4 servings (8 slices); 25 min preparation; 1 h cooking time. This dish reminds me of the meatloaf my grandmother often prepared when she had guests. The smell in my kitchen today brought me years back to her kitchen where I watched her making this delicious meal. Indeed, it takes time to put it together,…
Category: lunch
Pea soup with avocado and mint
4 servings; 10 min preparation; 20-25 min cooking time. It’s time for soup again! This time I chose for a delicious and vibrant pea soup. It’s so fresh and light that I’m sure your family would love it. It’s not only the refreshing aroma of the mint that makes this soup amazing. The avocado makes it…
Salmon with lemon and goat cheese and herbs potato mash
4 servings; 10 min preparation; 20 min cooking time. If you follow my posts, you have probably noticed that I cook fish very often. In fact, I try to include fish on my menu at least twice a week. I love all kinds of fish and all ways to prepare it. All kind of fish…
Feta saganáki
2 servings; 5 min preparation; 15 min cooking time. If you want an easy appetizer for your dinner party, a fast Sunday lunch or a simple main dish, this is the perfect recipe for you. All you need to do is cut some feta cheese and fry it very fast. The feta will become creamy and…
Salad Niçoise with yogurt-mustard dressing
2 servings; 15 min cooking; 10 preparation. Today I was craving for something fresh and light that does not involve a lot of cooking. I decided to make a dish I haven’t eaten in a long time – salad Niçoise. It’s a traditional French salad that normally is made of crispy lettuce, tomatoes, anchovies, olives, tuna, green beans…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Valentine’s special – Pan-seared cod with citrus sauce
2 servings; 10 min preparation; 20 min waiting; 10 min cooking time. When I think about Valentine’s day, I prefer to think out of the box. The standard chocolate desserts and sweets just don’t cut it for me. So I came to the idea of a light and very unusual dinner. I was really surprised…
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