Feb 21
6
Soups, salads, vegetables & potatoes | Traditional Spanish Recipes
We, hot blooded animals; we, warm hearted Spaniards; we, passionate people; we... the ones who probably have more bars and terraces per square meter in the world; we have suffered this Siberian freezing snap that has left us shivering, freezing, trembling, cowering and afraid to go outside... Thank God we ...
Nov 09
5
Fish, seafood & shellfish | Legumes | Traditional Spanish Recipes
A lentils stew is always so hearty and comforting. I love them so much that I devour them in no time. I don't give the 20 minutes my brain needs to process I'm full, and at minute 10 I'm already having my second plate. Lentils make me behave like Winnie ...
Jun 14
15
Fish, seafood & shellfish | Legumes | Tapas bar | Traditional Spanish Recipes
This is a traditional Catalan dish. Its literal translation would be: Stoned; meaning done with stones. Maybe paved would be a closer translation. A funny name for a dish! The recipe is really easy, with no cooking involved, perfect for a starter and a suitable choice for the summer. If ...
Jun 17
16
Fish, seafood & shellfish | Legumes
♪ And youuuuuuu, decorated my life, created a world where dreams are a part, ♫ ♫ And youuuuuu, decorated my life, by paintin' your love all over my heart, ♪ ♪You decorated my life... ♫ Yeah, that's the way I feel... I'm in the clouds enjoying the end of the Spring and beggining ...
Apr 06
16
This is one of those dishes that takes you 10 minutes to prepare if you use canned chickpeas and bagged spinachs; but if you want to boil your own chickpeas and clean the spinachs leaves... it takes much more! So, this is up to you. Are you in a hurry? Try ...
Oct 07
20
Fish, seafood & shellfish | Legumes
Where have the traditional pets gone?3 Days ago a female Lion was seen at different villages in the border of Catalonia and Valencia. Nobody knows from its origin... maybe it escaped from a Circus? Maybe a rich and excentric person bought it as a ...
May 08
19
I love it when, like in this dish, one recipe can be shown in different ways: A classic view, a modern view and a transformed view... and you may think... what is she talking about? I'm talking about presenting a dish, making it nice to the ...
Feb 26
22
Legumes | Soups, salads, vegetables & potatoes
Have you ever tried to cook your own chick peas? Have you achieved a good result the first time you tried? Have they been tender and tasty? Of course it's always easier to buy a can of precooked chick peas but I enjoy learning and preparing things by myself ...
Dec 17
19
Legumes | Traditional Spanish Recipes
Let's forget about sophisticated and festive dishes for a while and land our feet on earth... Are you familiar with morcilla de cebolla, with chorizo, with pigs feet? No? Well, then let me introduce you to Potaje de judías-Olleta de music or Beans Porridge. This is a typical dish ...
Jul 14
21
Sin categoría
Hummus sounds like Latin to me, but is it Latin? Nope! It's Arab and it means garbanzos or chickpeas... the main ingredient of the dish. Believe it or not, this is the first time I cook it and I took the recipe from a Spanish food ...