Month: September 2023

Pico de gallo
Salads, Sauces

Pico de gallo – English

The tomatoes in my garden do not stop growing, I have been without tomatoes almost all summer and now they are all coming out at the same time, so I am trying to make recipes where I can use them. And this pico de gallo with avocado is ideal. Perfect to eat with those tortilla chips.

Marinated chicken breast
Dinner, Lunch

Marinated chicken breast

Chicken has many varieties to eat, from fried, stewed, marinated… and here I am looking for new recipes to eat breasts, that are not simply grilled, flavorless and dry… The truth is that this way of eating eating them is not bad, they are juicy and have a different flavor. Here is the recipe in case you want to try it.

Mongolian beef
Dinner, Lunch

Mongolian beef

The other day I had some beef patties and I didn’t know how to eat them, I also had some fried rice so I started looking for recipes and found this one. With rice it is ideal. The recipe calls for chives, but I didn’t have any at home, so the original recipe if you try it is even better.

Payesh or Bengali rice pudding
Desserts

Payesh or Bengali rice pudding

You can find this rice pudding in almost all the homes of Bengali or Indian families, it is a rice made over low heat and for a long time, so that the milk reduces with a touch of cardamom, you can add nuts or raisins to give it another touch and of course the rice that is added is basmati or even a very small aromatic rice called kalijeera (kaliyira).

Chicken and pico de gallo tacos
Dinner, Lunch

Chicken and pico de gallo tacos

We finally have tomatoes in our small garden and how can they not become ripe almost all at the same time, so we have to make tomato sauce, salmorejo or porra, salads… and lately I love pico de gallo, so to stop For lunch I used it in a taco with marinated chicken. The combination was ideal. Try it and tell me.

Fettuccine alfredo
Dinner, Lunch

Fettuccine alfredo

This pasta is one of the best known where I live. You can find it on almost all restaurant menus, both for adults and on the children’s menu. Some restaurants even put it with a chicken breast on top. I hope you like it.

Oxtail
Curries, Dinner, Lunch

Oxtail

This recipe is from my father’s older sister, every time she made it at family meals she was successful, even now I eat it and I’m not very into tails, livers, bones…. Normally this food would be eaten with potatoes, vegetables, but when I cook it around here, my husband and his family are more into eating rice and so that is the way they eat tail, I assure you that they love it.

Ice cream sandwich
Desserts, Ice Creams

Ice cream sandwich

This ice cream has become my husband’s favorite, every time I make it they disappear in a flash and I’m not surprised because they’re addictive. By the way, after taking the photos they disappeared, so this weekend I have to prepare more and leave them stored in the freezer in a container or one by one on transparent paper.