoon of cumin and mix with 1 raw egg. Cool the mixture in the fridge. Preheat the oven at 200°. Put the … More Burgundy red, wow!
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