I made 1Kg of puff pastry, don’t be intimidated by this French classic. Follow my tips, recipe and method here. A buttery pastry base screamed for something sweet, cheesy and savoury. So on our weekly trip to the markets we bought some Bosc pears and brown onions. Check out that caramelisation, food porn for your
I love anything that is smoked. But also smoked produce is not part of my diet anymore. So I had to find something healthy, with the same taste but that is not smoked. Voilà: Gravlax!!! What is Gravlax? Here is the meaning from wikipedia: During the Middle Ages, gravlax was made by fishermen, who salted the
Rachel Dana was our October 2012 Daring Cooks’ Challenge hostess! Rachel brought Brazil into our lives by challenging us to make Feijoada and Farofa along with some other yummy side dishes traditionally served with Feijoada, which is a delicious black bean and pork stew. I made a vegetarian feijoada as we don’t eat pork. And
Our Daring Cooks’ September 2012 hostess was Inma of la Galletika. Inma brought us a taste of Spain and challenged us to make our very own delicious Paella! I made a vegetarian paella, because we don’t eat certain types of seafood and I didn’t add peas as we don’t mix legumes with cereals. I loved
Summer is almost over and than God for that and I don’t think I will be missing it this Winter. It has been tough as it’s really really hot, at 5 PM the mosquitoes start to feed and there’s nothing that can stop them (mosquito hybrids???), and it has been really tough sleeping. Anyways, Saturday
What’s the purpose of a vacation to you? For me it’s a period of time that I dedicate to activities which I normally wouldn’t do. Vacation is a period where I forget work and all that is related to it and I dedicate my time totally to myself, my husband, my home and my personal
Now that the chocolate series has ended, I would like to cook and post some savoury foods. Since I went wheat free, quinoa has been a good substitution for wheat. It’s very easy to cook quinoa. This was my Sunday lunch. I prepared a omelette with asparagus, as this is the right season for fresh
Since Valentine’s day was on Tuesday, we decided to celebrate on Saturday night. So I looked on internet a recipe full of strong flavours while my husband took care of the wine. The menu was: Cheese truffles Feta-crusted beef with tomato sauce and quinoa Chocolate souffle with melted heart Source: BBC good food I
I have this lovely Italian cookbook, and I found this recipe in it. I made some changes to it, since we don’t eat a lot of dairy products and wheat flour. I haven’t learned to make wheat free bread yet so I used the normal crostinis. But I will get there too. We bought Gutturnio,