What is for brunch or lunch ?

Shall have Minnestrone ..

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Nice Monday wishes.

Slice of wholemeal toast,left over baked beans, 2 poached eggs,followed by left over fresh raspberries, they're always tasty from Morroco, and some yoghurt. According to Michael Moseley, eating left overs is beneficial for weight loss. Shall be reading more about this.

06 / 03 / 2024 - Wednesday ..

A warmer up of Chicken Soup with fideos ( tiny noodles) for a starter.

The main was a French Omelette served with a small side salad.

Beef Flamande is the main and broccoli ..

This Belgian / French steak dish is prepared with:
Home made tomato sauce
Dill herb and dried
The steak are dusted lightly with flour
1 litre of beer of choice (can use Zero alcohol if preferred)
4 onions sliced in arcs
Extra virgin olive oil
Beef consommé from stock
salt and black peppercorns grinded to taste

Oven dish 180 centig degrees ..

The sauce is prepared stove top.

Friday .. 08 / 03 / 2024 ..

Since we are working remote today, we decided to have lunch at home ..

The celestial cheese of all times, Parmigiano Reggiano with fresh fennel drizzled with extra virgin olive oil is our starter.

The main course: Fresh Tortellini filled with ricotta and spinach.

A lovely red wine from Bodegas Ramón Bilbao.

Saturday - 09 / 03 / 2024 ..

Since the weather has been a bit crazy, we decided to stay home and relax ..

Spaghetti Carbonara was our main.

Our starter was a tray of charcuterie with cracker breads ..

We had a lovely Proseccco (Veneto) sparkling wine.

Simple however, lovely.

Sunday - 10 / 03 / 2024 ..

Today, my husband and I went out for a lovely brunch ..

We enjoyed Eggs Benedict with a beautifully light Hollandaise, Prosecco and for a shared dessert treat we had a blueberry topped slice of Cheesecake and Espresso.

Simple but lovely ..

This afternoon we had Poulet Provençal ( Braised chicken with tomatoes and olives) .. Featuring Herbs from Provençe, tomatoes, black olives (kalmata), garlic, Olive Oil extra virgin, fennel, fennel seeds, and flat leaf parsley, salt and black peppercorns ground, onion and baked in oven.

13 / 03 / 2024 - Wednesday ..

Today I am preparing TOM KHA GAI, a lime kaffir, lemon grass, coconut milk, chicken stock, chicken, brown sugar (very litle - 1 tsp.) and cilantro (very little) and 1 red dried Basque chili pepper 1 pot Thai soup ..

It is scrumptuous and quite simple actually to prepare.

Have a nice Wednesday.

Thursday (14 / 03 / 2024 ) ..

Today was a renowned Asturian dish called "Fabes con Almejas" which is large white Alubia beans (These are a giant sized Cannelli beans - sometimes called Pochas) with clams ..

Simple and delicious.

Frenchgalinspain. Your food all sounds mouth-wateringly delicious. Very Cordon Bleu.

This looks so delicious

dogsmother

Frenchgalinspain. Your food all sounds mouth-wateringly delicious. Very Cordon Bleu.

Thank you for your compliment. Appreciate it very much. We eat our main meal at 14.00 daily and both of us, enjoy discussing what we would like, ingreidents, food in general and also both of us try to eat varied, 1 day meat, 1 day pasta, 1 day chicken, 1 day vegetarian, 1 day fish, one day risotto etcetra.

We eat out on Fridays ( Menu of the day ) for a change of pace and Saturday nights with dear friends .. Usually Italian or Asian (Japanese, Thai, Sechzan, Cantonese or Indian or Mexican, Greek, Lebanese or Moroccan etc.) ..

Have a lovely day and Thank you for visiting.

Frenchgalinspain

dogsmother

Frenchgalinspain. Your food all sounds mouth-wateringly delicious. Very Cordon Bleu.

Thank you for your compliment. Appreciate it very much. We eat our main meal at 14.00 daily and both of us, enjoy discussing what we would like, ingreidents, food in general and also both of us try to eat varied, 1 day meat, 1 day pasta, 1 day chicken, 1 day vegetarian, 1 day fish, one day risotto etcetra.

We eat out on Fridays ( Menu of the day ) for a change of pace and Saturday nights with dear friends .. Usually Italian or Asian (Japanese, Thai, Sechzan, Cantonese or Indian or Mexican, Greek, Lebanese or Moroccan etc.) ..

Have a lovely day and Thank you for visiting.

Dogsmother,

I had done several culinary courses over the years at Cordon Bleu as well as Ducasse.

A hobby !!! Thank you for the compliment.

drainedme

This looks so delicious

Drainedme,

Thank you very much for the compliment. Definitely was quite exquisite !!

Have a lovely weekend & Thank you once again for visiting.

Friday: 15 / 03 / 2024 ..

Today my husband and I, had a lovely little lunch out ..

We had not eaten Greek sometime, so we went to Taberna Griega, in Tribunal and we had:

Dolmades (shared)

Tarmosalata ( shared )

Saganaki: Baked Prawns with Feta and Kalmata olives in a light tomato sauce. ( My main )

My husband loves Moussaka, and so he had his main.

And we ordered a light lovely Rosé from Crete which was very very exquisite.

Dessert: We shared Baklava and a Greek Café.

La Taberna transports one to the Greek Isles !!!

Lovely spot - if travelling over to Madrid.

Nice wkend. wishes Ladies.

Saturday .. 16 / 03 / 2024 ..

Our main for today is Andalusian Punta de Solomillo, which is beef sirloin with Sherry or White Wine of Choice and garlic .. extra virgin olive oil, salt and blk pepper grinded in a pepper mill.

Very simple .. Heat the oil, low flame; then grill the meat to your likeness and when almost done, pour in the wine and allow the liquid to be reduced slightly.

Serve with a baked jack !! Butter and salt .. and if you like sour cream .. And also blk. pepper.

Served with a salad or chicken noodle soup or a chicken rice soup -- light.

Nice weekend wishes.

Wednesday: 20 / 03 / 2024 ..

Lunch:

Home made Fajitas with strips of chicken breast ..

4 Tortillas made from wheat flour
1 red onion sliced in arcs
1 red bell sliced in fine strips
1 gold bell sliced in fine strips
2 tblsps of Tequila
1 dried red chili pepper (guindilla)
4 Cloves of garlic
Close to a kilo of chicken breast sliced into strips
Extra virgin olive oil
fresh lime juice

Turned out exceptionally well ..

Paired well with a Rosé from Navarra.

This morning, the 24th of March, Palm Sunday, my husband and I went to our local corner bar for Torrijas, the renowned Spanish French Toast and café .. Sat on a terrace and just had a lovely morning.

We shall have a very light lunch .. A fennel, redbell, tri color field greens / lettuces and Albacore white tuna with cherry tomatoes .. A home made vinaigrette.

A glass of Prosecco Rosé.

Nice Sunday wishes.

25 / 03 / 2024. Monday.

Monday is our Pasta Day and today was a simple Penne with Arugula prepared in a fresh tomato sauce with oregano and thyme and Pecorino Romano ..

Been so had some sweet potato and coconut soup with croutons. Very nice.

Been out

Lunch Wednesday 27 / 03 / 2024 ..

Today we are having Chicken Fajitas with wheat Tortilla Breads.
Wine: Simple Marques de Murrieta 2019 - Reserve.

Dessert: A blueberry cheesecake from the Bakery with Earl Grey or café ..

Today I had the last tortilla wrap from last night, with the leftover chilli, salad and grated cheese.
Dh did his own thing, as always.

Witzend

Today I had the last tortilla wrap from last night, with the leftover chilli, salad and grated cheese.
Dh did his own thing, as always.

Sounds good ..

It is the 2nd time I prepared FAJITAS ..
Getting the hang of it !!