What is for brunch or lunch ?

Tuesday - the 25th of March 2025 ..

Finally, a sunny day with blue skies and a chill in the air.

Lunch today was: A French classic called Filet Mignon of Pork Normandie Style. ( Solomillo de Cerdo estilo Normandia ) ..

Turned out lovely ..

Served with steamed potatoes, Golden Delicious Apples sautéed and carrots. The sauce is prepared from Cream with Calvados ..

One can use an Apple Cider as well.

Nice Tuesday wishes.

Saturday: March 22nd, 2025 ..

Lunch today was:

Stuffed red bell peppers filled with ground beef (mince), fresh parsley, fresh basil, pine nuts, breadcrumbs from day old Baguettes, salt, black pepper corn grinded, garlic, Extra virgin olive oil & a small to medium sized egg .. This recipe hails from Naples, Campania and it is baked with home made tomato sauce in the oven. The final ingredient was an carnaroli steam rice.

Hit the spot on a cold grey day.

Our starter was a simple fennel & radicchio (red chichory) salad ..

Pork dinner is baking, daughter2 and hers will be round, they like pork.

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Friday the 21st of March 2025 ..

Firstly, though it is the 1st day of Spring, it feels like it is the 1st day of Winter. Terrible winds and quite cold and also still on and off raining !

SORT OF CHANGE OF PLANS TODAY.

Prepared a Sicilian Baked Ziti which turned out quite amazing.

Instead of a starter, we had a lovely little Bakery Treat: A bizochito of coconut with pineapple .. ( sort of a sponge ).
And served with Earl Grey but not Tea Bags ! Steeped tea ..

Was lovely. A lady friend was in London and brought it back for us.

Have a lovely wkend. Ladies.

Wednesday the 19th of March 2025 ..

Today my husband surprised me with lunch at a new Mediterranean - Turkish restaurant ..

Absolutely an exceptionally extraordinary ambiance.

We shared a few Turkish Mezze ..

Bell peppers stuffed with rice and currants

Lamb Börcelder - savoury pastries prepared in uufka similar to phyllo dough, and pines with pine nuts, courgette and lamb ..

Sautéed sea bass with almond tarator - and this is a creamy garlic and pine nut sauce. Very lovely ..

And for dessert: Nightingale´s Nests

An almond, pistachio, and phyllo pastry baked gem.

Definitely a beautiful cuisine ..

Have not been in Turkey since 1995.

It is quite an area of uncertainties ..

Tuesday - the 18th of March .. Still grey, wet and raining all day.

A large roast chicken went into the oven along with baked Jacks. The perfect lunch .. And easy as A, B, C ..

Hope we shall have the expected sunshine on Wednesday.

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We had fish gratin with salad.

Cold here as well.

Madrid is having a very cold and wet March. 5 degrees Centig this morning.

The entire country has been having heavy rainfalls.

We had fish gratin with salad.

Cold here as well.

The 17th of March, 2025 - Monday.

Today we headed over to The James Joyce Pub for an Irish Lunch.

We went with dear friends and had a lovely time.

There were some Irish specialties as the owner is Irish
and also their regular Menú.

I always have the Irish Smoked Salmon which is true treat.

The gents had Cornbeef and Cabbage. Had a taste and it was splendidly superbly perfectly prepared and tender.

Maria had her favourite, which is the roast beef !

Weather is back to cold cold .. Was 5 degrees centigrade this morning !!

12th Wednesday 2025

Today back to 5 degrees centigrade. So home sweet home !

Boletus Mushrooms sautéed in Evoo (extra virgin olive oil) and served with eggs to our liking.

My husband likes sunny side up and I prefer a French Omelette.

Lots of various cheeses from Spain and France and gorgeous oven warmed fresh breads from the bakery.

Simple and light yet filling.

Tuesday the 11th of March 2025 ..

Today was another off and on rainy day.

Our starter was a classic Minnestrone with fresh fennel and grilled freshly caught Salmon grilled.

A lovely lunch for two.

Nice Tuesday wishes.

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I cannot eat cheese, as it makes me sick. It is really annoying as so many good cheese things to try, so my variation on the cheese toasty, is this. I use wholemeal or granary bread, then small amount of butter inside and then ham with slices of, large tomatoes or half cherry tomatoes , then slices of raw onion. Then put sandwich together and put some butter on outside of bread and then into sandwich toaster Result is a very tasty (in my opinion) hot quick lunch/brunch and fits in when the others have cheese and tomato toasties.Also another useful bit is that my sandwich toaster is easy to clean!!

Sorry to hear that you are "lactose intolerant" to cheeses.

We enjoy a wide variety of cheeses ..

I am sure you know, that there are cheeses that do not contain lactose ..

I cannot eat cheese, as it makes me sick. It is really annoying as so many good cheese things to try, so my variation on the cheese toasty, is this. I use wholemeal or granary bread, then small amount of butter inside and then ham with slices of, large tomatoes or half cherry tomatoes , then slices of raw onion. Then put sandwich together and put some butter on outside of bread and then into sandwich toaster Result is a very tasty (in my opinion) hot quick lunch/brunch and fits in when the others have cheese and tomato toasties.Also another useful bit is that my sandwich toaster is easy to clean!!

Monday, the 10th of March, 2025 ..

Today, my dearest brought home Chinese Rice called Tres Delicioso and Peking Duck with crêpes from our local take out ..

The weather has been hideous once again with on and off rain, grey and overcast.

Hit the spot ..

09 / 03 / 2025 - Sunday ..

The smokiness of luscious oven sheet roasted chicken is always a delight.

The warm fresh baby spinach leaf salad with apple cider vinegar and extra virgin olive oil hit the flavour notes.

Simple, just some Raf red tomato, granny smith apple slices skinless, fresh pomegranate seeds and oven baked croutons. Kept it simple.

A simple lunch as we wanted to get out and enjoy the blue skies and sun after almost 2 weeks of wet, grey and morbid weather.

Nice Sunday wishes.

Saturday: The 7th of March 2025 ..

Lunch at home on a cold, grey and rainy Saturday.

Definitely a hot stew to keep us warm ..

Alubias blancas ( navy beans soaked over night ) and then I added parsnips, celery, leek, carrots, turnips, tomato, onion, garlic, extra virgin olive oil, salt, freshly ground black pepper, fresh parsley, Provençales Herbes, smoked paprika and courgette peeled and aubergine peeled.

A true gem of a warmer up ..

Served with a hot oven warmed baguette.

Have a nice wkend.

Friday the 6th of March 2025 ..

Since the weather has been not so nice and on & off drizzle we decided to say home.

Today I prepared a Fish Tagine with olives and charmoula marinade ..

Charmoula is prepared with smoked paprika / cumin / cilantro and garlic with saffron and turmeric ..

Served with a side of Cous cous.

Was quite lovely ..

Dessert shall be Greek Yogurt with fresh fruits a little later ..

Have a wonderful weekend.

All our best wishes for a nice weekend.

Saturday - March 1st, 2025 ..

Today, my husband, 2 dear friends for numerous years and I went to a new Greek Restaurant in the Camberí neighbourhood.

The Spanakopita, Avgolemono lemon, egg and garlic soup, Domadakins ( Dolamadas), the Hummus and the Taramosalata were all above average and quite lovely.

We shared a wonderful dry citrus Assyrtiko, Santorini White wine and Ravani ( sort of a cross between a bizcocho and a sponge lemon tart ) for dessert ..

The Restaurant: Dionisos - Chamberí for those with future travel to The Madrid Capital.

Have a lovely weekend.

Nasty here - cloudy - drizzling and overcast ..

JaxiJacky: Hope your roast chicken turned out wonderful.

27 / 02 / 2025 - Thursday ..

Lunch today was soaked overnight lentils vegetarian style: onion, leek, carrot, parsnips, celery, garlic, red bell strips, leek, aubergine & courgette ..

Delicious and warming on a cold wet Thursday.

Rainy here Frenchgalinspain I will be roasting a chicken, we eat our main meal between 7 and 7:30 usually.

Sunday: 23rd January 2025 / Sunday ..

My husband, 2 dear friends and I headed over to Fratelli Brothers Pizzeria for an authentic Napoletano Pizza.

Always a favourite ..

And such a lovely sunny day with blue blue skies.

Nice Sunday wishes.

Casadon,

My dear husband is Madrileño and I am French and we are together 32 years .. And so, I am very accustomed to eating 14.00 and both of us work in the mornings.

It fits our timetables well.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Stirfrymade with chopped up hm burgers from yesterday, with onion, garlic, peppers and beans, with broccoli left overs, also from yesterday. Yogurt - 1/2 fruit yogurt with half a plain greek one (we share 50/50 for less sugar).

Frenchgalinspain

Casdon,

We just have a different time schedule for meals ..

We eat our main meal for lunch 14.00 .. A starter and a main course .. Dessert not often.

We do a cheese platter and some fruit but a bit later in the afternoon. Close to 16.30 or 17.00.

And very light in the evening .. 2 Tapas and share ..
20.30 / 21.00 at our corner bar with dear friends or family.

I like ventresca white albacore tuna in a salad Niçoise ..

However, weather is quite chilly still.

Today lunch was baked perch served with a baked Jack ..

Have a lovely weekend.

Sounds absolutely delicious, I didn’t realise it was your main meal at lunchtime.

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