The other day I saw that I had some broccoli in the fridge that I had to use before I had to throw it away, and since it was a bit cold I wanted a soup. I started looking at recipes and this was the winner. The truth is that it was a success, at home they liked it a lot, an easy and quick recipe to prepare.
Beef curry is among my oldest daughter’s favorite dishes. She loves to eat it with rice. Normally we do it with brown rice to make it healthier, although it is better to eat it with white rice and even better to eat it with a rice called Pilau (basmati rice with spices) I even put caramelized onions on top and some raisins when I am cooking and thus has a sweet touch.
The carrot cake is a very delicious cake, maybe because the mix of nuts, the walnuts give you the crunchy, the raisins that extra sweetness. The mixture of spices also gives it a very rich touch, I personally love spices in everything. To finish and give it even more flavor, that cream cheese frosting is great. There are carrot cakes that open in the middle to put the cheese frosting, but I have put this one on top, to make it look more beautiful.
There are as many pasta salads as you want, as the name suggests pasta is the main ingredient, but you can even choose different pastas to make it. Among the ingredients you can add as many as you want, or have at home at that time. Different fruits, nuts, cheeses, vegetables…And the same happens for the dressings. To give it a special touch I make it with fried garlic, but I’ve seen it from mustard vinaigrette, mayonnaise, and berries vinaigrette etc.
Butter chicken is an original Indian dish made with tomato, spices and butter. The chicken used is normally the breast or the thighs but without the bone, it is usually eaten with rice or naan bread. Lately people are very interested in Indian food, and this is not exactly a very spicy food and can be enjoyed by many people who don’t eat spicy food.
Prawn Pilpil is an authentic delicacy in Spain, where it originates from. The truth is that it depends on the province where the meals may be called pilpil shrimp or garlic shrimp. The main ingredient is prawns accompanied by garlic in oil and chilies, although in some places you can also find them with parsley and paprika. They are usually served as an appetizer and it is a dish that you can easily find in bars and restaurants in Spain served as tapas.
Who has not bought bananas and they have become too ripe before consuming them? Well, I have a solution to avoid throwing them away so they can be enjoyed in another way: Banana Pancakes. They come out delicious, very easy and can be accompanied by fruit, chocolate, syrup.
The original Brownie is a chocolate cake with walnuts and without yeast or baking powder, the result, according to tradition, of a culinary accident: a mistake by a cook who forgot to put baking powder in the chocolate cake he was making. But today it can be done in many ways, omit the nuts and add other ingredients such as almonds, pistachios, use more chocolates on top such as snickers, kinder Bueno, kit kat… the chocolate that we like the most.
There are many ways to make mayonnaise, aioli is a form of mayonnaise but with a bit of spice that comes from garlic, that is, if we make a mayonnaise and add garlic, we will be cooking alioli. This sauce is ideal to accompany different meals like a potato omelette, chicken, or fish etc. Many people use light olive oil or sunflower oil to soften the flavor, although there are also people who prefer to do it with olive oil.
Tres leches cake or three milk cake is heavenly. When put a spoonful in the mouth, you will feel the mixture of three different types of milk – evaporated milk, condensed milk and heavy cream. Being a sponge cake, it is full of bubbles and the spongy softness is unforgettable. Once I have started to make this cake for family and friends couple of years back, the tres leches cake has become of our party favorites!
