Do you know that a coconut has eyes? It has a face. To open it without tools like a drill or a saw you need to get to know it better :) That's the first coconut I've opened without any tools, using only a knife, because I had to get the water out of it. I'll give you some hints. To open a...
Salmon sprinkled with orange juice instead of lemon one garnished with parsley. Recently I was very surprised when I heard that to absorb iron well you need not only to eat product rich in vitamin C but also should not mix it with wholemeal products. What is your favorite fish? I do not think I have only one ;) Would you like to...
I like sour fruits a lot. I've been trying to plant some, but for now I managed to collect 3 blackcurrants last year ;) Yesterday Chris surprised me making a delicious bowl full of blackberries and blueberries with home-made yogurt. I added fresh mint to my portion to emphasise the taste. Vitamins in the best form :) Do you know that for Spaniards...
I have not posted anything for a while, but everybody needs holidays, even me. First we went to Sierra Nevada to breathe fresh air and at the end we went down to a cute tiny town - Lanjaron. We started with regional cheese platter and olives. A lovely main course - morcilla - that is a bit like black pudding, but in my...
I promised yesterday to show a beetroot cake, because for some people it sounds weird and they can't imagine how can I add any vegetables to the chocolate cake. The cake is spongy and contains a lot of cocoa and chocolate icing with a bit of alcohol. Would you like to try it? Or beetroot is a vegetable and this idea is not...
We had a lot of fun in the kitchen while making different types of stuffing, like cabbage and onion - traditional one, lentils with vegetables and chickpeas. Very often we use lentils, chickpea or beans instead of meat, because they don't have strong flavour, like chicken, so adding your favourite spices will make them very tasty. We made not only small-sized dumplings, but...
