Nothing like the taste of home #1!

Always missing my family and friends in Portugal and the Portuguese flavours.

Bacalhau à Brás 🤤

…. and… and red wine

…made some soup!!!

Cooked some carrots, leeks, courgette and onion with olive oil. Added water, pepper and salt. And mashed everything to a nice creamy and healthy soup!

I realise I might soup for a while but that’s quite OK ☺️

Always good to have something in the freezer 😉

…3 ingredients only and I truly hope they make you happy 😃

1. 170g of avocado (in a measuring bowl)

2. Top it up with milk to the 475ml line

3. Add 1 teaspoon of honey

And then just blend until is nice and smooth

 
This is it!! This simple milk shake has been part of my life since 2005! I first did it for Oreste to try and match a smoothie he had in Dubai. Apparently I was successful 😁

The recipe above makes a BIG BIG and filling milkshake. I tend to have it after a gym session and/or for brunch with some toasted bread. This keeps me going for hours… 

If you have a very tiny stomach I recommend  you to have half of the above😁😉 

Ma cherie, you know who you are 😘😘😘

Last Sunday I found myself thinking how much I love eggs! Lately I always tend to have them boiled!!!

Why?? …

… I thought?!?

Well… a good egg pan was missing!!! Off course I went and got it…that same day I cooked the most perfect omelette!

Moving on…

FACT 1: Yes, I love to try different recipes but ever so often I find myself going through the same recipe repertoire over and over again. This is particularly more noticeable during the week when I try to fit in everything: work, working out, house chores, etc, etc….and I don’t even have children yet!!!

FACT 2: Yes, I am quite energetic and tend to do a variety of activities every day but I am no Wonder Woman! Truth is, I tend to stick with healthy, faster, easy to make recipes.

FACT 3:  Yes, I have seen a salad recipe with only a few ingredients and thought:

Have to try this one!

My #TransformationTuesday Chickpea and Prawn salad was absolutely divine! With only a few ingredients – prawns, lettuce, chickpeas, pine nuts, garlic and olive oil – I managed to innovate my easy to make healthy recipe portfolio…on a week day.

Then comes #ThowbackThursday! Nothing like a good, old spaghetti dish as a reward for a busy and productive week and GREAT workout at my gym!

CARBONARA

Cheers to a week of good food and let’s see what

#HappyFriday

will bring to our plates! Stay tuned!

P.S.: Remember: if you see something you’d like to try and make it yourself drop me a message and I’ll post the recipe for you 😉

It’s been 1 year and almost 3 months since my last post! I’ve been wanting to write for a while but just didn’t know where to start. On May 13th 2013 I was celebrating a new job! Well… since then I changed job yet again, got engaged and married in less than a month, relocated to Doha, Qatar, moved twice while in Doha…

Needless to say throughout all these life events food and cooking has always been present!

And then yesterday happened and I knew exactly how to break my loooooooong silence!

I cooked a 3 pan meal ONLY for me!

I relocated to Doha by myself. My MOST WONDERFUL husband, Oreste Majeli, is still living in our place in London. He does come to Doha every month which makes of me a very fortunate person!

When I relocated, back in November 2013 I started cooking almost straight away…it’s part of me and was important to make me feel more settled! Two things were VERY important: cooking and finding a good gym! And I got both!

I started shy I must admit…cooking only for one…hummm…not the most exciting thing! But baby step by baby step I found not only I wanted to cook simple meals but also more complex ones even if it was ONLY for me. And yesterday I found myself cooking a risotto involving a three pan preparation – I was extremely pleased and proud of myself!

Below are a  few shots of my “Food For One” meals:

 

 But there’s nothing like having the company of my better half for dinner though…

… and obviously, the company of friends!

And now that I broke my silence I shall be sharing good food, good wine, wonderful moments more often…

Inshallah!

 

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 530 times in 2013. If it were a cable car, it would take about 9 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

New Year…New You & Me!!

New resolutions…New objectives…New challenges…New beginnings…

I have one wish!! I wish to engage with my fellow viewers and followers!

Sooooooooooooo, I came up with the idea of Recipes on demand!

Meaning I will only describe recipes you ask me to!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But don’t worry! I will keep posting as before, sharing with you great moments with fantastic food and fantastic wine 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And if you want to make something you see you only have to drop me a comment here and ask for it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As per the wine, I’m afraid I can’t give you the recipe for it (I wish I could!!!) but if you live around London I can certainly tell you where to look for it 😉

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deal???

 

 

 

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner can carry about 250 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,300 times in 2012. If it were a Dreamliner, it would take about 5 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.