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Spanish fish stew

2 servings; 10 min preparation; 25-30 min cooking time. This fish stew will warm your heart during the cold winter nights. In comparison with other stews that have to simmer for hours on the stove, this healthy dish is super easy to make and takes just about half an hour. You don’t need any additional…

Tom kha kai

4 servings; 10 min preparation; 30 min cooking time. Tom kha kai or tom kha gai is a coconut soup, typical for Thailand and Laos. It literally means “chicken galangal boil”. This soup is relatively easy to make and uses few ingredients, but it’s really great. Just one spoon of it and you will find…

Silky orange bars

9-12 servings; 15 min preparation; 1 h cooking time. This cake is soft and silky. It looks a lot like a custard cake, although it consists a little less flour. The orange flavor is so fresh and rich that you have to put a lot of effort to resist eating it all. If want to…

Portobello mushrooms with spinach-cheese filling

2 servings; 10 min preparation; 30-35 min cooking time. Meat-lovers think that vegetarian dishes are supposed to be boring or tasteless. Well, I can proof them wrong by making a very special delicious entry using Portobello mushrooms. You don’t have to be a vegetarian to enjoy this meal. It’s rich, full of flavor and important…

Salmon tartare tower

2 servings; 25 min preparation. I was thinking of a very elegant and light dish, suitable for a dinner party. The dish that came in my mind was tartare. Indeed a good dish to serve your friends, but imagine that one of your guests does not eat meat. In that case you can choose for…

Bolo de bolacha

8-10 servings; 15 min preparation; 8 h waiting. This is one of the most typical desserts that you could find in Portugal. Bolo de bolacha literally means cookie cake. It does not require any baking. However, it could test your patience, since you have to leave it overnight in the fridge. I’m telling you, this…

Spicy honey-glazed shrimp

2 servings; 5 min preparation; 15 min waiting; 10 min cooking time. This is an easy and fast side-dish that you can make when you don’t have a lot of time to cook. Combine it with coconut rice and you will have a whole meal. This dish has everything that you expect from an Asian…

Pan-seared scallops on a bed of pea puree with vanilla-saffron sauce

2 servings; 35 min cooking This dish is very special. With so few ingredients you can create real symphony of tastes. The freshness of the scallops complements perfectly the sweetness of the pea puree. And the sauce is really the cherry on the cake. Its saltines makes everything complete. Be careful not to overcook the…

Orange muffins with pomegranate seeds

14 servings; 10 min preparation; 30 min cooking time I had some pomegranate seeds and citrus fruit left in the fridge, so I decided to incorporate them in a delicious sweet treat. The kick of the spices make the taste of the muffins quite surprising. And the combination of spices really complements the orange flavor….

Beef roulade

2 servings; 10 min preparation; 1 h waiting; 20 min cooking time. Surprise your family and friends with something easy, but very delicious and pleasing for the eye. This beef dish take literally 30 min to make and it’s the perfect main course for your special occasion. If you have the time, marinade the…

Chilean Sopaipillas with pebre salsa

6-8 servings, 1 cup sauce; 20 min preparation; 1 h waiting; 20 min cooking. The sky today was so gray and wintry that I thought of a dish, typical for bad weather. I’m talking about two Chilean classics that go perfectly together. Sopaipillas are small pumpkin breads, made by Chilean women in a rainy day….

Eggs Hemingway

4 servings; 20 min preparation; 1 h waiting; 40 min cooking. Eggs Hemingway (also called Eggs Copenhagen) are a variation of the famous Eggs Benedict. They are often served for breakfast and are a combination of an english muffin, smoked salmon, poached egg and hollandaise sauce. I don’t expect you to make them every day, because…