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Carnitas with guacamole and pita bread

09-May-09

Today we are having a great, Mexican-inspired dinner…The recipes are of an amazing simplicity, but ohhhh so good, and they go perfectly together! Spicy, tender, pork bites combined with a great guacamole and some paprika pita wedges instead of tortilla chips.
The recipe’s were adapted from the David Lebovitz blog…
Ingredients for the “carnitas”:
- 2 pounds/1kg pork [...]

Spanakopita: triangles filled with feta cheese and spinach

02-May-09

I love (among others) Mediterranean cuisine. It is sometimes incredible how a couple of ingredients can go so well together, of which this recipe is the perfect example.
Here goes my gratitute to the Greeks, for the invention of the feta cheese.  It goes well with so many vegetables, and the humble spinach is not an [...]

Pork and shrimp dumplings

25-Apr-09

What can I say, I have a weakness for Asian cuisine…This, combined with my Spanish penchant for tapas explains why I absolutely adore dumplings, sushi, and all bit-size delicacies from the Far East.
This recipe derives from David Lebovitz’s…In his Parisian blog he explains about food and French cultural habits (which more often than not clash [...]

Barbecue sauce

22-Apr-09

Finally spring has arrived, nature wakens up, the days become longer, one feels like spending the day outdoors…It’s time to open the BBQ season!!
Here is the perfect complement, a BBQ sauce based on a recipe from The Perfect Pantry that has nothing to envy to the manufactured versions…
See for yourself…
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup (60ml) vegetable oil
- [...]

spring break…

20-Apr-09

Hello again! A short note to apologize for the delay in posting, we’ve gone through a couple of intense weeks during which we first painted, scrubbed, threw away, dusted, etc, to then receive visitors. It was a bit tiresome, but oh so worth it!
I should be able to post a delicious recipe for BBQ sauce [...]