Ratatouille
Not sure how others make their ratatouille but this is how I’ve always made mine. Ingredients are just: olive oil, onion, capsicum, courgette, aubergine, tomatoes, salt and pepper. I like […]
Beans – exploring possibilities
A dear granny friend of mine gave me some lemon basil from her garden. As I had plain boiled black-eyed beans at home, I thought that would be a [very] […]
Spaghetti – quick and simple
Do you know that feeling of getting home sooo hungry and you’re alone and there’s nothing prepared? That is why pasta is a must in the cupboard! While boiling the […]
Pininyahang manok (blitzed version)
Pineapple chicken–that’s what pininyahang manok means. It’s chicken stewed in dairy or coconut milk, with chunks of pineapple, carrots and capsicum. My guide is the recipe from Panlasang Pinoy. I […]
Apple tart
We seem to have been amounting cooking apples on our table, and for a long time already I have been wanting to try the apple pies of Andrea in Cooking […]
My tropical escape (5) – Seafood, fruits, root crops and more
This should be the last of this year’s tropical escape series. I’ll start with the seafood–nothing unusual, except for the fact that seafood is more affordable for the average household […]
Apple upside down cake
This is probably the second time (and after a long while) that I found Granny Smith apples in the shop. I thought I’d use them in my upside down cake, […]
My tropical escape (4) – Sweets & Snacks
I’ll start with bananas–the many ways we cook this fruit. We have many varieties back home, but the ones I’ll show you are the cooking bananas “saba” or Musa acuminata […]
Lamb chop masala (Vicky Bhogal’s)
I made this twice already, but I realised that I don’t have a good picture. These ones I got were eaten with rice and cauliflower rice (the latter doesn’t really […]
My tropical escape (3) – Rice
When my nephew picked me up from the airport at midnight, he could not suppress a guffaw while telling me that his grandma has just called to say that the […]
