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!

#SelfieSunday 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!

#TransformationTuesday Chickpea and Prawn Salad

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

#ThrowbackThursday 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!

Risotto con Zucchine. 3 pan meal only for one…guess I really am a blue collar foodie…or else just really enjoy eating my own food (how modest!)

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:

Healthy Ramadan time lunch!

Smoked Salmon sandwich.

Spaghetti con Zucchine

Roasted Salmon.

Polpetone

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

Roasted Whole Sea Bass with Oreste at Kempinski – one of the first meals at the new place

Oreste eating roasted chicken and his most favourite salad: carrot and courgette!

… and obviously, the company of friends!

My first Risotto Milanese at Kempinski with Maria, Mila and Itza.

Me and Itza, my Roomy!

Happy tummy…Happy and beautiful gals!

First official dinner party at the M&T household with Ioannis, Max, Nolene, Candice and Itza

Bruschetta Caprese

Smoked salmon mousse.

Melon, rocket and mozzarella skewers.

Memories of a GREAT dinner party with GREAT people!

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!

Joana’s Signature Cheese Cake

Meaning I will only describe recipes you ask me to!

Carbonara

Spaghetti with Courgettes

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

Cep Risotto

Truffle Risotto

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

Ti-Ra-Mi-Su

Panna Cotta

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 😉

Coteau de la Biche – Vouvray Sec

Amarone della Valpolicella

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.