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Baked Cloud Eggs with Asparagus
Monday, April 21, 2025 |
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Ready for the fluffiest egg ever? Then switch on the oven, get the Parmesan and eggs out of the fridge and let’s make some fluffy egg clouds for breakfast or brunch! The egg whites must be whipped until stiff peaks have formed before folding in chives and Parmesan. They are then formed into 4 clouds and baked in the oven for 4 minutes before sliding the egg yolk into the well in the center and bake for a further 2-4 minutes, depending on how brown you like them.
Roasted Chicken with Chorizo and Vegetables
Saturday, April 19, 2025 |
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Give your weekend lunch a Spanish twist with this easy and tasty roasted chicken with spicy, garlicky chorizo, zingy lemon and lots of fresh vegetables. The recipe calls for Spanish sausage, which is cured like salami and with totally different texture than fresh Mexican chorizo. You can easily adjust this recipe to utilize any other seasonal vegetables. Serve with crusty bread for sopping up the great juice from the sauce.
White Asparagus Gratin with Roquefort and Parma
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 |
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Spring's favorite vegetable got a decadent makeover with crème fraîche, Parma ham and Roquefort. Asparagus wrapped in ham is a real hit in itself. But baked in a rich cheesy Roquefort cream, with a delicious golden crust on top - it leaves nothing to be desired! It’s surprisingly easy, but impressive side for all occasions and comes together under an hour.
Korma Baked Eggplant
Monday, April 14, 2025 |
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Korma, or qorma (means 'to braise', or pan-sear) is a luxurious Indian curry, either meat, fish or vegetables, known for its harmonious blend of spices and a delicate, creamier, richer sauce that is made with ingredients such as cream, yoghurt, and/or nuts (cashews and almonds), while regular curry usually has a thinner sauce made with tomatoes, onions, and spices.
This eggplant korma recipe is made with classic Indian spices and ingredients, with eggplants baked instead of braised, with a homemade korma paste and coconut cream. It’s creamy, nutty and so flavourful. If you prefer milder curries, then this is the right one and perfect for kids too.
Agedashi Eggplant
Monday, April 07, 2025Agedashi meaning “fried and soaked in dashi stock” is a traditional and delicious Japanese favorite. Dashi powder can be easily found online (got mine from Amazon) or in Asian grocery stores. Or substitute it with chicken stock. Sprinkle with bonito flakes instead of sesame seeds if you can find some.
White Asparagus Tonnato mit Caperberries
Friday, April 04, 2025 |
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Tonnato is a rich Italian velvety tuna sauce that is traditionally poured over finely sliced, lightly poached or roasted veal (Vitello Tonnato). Here I am using white asparagus instead. It’s gluten free, keto-friendly and so delicious! There are many versions of this classic condiment, with fresh egg yolks, hard-boiled eggs, no eggs, with mayonnaise, yoghurt or sour cream. Pick what you like the most.
Caperberries are not the same thing as capers. They are the berries that develop after the caper buds have bloomed. Caperberries are much larger, about the size of a cocktail olive, and make good substitutes for green olives. Caperberies are pickled with their stems on, and have a milder taste and crunchier texture.
Eggplant Rollatini
Saturday, March 29, 2025 |
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Eggplant rollatini, or involtini di melanzane is an Italian dish of thin eggplant slices that are grilled, filled with a luscious ricotta spinach mixture, rolled, smothered in a flavourful tomato sauce, topped with Mozzarella and Parmesan, and baked until the cheese is golden and bubbly. It’s naturally gluten free and low-carb friendly. Look for large, wide, straight-sided purple globe eggplants for this recipe, as the curvy ones are harder to cut into evenly thin slices. Use homemade tomato sauce if you can, but if you’re running short on time, quality jarred tomato sauce would work just as great.
Vegetable Spelt Bread
Monday, March 24, 2025 |
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Not only does it look great, it also tastes incredibly delicious. Besides, there's nothing quite like the smell of freshly baked bread in the morning. And when it's accompanied by delicious vegetables such as peas, carrots, zucchini or broccoli, it’s even better.
This bread should be baked in plenty of steam because it needs a high level of humidity for a nice crust. So, it is best to place an oven safe bowl or tray of hot water in the oven. The bread can also be shaped into a round and baked in a closed roasting tin in its own steam. The bread will stay fresh for longer if stored in a stainless steel box or ceramic pot.
Air-Fryer Keto Kohlrabi Schnitzel with Herb Quark
Friday, March 21, 2025Eggplant Stacks with Gorgonzola and Sun-dried Tomato Pistou
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 |
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This recipe is extremely easy and you can substitute the French pistou with Italian pesto sauce if you like. Serves well on it’s own as a sort of starter, or eat as a side with some crusty bread.
Pistou, from the Provençal dialect of Occitan, meaning pounded, is a Provençal sauce similar to pesto alla Genovese, but doesn’t include nuts (sometimes contains cheese though), made only with basil, garlic and olive oil. Here we use sun-dried tomatoes, fresh basil, and garlic blended in olive oil until combined and still a bit chunky.
Sweating eggplants before cooking makes the vegetable drier, which helps it absorb less fat while it cooks. Plus, extracting moisture meant drawing out some of the bitterness.
Maghmour Lebanese Aubergine Stew with Chickpeas
Monday, February 10, 2025 |
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A simple and tasty aubergine stew with chickpeas simmered in a garlicky tomato sauce from Lebanon. Traditonally, the aubergine would have been deep-fried in copious amounts of olive oil. I chose to airfry them with avocado oil which I need to use up soon, and it’s easier and less messy. Great as an appetizer, topping for some crusty bread or flatbread or as a main course. It can be served warm or at room temperature. Baharat, an Arabic spice mix, gives the maghmour the necessary zing and makes it really tasty.
Melanzane a Funghetto (Sautéed Eggplants and Tomatoes)
Thursday, January 02, 2025Melanzane a Funghetto in Neapolitan, or eggplants cooked in the style of small mushrooms, a quick side dish that’s simple, quick to prepare and so delicious! You can serve them as a side, or with pasta or as a topping with shaved Parmesan for crostini. Although the name of this recipe contains “funghetto” which means “mushroom” in Italian, it contains no mushroom at all, it means that when the eggplant chunks are sautéed they look like little mushrooms and have the texture of mushrooms.