Vegetable recipes

After several sweet recipes, I thought it was time to prepare a salad. It is true that with blue cheese, walnuts, and puff pastry it is not exactly what you would call a light dish. But this is a healthy, complete meal, very easy and quick to prepare… and probably one of the best salads [...]

Morcilla patatera is one of my favorite foods ever! It is a specialty throughout Extremadura (where I was born): a sausage made of pork loin and lard, mixed with pureed boiled potatoes and smoked paprika. It looks and tastes like its cousin chorizo, altough in my opinion, it is creamier and tastes even better!!! It [...]

As you can see, I have finally launched an English version of the blog… From now on, at the top of the page you will find two flags, showing Spanish and English version. Furthermore, on top of each post you will find several Tabs. The tab “Print” will enable you to print only the recipe. [...]

After the last two posts, I wanted to prepare a lighter recipe, to compensate all that chocolate overload (if such a thing is possible!). So here it is: a curried butternut squash cream, which can be served both cold and hot. In order to make it more attractive to those reluctant to eat butternut squash, [...]

  Recipe: Tomato and cheese tartelettes Summary: Puff pastry with cherry tomatoes and cheddar cheese Ingredients 1 sheet puff pastry (bought or homemade) 24 cherry tomatoes 100 gr cheddar cheese 1 teaspoon powdered garlic 1 tablespoon oregano 1 pinch of salt Preparation Preheat oven to 400º F Grate cheese Cut cherry tomatoes in half Cut [...]

Recipe: Zucchini lollipops Descripción: Zucchini slices, baked with mayonnaise, breadcrumbs and grated parmesan cheese Preparation time: 10 min Cooking time: 20 min Yield: 12 lollipops Ingredients 1 zucchini 2 tablespoons mayonnaise 2 tablespoons breadcrumbs 3 tablespoons grated parmesan 1 teaspoon powdered garlic 1 pinch of salt Lollipop cookie sticks Directions: Preheat oven to 400 ºF [...]