What is for brunch or lunch ?

kittylester

Kippers - I get an urge every now and then.

Oh goodness, we haven't had kippers for a long time. I banned DH from grilling them indoors and made him do them outside on the BBQ

Purplepixie

Just had two crumpets with pineapple jam and a banana. Blackcurrant yogurt to follow. Yum, thank you for all the lovely tasty ideas. Cauliflower cheese, jacket potato and salad.

I bought some Bonne Maman blackberry and raspberry yogurt last week, never seen it before. It is delicious!

spinach with ricotta caneloni, frozen, from lidl, zapped in the microwave, with an extra page of mild cheddar added after cooking.

22 / 02. Thursday.

Today due to drop in temperatures and gusty winds, we had a Polenta traditional dish with fontina cheese and some mushrooms (white caps) ..

Ingredients included:
Extra virgin olive oil
Yellow organic cornmeal (polenta)
Asturian butter
freshly grated aged Parmesano
Fontina cheese
Freshly ground black pepper
Salt to taste
Mushrooms
3 garlic cloves thinly sliced
2 tablsps of fresh parsley

The wine was a red Barolo which pairs very nicely with the polenta.

Nice evening wishes.

Today I met up with an old co worker dear friend of many years and we went to: Saona, a 30 year old Valencian restaurant which has 2 franchises in Madrid.

We shared a few various dishes that were very lovely. The spiced orange duck was divine. The cuisine is a fusion of Mediterranean and Asian. Quite a lovely change of pace every once in awhile.

My dear husband went out with his colleagues as well.

Some wonderful ideas on here!

Brunch was cheesy scrambled eggs on wholemeal toast, raspberry and cranberry yoghurt with pomegranate seeds stirred through. Just enough.

Tonight's dinner is air fryer salmon fillets with rainbow 🌈( red and yellow peppers, cucumber, red onions, spring onions, chopped very small) couscous, chilled glass of sauvignon blanc.
No meat today. 🥰

Tuna and crackers.

Smoked salmon and tomato in a homemade bread roll. 😋

Saturday ..
24th February 2024 ..

Lunch today:

My husband and I prepared a very lovely Paella with:
Saffron threads
Of course, Extra virgin olive oil
Chicken without skin ( so not greasy )
onion
Spanish Fallera Rice - Valencia
3 Tomatoes de-seeded and de-skinned
Chicken stock
300 grams of fresh Mussels
10 langostinos ( jumbo sized prawns )
red bell pepper sliced in rounds
salt
black pepper
fresh parsley

Turned out very delicious.

We are now waiting to go see Film: Ferrari with Penelope Cruz at the IDEAL - In English with Spanish subtitles.
Downtown Madrid.

Have a lovely weekend.

Swiss Cheese bake and pickles. And a rosé or 2.

Sunday ..
25 / 02 / 2024 ..

A gutsy wind velocity and overcast cloudy skies here in the Madrid Capital has eliminated our plans to go out for lunch.
So, we decided to stay home ..

An elegant lunch none the less was:
Chicken with white cap mushrooms, shallots, butter, cream, basil, oregano, thyme, rosemary, parsley ( a tiny sprinkle of each) and French Savagnin White wine which is sort of a Jaune Region wine which is located close to Switzerland.

Dessert: We embarked on a baking project together which turned out better than we expected.

Dessert was: A bizcocho from scratch, with grated clementine zest, vanilla extract, whole milk, egg yolk + 1 whole egg, baking powder and all purpose flour plus Confectioner´s sugar (glas) for the top ..

Both of us cook quite well however, baking is another study and practice.

So we were quite happy to have our bizcocho with a wonderful Earl Grey, our favourite tea. (not tea bags). I buy it from a tea vendor in the Plaza Mayor area of Madrid, by the kilo.

kittylester

Swiss Cheese bake and pickles. And a rosé or 2.

Cheese bake sounds nice, kitty.
Is it complicated to make?

No, very easy.

Cubes of potato boiled till just cooked. A chopped onions softened, chopped bacon fried. All mixed with white wine, some double cream, a pinch of paprika, s and p and lots of grated Swiss cheese. Put in a baking dish and top with yet more cheese. Bake 25 minutes covered with foil. Remove foil, sprinkle paprika over and bake for 20 minutes. We scatter it with chopped gherkins. Real comfort food.

Thanks Kitty. 🙂
It sounds not only delicious, but easy, too.
Win/win!!!

Monday ..

26 / 02 / 2024 ..

Lunch Today on another blisterly windy day however, the sun was shining ..

Prepared spice rubbed seared medium rare top loin boneless steak and prepared French Fries to accompany.

The spice rub included:

Himalayan salt ( a mini sprinkle)
Black peppercorns ground
Clove grated (1/ 8 tsp.)
Very very finely sliced garlic

Quite superbly splendid ..

Wine: Ramon Bilbao 2018 Reserve
La Rioja ( same as Sunday )

Brie and gf crackers.

I might have tomato soup, with a big dollop of mashed potatoes in it.
Ding dong! The heartburn bus comes to town.

Porridge prunes and blueberries at 12’ish after 16 hour fast.

27 / 02 / 2024 - Tuesday.

Lunch today is in process .. Sea Bass baked in a seasalt crust ..
Ingredients.

A fresh sea bass approx. 1.5 kilos
A few slices of fresh lemon
A small fresh sage leaf
A small bunch of fresh parsley
Freshly ground black pepper
1 kilo of coarse seasalt

Place the fish with extra virgin olive oil onto a layer of seasalt in an ovenproof casserole and layer the fish on top with seasalt.
210 CENTIG Degrees and approx 25 - 30 minutes

Break the saltcrust 15 minutes - 20 minutes at room temperature and it shall be ready to serve. Drizzle lemon to your taste and serve with steamed asparagus or steamed clams or steamed green beans ..

A Sauvignon Blanc or a Riesling White pair perfectly.

Wednesday ..
28 / 02 / 2024 ..

Lunch today is:

Chicken Basque Style ..

2 Red bell peppers
2 Green bell peppers
Tomatoes - red and just ripe
1 Coral Yellow Eco Chicken - approx 1 kilo to 1.5 kilos
1 Large onion of choice or shallots or leek
3 cloves of fresh garlic
100 ml. dry white wine ( or Cider without alcohol )
50 grams of Iberian or Italian Parma Ham
1 tablesp of fresh finely chopped parsley
An Earthenware for oven

Slice the chicken in 8 parts .. Place in a sarten (skillet) skin down until lightly golden.
Then, with Extra virgin olive oil, sauté the onion of choice and the garlic.
Place in the sarten the rest of the veggies & the ham and place in oven with the wine or cider for 20 minutes ..
KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE .. Everybody´s oven is different.
Add salt and freshly ground black pepper and herbs or dried of choice and the fresh parsley.
Drizzle with olive oil ..

Serve with a baguette type bread and a glass of cider or white wine or Rosé.

Tasty !!

Thursday ..
29/ 02 / 2024 ..

Lunch today at home:

Penne Ziti with Arugula & Cherry Tomatoes ..

Extra virgin olive oil
1 medium onion or 2 shallots or 1/2 leek
garlic cloves sliced finely (to taste)
dried oregano and dried thyme ( 1 tsp each )
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Arugula leaves trimed and coarsely chopped
Pecorino Romano aged cheese
And de-seeded and de-skinned tomatoes for the sauce

Easy and delicious ..

Salmon in a creamy chilli sauce with small oven roast potatoes. I wanted rice but DH was so flattering about my potatoes that I caved!

Are we supposed to post the recipes on here?

Today I had spiced butternut squash soup, followed by welsh rarebit made with leftover cheese sauce. The soup will last at least another two days!

Friday - The 1st of March 2024 ..

Roast Chicken will be our lunch today served with a Caesar Salad Starter.

Lunch 14.00
Monday 05 / 03 / 2024 ..

Today we shall gave Minnestrone with Fennel, Shell shaped pasta, northern white beans, carrot, onion, zucchine (corgette), potato, extra virgin olive oil and chicken stock ..

The main is: a simple French Omelette ..