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Salmon is always something you can turn to for any occasion. It can be a very elaborate dish for dinner with guests or an everyday meal. It´s easy to find fresh salmon in the supermarket but you can also buy the frozen kind and keep it in the freezer for a long period of time and have it ready to…

Teetotalling doesn't mean the end of the world, even for a budding home chef that uses booze here and there, on this neverending journey to find ultimate satisfaction in cooking. I quit alcohol a few years ago, but knowing that many dishes use booze to marry the flavors never stopped me in my…

It's 37º C, a real scorcher of a day here. This colorful dish has brightened the day even further with even a little extra heat from the chilli paste. Prep Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10-30 mins Serves: 1 Ingredients: For the curry paste: 1 red chilli, de-seeded and finely chopped 3 garlic cloves…

Following the classic French steamed mussels recipe; mussels bathed in white wine, butter and garlic I added the pasta and cream sauce which added richness to the dish. The quality of ingredients is paramount - buy fresh mussels and a good quality white wine. Prep Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins…

Although this sweet orange and date salad may sound like a starter or a side dish, it is actually a typical dessert from Morocco that is served after lunch, but it doesn't matter if you prefer to eat it before or after the main course. The point is that this orange and date salad is delicious.

Time is of the essence when you want to throw together a quick bite to eat and with only a few ingredients. The convenience of purchasing precooked store food is that it reduces lots of hassle when you just want something fast. Already cooked, vacuum packed octopus worked fine here.

This risotto caught my eye, primarily with its stunning colour so I had to give it a try and this was the end result. The flavours are sound here but you'll be able to take it to a different level, not only with flavour but with texture aswell. Blue cheese would work well, soured cream, chopped…

Ever since that day I tasted the bitter, cold, canned gazpacho in Barcelona, I swore I'd never eat chilled tomato soup again. It wasn’t until I hesitantly sampled a bowl of fresh gazpacho that I realized that's what gazpacho should taste like. If it's made with sun-ripened tomatoes, and not with…

I have a rather unhappy relationship with rice salads. It goes back to the first teenage parties in the evening, where we used to meet in the summer at a friend's house and "everyone brings something". Maybe because at the time there were no means of communication other than the home phone, but…

We all like trying something new and fresh, right? I think that whilst I have cooked a large assortment of grains in my time, I have kept quinoa to a minimum due to my lack of knowledge about how to cook it perfectly. Quinoa was something that I thought was only available in health food stores but…

The temperature here in Tenerife is high, somewhat unbearable at times and while cooking this is very straightforward it was far from easy to prepare; frying to create the salsa and boiling the water added even a higher temperature to the warm air blasting in through the open window.

I've tried many recipes of the infamous banana bread but this one I've kept on repeat mode because it seems to be the definitive one. The result is sensational, as my mother promised. It's her own banana bread recipe and it has the perfect texture, not too fluffy and it is not too dry either.

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Believe it or not, I really get pleasure from food shopping at the weekend. It usually leads to a wander up to the Asian food market. Sometimes I take a direct trip there in fact because food shopping at the supermarket can be rather expensive at times. Since most Asian food is simply rice, a very…

It didn't take an awful lot of time to think this one over. I discovered a raspberry coulis cheesecake recipe quite recently and simply changed the berry topping. Cooking and baking are all about trying out new ideas, discovering what may work and what may not.

"I heard they are testing a new eye surgery for color blindness and are asking for volunteers. My friends are encouraging me to do it. They´re saying the grass is greener on the other side". No disrespect to anyone who suffers from this condition but as far as color goes, this healthy dish is…

It has been a pretty miserable day here so I wanted to cook something to warm my insides. Hot food has a special place in my kitchen and my heart. This risotto dish satisfied a table of three today and made everyone happy. I hope it brings a smile to your face aswell.

By following these simple guidelines you can be certain to have an extremely versatile and satisfactory lunch or dinner made very, very quickly. Simple as it seems, it will satisfy! Prep Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins Serves: 4 Ingredients: 400g dried linguine or spaghetti 125 ml olive oil 2…

Gather everyone around the table and savour this comforting soup which has smells and a taste that will warm your heart, no matter how the weather is outside. Prep Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20-30 mins Serves: 4 Ingredients: 2 kg pumpkin/butternut squash 4 large pears 40 g butter 2 onions, chopped…

Well it is Saint Patrick's day, so I thought I'd try my hand at this sweet, dark, rich beauty. Guinness is certainly an acquired taste. The stout flavor is shadowed by the quantity of sugar, there is still a gentle lift from "the black stuff" which flutters like a butterfly in the background.