Oct 04
8
Rice & pasta | Traditional Spanish Recipes
... the way we cook them here. Or maybe, the most extended way to cook them here. Yes, there is cheese but not as the main ingredient, I only use it to gratin the macaroni at the end of the process. Instead, there's a lot of onion, pork sausage and tomato ...
May 16
5
Fish, seafood & shellfish | Rice & pasta | Traditional Spanish Recipes
There is nothing more rewarding than cooking for the family on a sunny day with fresh and high quality Mediterranean products. Have a handy glass of Rioja wine while cooking and enjoy the process. Slow cooking is like tantric sex, there's no hurry in getting the sofrito done; patience ...
Apr 24
1
Here are my three reasons for this delicious spaghetti dish today: ONE: I have to get my stomach trained for my next trip to Italy this Summer... Yes, that's right! We will follow the yellow brick path through France first, we'll visit Provence and head to La Toscana and Firenze... Oh ...
Nov 28
3
Meat & poultry | Rice & pasta | Traditional Spanish Recipes
I love cooking "fideus a la cassola" or paella on weekends for lunch, when there's plenty of time and we start eating between 15:00 and 16:00... There is nothing more relaxing than being in the kitchen with my thoughts, preparing the dishes for the family with some music on the ...
Apr 18
19
Rice & pasta | Soups, salads, vegetables & potatoes
Let everything you are doing aside, please; pay full attention to this recipe/post! Still don't know what to do today for dinner? Pleaseeeeee, notice that this recipe is one of the easiest and fastest and "deliciousnest" you will find in the net! Let's see, do you have a lemon, an avocado, ...
Jan 09
14
Rice & pasta | Soups, salads, vegetables & potatoes | Traditional Spanish Recipes
These shell shaped pasta are called Galets here in Catalonia. They are the pasta we throw into our Christmas rich Stock. This year, the city of Barcelona has used them as an icon for the Holidays. They were giant and strategically set in different hot city spots! ...
Dec 10
26
Last week, after lunch and while watching TV, we bumped into the wonderful film: Gone with the Wind. I cannot help it, I must watch it... no matter how many times I cried with it... I have to cry and cry again and wonder how life and people has changed ...
Sep 23
24
Rice & pasta | Traditional Spanish Recipes
There is some confusion with Rossejat de Fideus and Fideuà. In Catalan, fideus means noodles, so both dishes have noodles as main ingredient. The difference lies in the size of the noodle, the way to cook it, the ingredients and the procedure of the dish....
Mar 12
16
Bread, pizza, quiches & sandwiches
I just discovered The Sopranos... and I keep on wondering how can a man like Tony Soprano turn me on? He is not my type at all, but the way he behaves: so tender sometimes, so tough and powerful others, so fragile and yet so strong. A man full ...
Dec 15
21
Sin categoría
Decorating the house these days is one of the highligthed thingstodo in my December list... and believe me or not... I still haven't done it!!! This afternoon, my daughter and I will roll up our sleeves and light up the house. We will get the ...