What is for brunch or lunch ?

Monday, the 23rd of September ..

We started lunch with a toss of hard boiled eggs, white albacore tuna called Ventresca and a few boiled potatoes. It is a tapa here.

The main was a Coca, which is a Mallorcan Pizza and a traditional street food and the name is derived from the Latin verb Coquere which means to cook.

The key difference between a Coca and a Pizza is that there is usually no cheese on a coca.

It is prepared with bread dough, red bell, Swiss chard called Acelgas or one can use spinach leaves as well, sweet onion and Extra virgin olive oil, black peppercorns and salt. It is baked in sheets until the crust is golden.

Wednesday, the 24th of September ..

Quite a chilly day today. What a true pleasure.

Lunch was:

Stir fried bok choi .. Such a lovely vegetable ..

For the main course ..

Roast Chicken - very classic .. with a baked sweet potato.

Chicken sautéed with shallots and garlic, new potatoes, carrots and cauliflower.

25 / 09 / 2024 - Wednesday ..

Today is an Italian Meatloaf with 100% mince or ground beef from the Butcher.

Turned out scrumptuous.

Served with baked Jacks .. Always a true pleasure ..

The starter was a very simple salad .. tri color greens and tomato and cucumber peeled and strips of red bell ..

26 / 09 / 2024 - Thursday ..

With heavy winds and overcast skies, the Menu of the day calls for a hot soup: Angelhair Pasta with chicken broth with hot oven baked bread and leftover Meatloaf from yesterday.

Busy today and I dislike throwing leftovers out.

It is 14.00 here and it is all quite tasty.

Friday: 27 / 09 / 2024 ..

Today my husband and I enjoyed a traditional Haddock baked Provençal fish with:

Fresh parsley
Extra virgin olive oil
Tomatoes - red ripe
Leek
Garlic
1 Small Onion
Salt & Black peppercorns grinded
The 5 Provençal Herbs both dry and fresh
White wine
Fish stock
Bay leaf
Lemon zest

Turned out lovely and the side was fresh green beans steamed with a French butter sauce.

The 28th of September: Saturday.

Headed over to our favourite Pizzeria Fratelli with dear friends.

I always have the Napoletano Classic Margherita..

Off to the shops ..

Nice wkend.

Sunday: 29 / 09 / 2024 ..

Rib eye steaks with a Caesar Salad no chicken.

Lovely Sunday lunch for two .

Dessert: A simplified apple pie ..

A cheese and chutney sandwich.

Made two Englis apples cakes, not tasted them yet. Best made with with Bramleys but I only had Cox's.

Sirloin steak tonight.

Chicken, squash and lentil curry later.

Tonight had chicken kebabs, yellow rice with vegetables and roasted aubergine and homegrown tomatoes.
For dessert we had trifle.

Monday - The 30th of September 2024 ..

My my .. How time flies ..

Lunch today:

Today we had a luscious dish of cod with shallots, garlic, French butter, mushrooms - white caps, thyme sprigs, Extra virgin olive oil drizzle, lemon and lemon zest baked in the oven. Along side of fresh steamed spinach ..

Side of:
2 Baked Jacks ..

Lovely little lunch.

1st of October 2024 / Tuesday ..

Today is one of our favourite Italian baked dishes called Melanzanie Parmigiana .. ( Aubergine baked like a lasagne however, no pasta .. Aubergine in layers .. With a meatless tomato sauce and scrumptuous Mozzarella di Bufala .. and Italian spices .. And covered with a bechamel home made.

2nd October 2024 .. Wednesday.

Today we had a Moroccan fish dish, cod tagine with olives and charmoula: paprika smoked, cumin, fresh parsley, garlic, saffron and tumeric lemon, salt and grinded black peppercorns, Evoo ( extra virgin olive oil ), red ripe tomatoes peeled and de-seeded red bell strips, scallion, carrots, and salt to taste.

The taste of exception ..

It was paired with a side of Couscous.

yes, that's my kind of lunch...

Friday: The 4th of October.

Today I had lunch with an old co-worker and we went to Bibo By: Daní García ..

Absolutely exceptional.

I love their red tuna Nigriri ..

Nice weekend wishes.

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yes, that's my kind of lunch...

We are grand fans of Moroccan Tagines .. Nice wkend.

Sunday .. 06 / 10 / 2024 ..

Yesterday, Saturday, the 5th, we enjoyed our weekly pizza Napoletano at Fratelli Brothers.

Today, I prepared a Sunday typical roasted chicken oven baked.

The Starter was a Caesar salad without chicken ..

The veggies was a baked Jack ..

Nice Sunday wishes.

08 / 10 / 24: Tuesday.

A grey, nasty, windy and on and off rainy day, so I embarked on:

Rigatoni with Gorgonzola blue cheese for the main.

Our starter will be: Prosciutto with Melon ( a Castilla La Mancha type Persian Melon called Sapo de Rana ).

It is highly enjoyable due to the sweetness of the fruit and the cured ham with a slightly salty tinge - perfectly.

Wednesday: 09 / 10 / 2024 ..

Today it is horrendously grey, windy, chilly (not cold) 15 degrees centig. and raining ..

So I decided to prepare a baked ziti with Ragù from scratch and a Old Naples Style Meatloaf ..

I had the baked ziti which turned out delicious.

Hubby had ziti as a starter and meatload for his main course.

Was highly enjoyable.

Dessert for 17.00 are some lovely assorted fruit pastries from the Bakery.

Clear out veg patch soup - cabbage, green pepper, onion, carrot, tomatoes, basil, oregano, veg broth - with garlic, celery, red lentils - from the shops. Brotchen, fruit, and apple cake.

Chicken fricassée, small potatoes, broccoli and cauliflower, fresh parsley from the garden sprinkled over it!

Friday: The 11th of October, 2024 ..

This hearty soup is a classic from Murano, Venezia called Minnestrone with Fennel ..

The ingredients are:

2 tablesps. Extra virgin olive oil
Shredded cabbage white, green or black (cavolo)
1 large potato peeled
1 large carrot peeled
1 onion or shallots
1 fennel bulb trimmed and diced
6 cups chicken stock or vegetable stock
Cannellini or Northern White beans
1 cup tiny pasta - Ditalini for example
Fresh or frozen Green peas

This Murano traditional recipe us served in trattorias and the bars amongst the famous glass blowers.

Mushroom tortellini soup, bread, cabbage salad, fruit. Biscuits.