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Quinoa Salad with Asparagus and Broccoli
This Quinoa Salad with Asparagus and Broccoli has to be one of my favorites salads. It's fresh, delicious, cheap and super easy to make.
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Chicken Stew with Steamed Greens
This Chicken Stew with Steamed Greens recipe is super easy to make and it’s a great dish for weeknight meals. Ingredients: 4-5 chicken thighs 5 cloves of garlic, whole 1 onion, sliced 100 ml of white wine 1 carrot, sliced 5 tablespoons of tomato sauce 150 ml of stock or water parsley leaves rosemary salt and pepper olive oil Heat one tablespoon of olive oil in a pan. Add the chicken thighs, season them with salt, pepper, rosemary and fry them on all sides. I used oregano instead of rosemary because my husband hates the tiny pieces of rosemary, but I think it works best, so use that. When your chicken is…
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Alcachofa y Patatas Guisadas (Artichoke and Potatoes)
This Alcachofa y Patatas Guisadas is a Spanish delicious recipe, I encourage you to try it :). I am sure you will love it. Ingredients: 100 g of hearts of artichoke (I used frozen) 4 potatoes, cut into small cubes one onion one carrot 2 cloves of garlic salt, pepper, oregano stock or water olive oil Prepare your ingredients. Chop the onion and garlic, cut the potatoes, slice the carrot. Sweat the onion and carrot for 5 minutes in olive oil. Add the garlic and sweat for 2 more minutes. Season with salt, pepper, and oregano. Add the potatoes and artichokes and stir them a little bit and then add the stock…
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Mediterranean Couscous Salad
You have to try this quick Mediterranean Couscous Salad, it’s so good and easy to make. Ingredients: 300 g of couscous 1/2 a bell pepper, cut into small cubes 100 g of cooked chickpeas salt and pepper to taste 1 teaspoon of grapeseed oil 1 tablespoon of chopped fresh parsley 50 g of feta cheese 10 mini mozzarella balls, halved 250 g of cherry tomatoes In a bowl add the couscous, salt, pepper, parsley and the oil. Boil 300 ml of water and pour it over the couscous. Cover the bowl with a lid and set apart for 10 minutes. In a bigger bowl, add the rest of the ingredients…
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Green Beans Soup
Green Beans Soup is a cheap but nutritious and tasty soup. You should really give it a try if you haven’t already. Ingredients: green beans, trimmed and washed one onion 2 carrots one parsnip salt and pepper olive oil 3-4 tablespoons of tomato concentrate parsley and celery leaves a teaspoon of paprika 2L of vegetable stock Start by preparing the vegetables. Trim and wash the green beans. Chop the onion and slice the carrot and parsnip. Heat the olive oil in a pot and add the onion, carrots, and parsnip and saute for 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Take the pot off the heat, add the paprika and…
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Rice Salad
This Rice Salad is an amazing lunch or dinner idea. It’s quick to make, filling and super nutritious. Ingredients: 100 g of wild rice one handful of pomegranate seeds 150 g of greens of your choice 100 g of olives 30 g of feta cheese bell pepper cut into little pieces 1 big tomato 10-12 cheese balls (optional) a mix of seeds: sunflower seeds, pine nuts, and pumpkin 100 g of cooked chickpeas yogurt dressing Dressing: a plain yogurt the juice of 1/2 a lemon dried chili one tablespoon of chives one tablespoon of dill 1 tablespoon of sunflower seeds 1 teaspoon of garlic powder salt and pepper to taste…
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Delicious Baked Asparagus
If you are a fan of asparagus, you will love this Delicious Baked Asparagus. Easy, delicious and super quick. Ingredients: 350 g of fresh asparagus salt and pepper 1 tablespoon of olive oil 1 tablespoon of parmesan cheese Break the ends of the asparagus, wash and let the asparagus dry a little bit in a colander. Here you can see what I do with the asparagus ends. You will not throw those asparagus ends again. Arrange them on a baking tray, drizzle the olive oil, salt and pepper and freshly grated parmesan. Bake the asparagus in the preheated oven at 200*C for 20 minutes, or until golden. Be careful not to burn…
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Homemade Bouillon
This Homemade Bouillon is great if you don’t want to use bouillon cubes, or store-bought seasonings, that are filled with salt. Ingredients: 2 carrots 1 parsnip 1 stalk of celery a little bit of celery root 1 leek 1/2 a bell pepper celery and parsley leaves one tomato 2 cloves of garlic 2 tablespoons of salt Chop every vegetable and blend them until you have a fine paste. You end up with a moist paste you can use in many meals. But be careful, season your meal after you taste it so that you don’t ruin it because this paste has salt. Keep the bouillon in the fridge for the next…
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Spanish Garlic Soup
This Spanish Garlic Soup is one of my favorites. You don’t get that raw taste of garlic, it becomes somehow sweet and very tasty. You will see that is also very simple to do this. Ingredients: 2 loaves of bread, cut into cubes 50 g of bacon, cut into cubes 5-6 cloves of garlic, sliced 1/2 a teaspoon of paprika olive oil salt and pepper 2 L of stock 2 eggs, beaten Prepare everything. Cut the bread and bacon, slice the garlic. In a soup pot heat the olive oil and fry the garlic and the bacon, but be careful, stir constantly so that the garlic would not burn. You…
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Lentil Cream Soup
Since I have learned to cook, I have made a lot of cream soups but I can say that this Lentil Cream Soup is my favorite of all.
