Month: November 2023

Baked Garlic Potatoes with Tuna sauce !

Ah, it’s my longing for whom I might have been that distracts and torments me!

Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

Potatoes ingredients:
– 1 kg potatoes
– 3 clothes grated garlic
– 1 tsp paprika
– 2/3 tsp salt
– 1/2 tsp black pepper
– 2 tbsp olive oil

Tuna sauce ingredients:
– 1 can tuna
– 1 chopped red onion
– 2 tsp mayonnaise
– 1 tbsp lemon 🍋 juice
– 2 tbsp cream cheese

Method:
1 Preheat the oven to 180C
2 Boil potatoes for 3 minutes, drain water and left them cool down for 5 minutes
3 Mix semi-boiled potatoes with grated garlic, paprika, salt, black pepper and olive oil
4 Transfer the potatoes pieces on the baking paper and bake 30min at 180C
5 Tuna sauce: mix tuna, cut onion, mayonnaise, lemon juice, cream cheese and mash with a blender
6 Serve with fresh tomatoes and cucumbers ! Enjoy !

Healthy Banana Pancakes

Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

Anton Chekhov


Ingredients:
– 350-370g flour
– 400ml buttermilk
– 2 eggs
– 3 ripe bananas
– 50g butter
– 1/3 tsp salt
– 1/2 tsp baking soda + 1/2 tsp vinegar

Method:
1 Mix eggs, milk and salt until smooth
2 Add grated butter, grated bananas, floor, baking soda
3 Add vinegar in the same tsp and mix everything until smooth with a blender
4 Preheat the skillet
5 Put 1 tbsp of butter for each pancake (no oil!) on the skillet and fry until golden both sides, middle heat
6 Serve with honey and fresh fruits!

Red kuri squash baked with Camembert !

When you see a good move, look for a better one.

Emanuel Lasker


Ingredients (for 2 servings):
– 1 small Red kuri squash
– 120g Camembert
– the crema di balsamico and olive oil for serving
– salt, pepper

Method:
1 Divide squash into 4 parts and bake for 40min at 180C
2 Sprinkle with salt, pepper, cover each squash piece with camembert slices
and bake for another 10 min
3 Sprinkle with crema di balsamico & olive oil and serve!