Category: recipes

Hummus

The recipe with no quantities

Sautéed mushrooms

Super easy and ready to use for any recipe!

Beef Vladimir

or: A Variation on Beef Stroganoff

Tempura Tuesday

Easy and cheap Tempura at home!

Something new

I love eggs. Have I mentioned that before? Maybe.  Maybe not. But there it is: I love eggs. And not just hen eggs: goose, duck, quail and fish. mmmmmh … fish eggs! So yesterday whilst at the fish monger (ok, he was technically inside… Continue Reading “Something new”

A satellite dish (to the Autumnal Risotto)

Two evenings ago when I started making the Autumnal Risotto, featured in this post, something came up and I had to abandon the dish half made.Luckily I hadn’t put the rice in, so it was only a matter of chucking the sausage and squash… Continue Reading “A satellite dish (to the Autumnal Risotto)”

Pimping up my biscuits

Friday I decided to make some chocolate-covered strawberries. I made them with a wonderful 60% dark Tanzania gourmet chocolate that my friend Katie sent me (thank you by the way, it was purrrfect) and then spruced them up using three toppings: almonds, sugar hearts… Continue Reading “Pimping up my biscuits”

Paella

Unexpectedly easy

Eggs Benedict

Sunday Magic.

Lamb tortillas

Leftovers, and what to do with them 😉

Spring

It’s Spring in Spain. It’s been Spring for quite a while, but when last week after two looong weeks of rain, the sun came out and temperatures shot up to 27^C, everyone I know suddenly was on the same theme as every year, saying… Continue Reading “Spring”

Easy and quick

Sometimes, it’s the best way. The other evening I spent about an hour preparing farofias, a thick, sweet, luxurious Portuguese dessert of which a post will be published as soon as I get the photos. I yearned for farofias ever since I discovered them around the end of my year… Continue Reading “Easy and quick”

Little pockets of happiness

Sometimes everything seems to go wrong. And then the cupcakes you make for Valentine’s day come out right. And you make the yummiest duck breast-pear-pine nut salad. And you paint the otter you’ve been wanting to paint for as long as you can remember.… Continue Reading “Little pockets of happiness”