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Thank you Antoine – French vegetarian shepherd’s pie with mushrooms, taleggio and three purées

4 months ago

by silvia in Vegetables, Vegetarian - dairy

Merci Antoine – Hachis parmentier végétarien aux champignons, taleggio et aux trois purées In France Hachis parmentier is something eaten quite frequently and that kids love, due to its combination of potato puree and ground meet. My mom being Italian, she never really prepared this, but when I [...]

Fast food my way – Grilled tuna steak on brussels sprouts quinoa and roasted bell pepper relish

4 months ago

by silvia in Express - Less than 30 minutes, Fish/Seafood

Fast food à ma façon – Steak de thon grillé, vinaigrette aux poivrons grillés et roquette avec quinoa aux choux de Bruxelles This is a recipe for those days you want to eat well and not spend a whole day in the kitchen. I can almost call this a fast food meal, and anything I classified in my [...]

arugula brussel sprouts fish quinoa relish roasted pepper tuna

We dressed up the beets – Beets stuffed with goat cheese, walnuts and garlic on a bed of kale vinaigrette

5 months ago

by silvia in Appetizers, Vegetables, Vegetarian - dairy

On a habillé les betteraves – Betteraves farcies au chèvre, ail et noix sur lit de chou vert vinaigrette I am not used to eating beets in hot preparations, and I wanted to explore this further. Sometimes, you are so used to eating things in a certain way, that the thought of changing ways makes [...]

Appetizer beets goat cheese kale vegetarian walnuts

Simplissime – Banana, caramel and rum pudding

5 months ago

by silvia in Breakfast/Brunch, Desserts, Express - Less than 30 minutes

Simplissime – Pudding à la banane, caramel et rhum If you are not a cook, nor a pastry chef, this would be for you…How a dessert can more simple? Besides, it’s quite light, so in my book all the attributes to be called a perfect dessert. I think as a “petite chose sucrée“, a little sweet thing to [...]

banana Dessert pudding raisins rum

Treadmill thoughts with Laurent – Lentils, roasted red pepper and kale salad with Labne tartine and eggplant purée

5 months ago

by silvia in Appetizers, Vegetables, Vegetarian - dairy

Recettes du tapis roulant avec Laurent – Salade de lentilles, aux poivrons grillés et chou vert – tartine de labne et purée d’aubergines My friend Laurent is French but he grew up in Tunis ( we keep each other company on the treadmill in the mornings), always shares with me his childhood memories [...]

Appetizer chards eggplant eggplant puree Labne lentils middle eastern red pepper salad

Oeuf cocotte with spinach, shiitake, prosciutto and truffle oil

6 months ago

by silvia in Appetizers, Breakfast/Brunch

Oeufs cocotte aux épinards, shiitake, jambon de parme et huile de truffe noire I cooked a dinner last week for a lovely couple who wanted their dinner theme to be white Alba truffles. Out of six courses, three had truffles in it. The smell brought me back to my childhood….My father used to go look [...]

Appetizer oeuf cocotte prosciutto shiitake spinach truffle oil truffle salt

A flavor of Belgium – Spéculoos with almonds and cinnamon essential oil

6 months ago

by silvia in Desserts

Un goût de Belgique – Spéculoos aux amandes et huile essentielle de cannelle Belgium is a tiny country, but it sure does how to make cookies. I grew up with spéculoos, probably because I lived close to the Belgium border. My friend Laurent who is Parisian never heard of Spéculoos. So that’s why I [...]

belgian cinnamon cookie essential oil speculoos spices

On the thumb – Green bean salad mimosa with herb-butter shrimp tartines

6 months ago

by silvia in Appetizers, Breakfast/Brunch, Express - Less than 30 minutes, Fish/Seafood

Sur le pouce – Salade de haricots verts mimosa et tartines de crevettes au beurre d’herbes Sur le pouce, is literally translated by “on the thumb”, je mange sur le pouce, or I eat on the thumb, which means eating fast. It originated in the XIX century when workers didn’t have time to eat, they cut [...]

dill eggs french garlic green beans parsley shrimps tartines

Birthday treat – Verrines of pain d’épices, peach compote and fromage blanc mousse

7 months ago

by silvia in Desserts

Gourmandise pour un anniversaire – Verrines de pain d’épices, compote de pêches et mousse au fromage blanc Another year is going by, who likes getting older? I don’t and people who say they do, I am not sure they really mean it…yesterday was my birthday and I got up with a massive headache! So I [...]

Dessert french fromage blanc greek yogurt pain d'epices peaches verrines

Life is full of contrasts – Lentil and marinated smoked salmon salad

7 months ago

by silvia in Appetizers, Fish/Seafood, Salads

La vie est pleine de contrastes – Salade de lentilles et saumon fumé It’s quite a fun way to eat lentils…lentils are very versatile and I think not popular enough especially since they’re highly nutritious. I have rarely seen them in restaurants other than in soups. In France they’re considered [...]

Appetizer fennel pollen fish lentils orange salad smoked salmon

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