What is for brunch or lunch ?

Thebakeryexpress

The best times to indulge your cravings and replenish your energy are during lunch and brunch. Both provide delectable options that may be customized to your tastes, whether you are enjoying a mid-day break or starting your day a little later.

Brunch, which includes foods like avocado toast, savory omelets, fluffy pancakes, and sweet waffles, is the perfect combination of breakfast and lunch.

Lunch, however, offers more substantial options to sate your appetite. It's the ideal way to start the day, whether it's grilled sandwiches, salads, spaghetti, wraps, or burgers.

Lunch is the ideal way to start the day??? Spam (not the meat variety) I suspect.

Thursday - January 23rd, 2025 ..

Lunch today is simply superbly splendid ..

Starter: A cream of Parsnip and Carrot Soup ..

Main: Freshly caught Cod fish - in traditional Basque Style.

Dessert: 3 Spanish cheeses served in Mandarin Oranges and Assorted Apple Varieties for cleansing palate.

Home-made burgers, baked potatoes and salad. Supper, leak and potatoe soup with a bit of Stilton on top and a toasted pitta.

Toasted sourdough bread topped with avocado, slices of tomato and chilli flakes.

Friday the 24th of January 2025 ..

As I am at the Ifema Convention Centre of The Madrid Capital for the FITUR tourism and travel tradefair, I will be heading over to our favourite Pizzeria for a Napoletano style pizza (Naples style - Not Thin Crust ) at 14.00 ..

Have a nice weekend.

Tuesday, the 28th of January 2025 ..

Today we are having French Omelettes .. Very simple.

And a cheeseboard with assorted cracker breads ..

Very busy today and no time to dedicate ..

Nice Tuesday wishes.

Both Monday the 27th of January and early this morning, Tuesday the 28th, I had been at the Press Dept. of our Convention Centre featuring The Renowned Madrid Fusion show cooking 2025 convention.

Simply amazingly awesome !!

Wednesday the 29th January 2025 ..

Lunch today was very simple ..

Grilled bteast of chicken filetes and a fennel Minnestrone home made soup with fresh veggies of the season.

30 / 01 / 2025 - Thursday.

Finally, sun and blue blue skies and 14 centigrade degrees. Chilly however, 646 metres above sealevel it is January.

Lunch today:

Ham, leek and 3 cheese Quiche is the main ..

The starter is white navy beans with sun dried tomatoes and basil served on toasted Pita ..

Sunday .. The 2nd of February 2025 ..

My dear Husband asked me last night, if I would prepare a shellfish paella for Sunday. He also offered his help .. He is quite a hobbyist home gourmet ..

So shellfish paella was our lunch today.

A few canapes *light were served an hour earlier ..

Ventresca white albacore tuna *jar in extra virgin olive oil
on baguette slices & with red sliced tomato.

Definitely turned out wonderfully.

A bowl of Shreddies.

Cheese salad sandwich, 🤤

Wednesday - the 5th of February 2025 ..

Today I had been working at home and had time to play in the kitchen.

An antipasti salad was our starter and for the main course we had linguini with clams (vongole).

Just lovely ..

Friday the 7th of February 2025 ..

The weather has changed quite considerably so we decided to have lunch in - at home.

Main: Risotto Milanese

Starter: Caprese Salad

Fabulous absolutely were hubby´s compliments.

Nice weekend.

Saturday the 8th of February 2025 ..

Flour based home made gnocchi (not potato based) with spinach and Italian Fontina cheese was our main course.

And a home made Bagna Cauda (hot bath in English), is traditionally prepared with extra virgin olive oil, anchovies, red bell strips, celery stalks, scallion, green bell strips and garlic to taste. Dipping with hot oven warmed Bakery bread.

We rarely have dessert at home directly after lunch. Just too too much and too many odd digestive ingredients.

We always prefer to wait and digest well.

Two sausage rolls from Sainsbury’s warmed in the oven and a bag of Walker’s French fries.

Home made minestrone with roll. Chopped apple.

Yesterday, it was home made sea food pizza. Tonight it’s game stew with dumplings and green beans.

10 / 02 / 2025 - Monday Lunch ..

A lovely Mediterranean and Basque Cod fish dish prepared with capers, lemon, capers, parsley, butter, scallion, garlic and prepared in a skillet over moderate heat until golden ..

The starter was battered courgette (zucchine) ..

Warm baguette for dipping ..

Dessert shall be 3 Mediterranean cheeses and hot oven warmed baguette ..

11 / 02 / 2025 - Tuesday.

Today we headed out to one of our neighbourhood Cantonese Chinese Restaurants.

We started off with Dim Sim filled with prawns and served in a gorgeous bamboo basket.

Then we had Peking Duck with crepes and Chinese style vegetable fillings.

Lovely ..

If travelling over to The Madrid Capital, We highly recommend: China Crown - Neighbourhood: Lista.
Opened 25 years.

Home-made leek and potato soup with lovely brown seeded bread, and a fruit yogurt, shared with plain yogurt added.

On the subject of the menu del dia I thought this was interesting
the traditional menú del día — a core offering at many establishments - has been called into question
In 1965, in the time of General Franco's dictatorship, a law was passed that required many restaurants to offer an affordable set menu midweek lunch. Starting primarily as an initiative to encourage tourism, the menú del día soon became an institution across Spain
But as weekday routines change, prices for staple ingredients soar and margins for serving a three-course meal with a drink are squeezed, the custom has an uncertain future
The Times today

My husband and I had travelled to Marseille, France for Saint Valentine´s Weekend and we shall return to The Madrid Capital on Monday the 17th.

Have a wonderful Sunday.

RosieandherMaw

On the subject of the menu del dia I thought this was interesting
the traditional menú del día — a core offering at many establishments - has been called into question
In 1965, in the time of General Franco's dictatorship, a law was passed that required many restaurants to offer an affordable set menu midweek lunch. Starting primarily as an initiative to encourage tourism, the menú del día soon became an institution across Spain
But as weekday routines change, prices for staple ingredients soar and margins for serving a three-course meal with a drink are squeezed, the custom has an uncertain future
The Times today

The subject of a Menú del Día originally had nothing to do with tourism.

It has been an initiative for the labour force, office workers, as well as professionals, students and also visitors ..

I have not seen the article however, when I return to The Madrid Capital Monday, I shall see if I can locating the article in The Times - I believe you are referring to The London Times ( ? )

This would be a fool hearty decision on behalf of the owners of the restaurants as they have a full restaurant of workers and have also raised their prices in the last 2 years, though still worth the cost ..

And the workers would still have to have lunch ! The fast food establishments are also packed full ..

18 / 02 / 2025 - Tuesday ..

Today, we are both working at home remote .. So lunch is:

Homemade Focaccia with fresh tomato and olives ..

Pasta is Fusilli with a Bolognese Sauce and grated Parmigiano aged Cheese.

No dessert until later ..