May 16
3
Bread, pizza, quiches & sandwiches | Fruits
Those of you with kids at home, now have the perfect excuse to prepare these delicious bites; and those of you without kids, go for the search of one or two... nephews, grand kids, neighbours, they are all welcome ... just go and fetch some shorties to have a good ...
May 07
3
One of the days I enjoy the most is Sant Jordi, April 23rd. Here in Catalonia is a big Feast and if the weather is right, thousands of human beings stroll up and down the Barcelona's Ramblas like Serengeti wildebeest; males looking for roses and females in the search of ...
Apr 16
6
And you may wonder, what does this cupcake to do with Spanish Cuisine? Well, it happens to be that Jordi Roca from El Celler de Can Roca, second best restaurant in the world according to I don't know which guide/list and with 3 Michelin Stars, published some time ...
Apr 04
7
The baking fever goes on and on... I tried this classic yogurt cake with the perfect outfit: Chocolate! I changed a few things from the original recipe to improve the cake... and voila, it was soooo good!!! I succeeded! We had a small piece each after lunch and it was ...
Mar 19
8
Sure we have wonderful products here such as Olive oil, Rioja wine, Piquillo peppers... and so many others, but I have recently discovered Peanut butter and I must confess I am totally devoted to its delicious flavour and aroma! My daughter and I are starting our "spring diet" which is nothing ...
Mar 06
7
What a couple!!! They match so well :D. Chocolate and strawberries... Mmmmm. It smells like Spring, there's wonderful local strawberries in the market place and I need some tryptophan in my system :D. The easiest of the easiest... get a fondue with chocolate and dip the red fruits inside. If you ...
Feb 16
7
Cakes, pies & tarts | Traditional Spanish Recipes
Today is Dijous Gras - Shrove Thursday (don't know if I got the good translation) and I nearly run out of time in performing this traditional Catalan sweet recipe. It's very common here in Catalonia to buy this "coca" in bakeries and have it for breakfast, as a dessert after ...
Feb 14
5
Magdalenas are our Spanish Muffins, although I see some differences between Magdalenas and Muffins. First of all, muffins look huge to me, magdalenas can be eaten in two bites :D. Also, there seems to be a great variety of muffins and if we add cupcakes then possibilities are endless; ask ...
Jan 30
6
These are some of the cookies I prepared during the Xmas Holidays. I wanted to try a new dessert that would fit the Dia de Reyes' lunch and some crazy ideas crossed my mind: I pretended to place 3 ball shape pieces of ice creams on the plate (one white, ...
Nov 30
5
Chocolate has always been a weakness of mine, but I had it under control; I just had to look to the other side of the supermarket's aisle when going shopping... but lately, I'm reading all this new stuff about it... things such as: it's not demonstrated that chocolate causes acne, ...