Which recipe connects French Cote d’Azur, Italian Liguria and the “Porteña” Buenos Aires city of Argentina? The answer can be found in this speciality based on chickpea flour and olive oil. In France and Italy it’s thinner and sometimes baked with rosemary. The Argentinian version is thicker and traditionally eaten together with slice of pizza.
Category: Vegetarian
Easy and healthy banana bread
This easy banana bread is a good example of how to replace processed food with a delicious recipe for a healthy breakfast or snack, in which we can combine sweet banana with healthy carbohydrates, by using wholegrain flour.
How to bake your homemade wholegrain bread
Wholegrain bread is a well-known suggestion for a healthier nutrition, replacing the less nutritious white flour one. Unfortunately, sometimes it’s difficult to find it. Even worse, wholegrain breads are often sold like that but have actually a small real proportion of that flour. But now we will have the solution in our hands. Literally.
Amazing fig and milk dessert, with no sugar or flour
This fig and milk dessert is an old Turkish recipe, and it’s prepared with only those two ingredients. In addition to its simplicity, it’s without any added sugars -thanks to the dried figs- and any flour, thanks to a milk fermentation process (similar to that of yogurt) that gives it a firm consistency.
Shakshuka (oriental-style eggs with tomato)
Shakshuka is a dish that can be found in different versions from the Maghreb region to Israel. It’s basically eggs prepared over a spicy tomato sauce and is eaten with in pita bread, usually accompanied by plain yogurt.
Easy recipe of mushroom soup
This recipe is a guaranteed success, not only because mushrooms are always very well received, but also thanks to their pairing with dairy products, which further intensifies the flavor of this soup.
Amazing chocolate dessert in just 10 minutes
The secret of this chocolate dessert is the use of agar-agar, a natural gelling and thickening agent that, when mixed hot and then cooled, gives this recipe a very particular texture. For every half liter of liquid will be used 3 to 7 grams of it, depending if we aim for a more gelatinous or firmer consistency.
Muhammara, an exquisite red pepper and walnut spread
There is life beyond hummus! This red pepper and walnut spread, called muhammara, is an elegant and tasty recipe from Levantine cuisine, usually presented as a “mezze”. The flavor combines the smokiness of the peppers, sweet or hot depending on the type we choose, the characteristic touch of the walnuts and the bittersweet point of the pomegranate molasses.
Low-carb side dish in just 10 minutes: cauliflower bulgur pilav
“Pilav” is a generic denomination in Turkish cuisine for the accompaniment of rice, bulgur or pasta, or a mixture of two of these. This cauliflower bulgur pilav is a particular version, since it’s perfect even for those who are in a low-carb or ketogenic diet.
Greek-style baked Feta recipe
Feta is probably the most popular cheese of Greece, and among the countless recipes it offers, this baked Feta recipe -called “bougiourdi” in Greek, is a quick, simple and very delicious starter. As usual, you can fill you kitchen with amazing Mediterranean smell and taste with almost no effort!