Ingredients (2 servings): – 120g boiled basmati rice – 400-600g unpeeled green peas – 10-12 medium button mushrooms – 1 tbsp olive oil – 1-2 tbsp balsamic vinegar – salt and pepper – dill for serving
Method: 1 Boil basmati rice until ready and drain water 2 Peel and wash green peas 3 Peel and wash (remove dirt with a paper towel) button mushrooms , then slice them 4 Wash and chop dill 5 Preheat the skillet with 1 tbsp olive oil and add sliced mushrooms and green peas: cook for 10 minutes, constantly stirring 6 Add to vegetables: boiled rice, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper: cook for another 5 minutes 7 Serve with chopped dill and enjoy!
I don’t feel particularly proud of myself. But when I walk alone in the woods or lie in the meadows, all is well.
Franz Kafka
Ingredients (2 servings): – 250g spaghetti – 10-12 button mushrooms – 1/2 bunch of parsley – 50g grated Grana Padano – 1tbsp olive oil – 1tsp salt Method: 1 Mushrooms 1.1 Remove dirt from mushrooms with a wet paper towel, then slice the mushrooms finely 1.2 Wash and chop parsley 1.3 Fry champignons for 3-4 minutes in olive oil, then add parsley and fry for another 3-4 minutes constantly stirring 2 Spaghetti 2.1 Boil spaghetti al dente in salted water, drain water 2.2 Combine spaghetti with mushrooms & parsley & grated Grana Padano: mix well 2.3 Serve and enjoy quick and delicious lunch !
Are the days of winter sunshine just as sad for you, too? When it is misty, in the evenings, and I am out walking by myself, it seems to me that the rain is falling through my heart and causing it to crumble into ruins.
Filling: – 200g sour cream – 2 small red onions – 150g Feta cheese – 15 green olives without stone Directions: 1 Dough 1.1 Preheat the oven to 220C 1.2 Mix dough ingredients and knead the dough for 5 min 1.3 Roll out the dough into a 3mm height oval 1.4 Transfer the dough on the baking paper: bake (without filling) at 220C for 8 min 2 Filling and Tarte Flambee 2.1 Chop red onions, feta cheese and olives 2.2 Spread the sour cream over the baked dough; sprinkle with onion, feta cheese and olives: bake for another 10 min at 220C 3 Serve and enjoy with a cup of coffee or a glass of Pinot Noir
Serving ingredients: – 1/2 bunch of scallion for serving Method: 1 Preheat the oven to 220C 2 Combine dough ingredients and knead the dough 3 Roll out the dough to the 3-5mm width round 4 Put the dough round on the baking paper and bake for 8 min (no filling yet) 5 Sauce: mix mashed tomatoes, 1 tsp olive oil, salt and pepper 6 Distribute the sauce evenly over the baked dough round 7 Add mozzarella slices and sprinkle with grated Grana Padano 8 Bake the pizza for 10-15 minutes 9 Sprinkle with scallion and and enjoy
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard, are sweeter
John Keats
Ingredients (2 large servings): – 8-10 medium potatoes – 2 avocados – 1 red onion – 1 tsp Dijon mustard – 2-3 tsp mayonnaise – salt and black pepper Method: 1 Peel and wash potatoes and avocados 2 Cut potatoes into 0.3 cm slices and boil in salted water for 10-12 minutes, then drain water 3 Peel and cut avocados 4 Peel and chop red onion 5 Combine boiled potatoes, avocados, chopped onion, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard: carefully mix 6 Spice with salt and pepper, serve warm !
Night is always darker before the dawn and life is the same, the hard times will pass, every thing will get better and sun will shine brighter then ever.
Ernest Hemingway
Soup ingredients (2 servings): – 350g parsnip (weight unpeeled) – 350g baby potato (weight unpeeled) – 100ml 33% cream – 400ml chicken broth or water – 1 tsp salt
Baked vegetables ingredients: – 3 small carrots – 1 parsnip (~100g) – 1/2 tsp salt – 1/3 tsp black pepper – 1 tbsp olive oil Method: 1 Soup 1.1 Wash and peel potatoes and parsnip 1.2 Chop potatoes and parsnip into 0.5-1cm cubes 1.3 Boil the vegetables in 400ml chicken broth or water for 15 minutes 1.4 Add 33% cream + salt: mash with an immersive blender 2 Vegetable chips 2.1 Pre-heat the oven to 200C 2.2 Wash and peel carrots and parsnip 2.3 Cut vegetables into thin strips 2.4 Put the vegetables stripes on the baking paper, sprinkle with olive oil & salt 2.5 Bake for 20 minutes 3 Serve and enjoy delicious and healthy lunch !
At Christmas I no more desire a rose Than wish a snow in May’s new-fangled shows
William Shakespeare
Ingredients (2 servings): – 2 conference pears – 50g Feta or Gorgonzola cheese – 6 walnuts – a few dill sprigs – 2 tsp acacia honey Method: 1 Pre-heat the oven to 180C 2 Wash the pears, half them and de-seed 3 Cut Feta cheese in cubes 4 Put Feta cubes in the de-seeded pears and bake for 5-7 minutes at 180C 5 Serve warm pears with walnuts, dill sprigs and acacia honey. 6 Enjoy and have a great Sunday!
Notes: be careful, this recipe has an aroma of a holiday season 😉
Directions: 1 Filling: combine chopped beet greens with Feta & cream cheese & black pepper 2 Dough 2.1 Combine dough ingredients and knead the dough. 2.2 Let the dough stay in a warm place for 1 hour 3 Pies 3.1 Pre-heat the oven to 220C 3.2 Separate the dough into 4 equal parts with a knife 3.3 Roll out with hands a ~20 cm diameter disk out of one of dough pieces 3.4 Put 1/4 of the filling in the middle of the disk 3.5 Gather the sides up sealing the edges tight with the fingers in the center altogether 3.6 Turn over the dough with a filling and gently!flatten into a ~20 cm diameter disk 3.7 Cut out with a knife a small (~0.5-1cm diameter) circle in the middle of the pie to let the air go through while baking 3.8 Put the pie on the baking paper: bake for 20 minutes at 220C until golden 3.9 Repeat 3.3-3.8 for the left pieces of dough 4 Serve hot with a cup black coffee and enjoy with friends ! Without friends the pleasure will be totally lost.
Serving ingredients: – pomegranate seeds – parsley Method: 1 Prepare Pkhali ingredients: 1.1 Peel aubergines and cut into ~1cm cubes 1.2 Chop onion 1.3 Slice champignons 1.4 Peel garlic cloves 1.5 Keep the walnuts for 5 minutes in hot water (to soften them a little), then dry them with a paper towel 2 Cook champignons, onion and aubergines 2.1 Fry chopped onion and sliced champignons for 7 minutes at medium heat with some olive oil 2.2 Add aubergine cubes and cook for another 15 minutes or until aubergines are soft 3 Combine cooked champignons, onion and aubergines with garlic, softened walnuts, cardamom, salt, pepper, and vinegar in a bowl: mash until smooth with an immersive blender 4 Put the bowl in the fridge for at least 2 hours 5 Take the bowl from the fridge and form with fingers ~2cm diameter balls. 6 Put the balls on the plate and decorate with pomegranate seeds and parsley: serve, it’s a really delicious appetiser !
Notes: you can use the same recipe as a delicious pate for the sandwiches 😉
Nostalgia in reverse, the longing for yet another strange land, grew especially strong in spring.
Vladimir Nabokov
Ingredients (2 servings): – 1 Hokkaido pumpkin (Red kuri squash) – 125g fresh baby spinach – 150g Feta cheese – 35g pine nuts – salt and black pepper – 1 tbsp olive oil for frying pumpkin
Dressing ingredients: – 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
Method: 1 Preheat the oven to 180C 2 Wash pumpkin, halve and de-seed it 3 Bake the pumpkin for 30-35 minutes at 200C and let it cool down 4 Peel the pumpkin and cut into 1.5cm cubes 5 Wash baby spinach and let it dry itself 6 Cut feta cheese into 0.5-1cm cubes 7 Fry pumpkin cubes in olive oil for 4-5 minutes at medium heat 8 Put the salad ingredients on the plates as follows: 8.1 Baby spinach 8.2 Warm pumpkin cubes 8.3 Sprinkle with salt and black pepper 8.4 Feta cheese cubes 8.5 Pine nuts 8.6 Sprinkle with balsamic vinegar 9 Enjoy !
Serving ingredients: – 200ml sour cream Method: 1 Prepare dough: 1.1 Add olive oil in the middle of flour heap and mix oil with flour 1.2 Stir in boiled water into the oily flour and knead the dough 1.3 Let the dough rest for 15 minutes 1.4 Separate the dough into 4 equal parts with a knife. Form ~1.5cm diameter “sausage” out of each part with your hands 1.5 Cut each “sausage” into 1cm width pieces and roll out each piece into a ~5cm diameter round 2 Prepare the filling: 2.1 Wash and de-seed the plums. Separate the plums into halves. 2.2 Cut each plum half into ~6 thin slices 2.3 Combine plum slices with 2 tbsp sugar and mix well 3 Make Vareniki: 3.1 Put 3-5 plum slices into each round, fold the round into a half-moon and pinch all the edges together strongly with fingers. Be careful: these plum slices are very naughty… 3.2 Put Vareniki into boiling water and cook for 5 minutes at medium heat 3.3 Serve warm with sour cream and enjoy !
Patsuk opened his mouth, stared at the Vareniki, and opened his mouth wider still. At that moment, a varenik jumped out of the bowl, splashed into the cream, flipped over and leapt straight up into his mouth. Patsuk opened his mouth again, and another varenik went through the same performance. The only trouble he took was to munch it up and swallow it.
Filling ingredients (all ingredients for 4 servings = ~30 Vareniki): – 500g new potatoes – 200g champignons – 1 onion – 1 carrot – 1 tsp salt – 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
Dough ingredients: – 260g wheat flour – 130ml water – 30ml olive oil – 1/2 tsp salt
Serving ingredients: – a few sprigs of green onions – 200ml sour cream
Method: 1 Prepare the filling: 1.1 Wash champignons, remove dirt from them with a paper towel and cut a thin slice off the bottom 1.2 Stew on olive oil chopped onion with grated carrot for 5 minutes 1.3 Add chopped champignons to onion & carrot and stew for another 10 minutes 1.4 Put the frying pan aside and let it cool down 1.5 Boil for 15 minutes peeled potatoes. Then mash them with 1 tsp salt. 1.6 Combine mashed potatoes with fried champignons and mix them well. 2 Prepare dough: 2.1 Add olive oil in the middle of flour heap and mix oil with flour 2.2 Stir in boiled water into the oily flour and knead the dough 2.3 Let the dough rest for 15 minutes 2.4 Separate the dough into 4 equal parts with a knife. Form a ~1.5cm diameter sausage out of each part 2.5 Cut each sausage into 1cm width pieces and roll out each piece into a ~5cm diameter round 3 Make Vareniki: 3.1 Put 1 tsp filling into each round, fold the round into a half-moon and pinch all the edges together strongly with fingers. Put Vareniki on the floured plate. 3.2 Put Vareniki into boiling water and cook for 5 minutes at medium heat 3.3 Serve immediately with sour cream, chopped green onions, miner’s lettuce and grated carrot !
Notes: one can make several servings of Vareniki (e.g., during a rainy weekend) and put them uncooked in the freezer. And then… enjoy the benefits of quick & delicious lunch during the week! 🙂
Patsuk opened his mouth, stared at the Vareniki, and opened his mouth wider still. At that moment, a varenik jumped out of the bowl, splashed into the cream, flipped over and leapt straight up into his mouth. Patsuk opened his mouth again, and another varenik went through the same performance. The only trouble he took was to munch it up and swallow it.
Filling ingredients (all ingredients for 4 servings = ~30 Vareniki): – 400g pointed white cabbage or young white cabbage – 1 onion – 1 carrot – 1 tsp salt – 1/2 tsp black pepper – 1 tsp sugar – 1 tsp vinegar
Dough ingredients: – 260g wheat flour – 130ml water – 30ml olive oil – 1/2 tsp salt
Serving ingredients: – 1 grated carrot – a few sprigs of green onions – 200ml sour cream – a few leaves of miner’s lettuce
Method: 1 Prepare the filling: 1.1 Cut cabbage into thin strips, chop carrot and onion 1.2 Fry on olive oil chopped onion with carrot for 5 minutes 1.3 Add striped cabbage, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp vinegar to onion and carrot and stew for another 15 minutes 1.4 Add salt and black pepper and mix everything well 1.5 Put the frying pan aside to let the vegetables cool down 2 Prepare dough: 2.1 Add olive oil in the middle of flour heap and mix oil with flour 2.2 Stir in boiled water into the oily flour and knead the dough 2.3 Let the dough rest for 15 minutes 2.4 Separate the dough into 4 equal parts with a knife. Form ~1.5cm diameter sausage out of each part with your hands 2.5 Cut each sausage into 1cm width pieces and roll out each piece into a ~5cm diameter round 3 Make Vareniki: 3.1 Put 1 tsp filling into each round, fold the round into a half-moon and pinch all the edges together strongly with fingers. Put Vareniki on the floured plate. 3.2 Put Vareniki into boiling water and cook for 5 minutes at medium heat 3.3 Serve immediately with sour cream, chopped green onions, miner’s lettuce and grated carrot !
Notes: one can make several servings of Vareniki (e.g., during a rainy weekend) and put them uncooked in the freezer. And then… enjoy the benefits of quick & delicious lunch during the week! 🙂
He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.
Directions: 1 Toast oats and chopped cashew nuts ~2-4 minutes until golden at medium heat (no oil, no butter) 2 Sprinkle washed blueberries over the yogurt 3 Sprinkle warm toasted oats and cashew nuts over the yogurt 4 Enjoy and have a great day
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.
Method: 1 Preheat the oven to 180C 2 Combine flour+sugar+Vanilla sugar+milk+olive oil+salt+baking soda+vinegar: mix everything well 3 Add chocolate morsels to the dough and carefully mix to not destroy the morsels 🙂 4 Form the round cookies from the dough and put them on the baking paper 5 Bake the cookies at 180C for 10 minutes 6 Enjoy 😉
Serving ingredients: – 50g corn salad – a few sprigs chopped green onions – 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar – 1/2 tbsp chestnut honey Method: 1 Brush both sides of Ciabatta slices with olive oil 2 Bake oiled Ciabatta slices for 5-7 minutes at 200C on the baking paper, let them cool down 3 Butter the toasts with goat cheese 4 Put the chopped figs over the goat cheese 5 Sprinkle the toasts with black pepper, chopped green onions, balsamic vinegar 6 Serve on the corn salad with a bit of honey ! 7 Enjoy ! ☀️ ☀️☀️
Certainly the heart has always something to tell about the future to those who listen to it. But what does the heart know? Scarce a little of what has already happened.
Directions: 1 Preheat the oven to 200C 2 Brush both sides of Ciabatta slices with olive oil 3 Bake oiled Ciabatta slices on the baking paper for 5-7 minutes at 200C 4 Rub one side of each toast with garlic 5 Cut tomatoes into 1cm cubes and drain extra juice 6 Combine tomato cubes with 1/2 tbsp olive oil + 1 tsp balsamic vinegar + 1/2 tsp salt + 1/4 tsp pepper + chopped basil: put the mixture on the toasts! 7 Serve bruschetta with fresh corn salad and grated parmesan 8 Enjoy !
Ingredients (for 6 toasts): – 6 slices rye bread or baguette – 100g creamy goat cheese – 2 garlic 🧄 cloves – 24 red grapes 🍇 – 12 hazelnuts – 50g corn salad for serving – 6-7 sprigs green onions for serving – 1-2 tbsp olive oil for toasts
Directions: 1 Toast rye bread slices with or without olive oil 2 Rub upper part of toasts with garlic 3 Butter goat cheese on the toasts on the garlic side 4 Sprinkle the toasts with sliced hazelnuts, halved grapes and chopped green onions 5 Serve with corn salad and enjoy !
With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I live without envy.
Lope de Vega
Salmorejo ingredients (2 servings): – 🍅🍅🍅 500g fresh tomatoes 🍅🍅🍅 – 50g-100g ciabatta or baguette crumb (soft part) – 2 garlic cloves – 1 tsp salt – 1/2 tablespoon white wine vinegar – 50ml olive oil Extra Virgin
Serving ingredients: – 100g chopped ham – a few basil leaves Directions: 1 Wash tomatoes and remove the green middle part 2 Combine in a bowl tomatoes + ciabatta crumb (add 100g crumb for a thick soup and 50g for a light one) + garlic cloves + salt + vinegar + olive oil: mash everything with a food processor or blender until smooth 3 Serve the soup with chopped ham and fresh basil leaves ! Enjoy !
Notes: 1 This soup will not leave you indifferent 😉 2 Tomatoes, olive oil & garlic quality are essential for the taste! 3 Put the soup in the fridge for 1 hour before serving if you prefer to have it cold 🙂
Love... to cooking ! 