#bxllockdown Day 29 Splendid Soups & Sandwiches Week / Recipe 3 Tomato soup with a twist. Twist being the sun-dried tomatoes and garlic addition to the classic tomato soup.. And a bit of child labour my boy Tuan decided to help with the cooking today. He said “mummy everyone knows what soup looks like, take a photo of me…
Roasted Chicken & Herbs Sandwich
#bxllockdown Day 28 Splendid Soups & Sandwiches Week / Recipe 2 This is a full on “left overs” sandwich. The bread is from the day before and the chicken is from a dinner 2 days ago. It is a warm sandwich…meaning you get your oven ready for the the bread and the shredded chicken. You…
Light & Easy… Leek and Potato Soup
#BXLLOCKDOWN DAY 27 SPLENDID Soups & Sandwiches WEEK / RECIPE 1 This is a very simple and very flavourful soup. It takes next to no time to prepare and can be frozen too. It is very filling and also very low on calories. I think it is important to watch our food intake a little,…
FOOD THOUGHTS…
“Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.” ― Erma Bombeck
Cabbage & Green Apple Salad
#BXLLOCKDOWN DAY 25 SCRUMPTIOUS SALADS WEEK / RECIPE 5 Cabbage is my new ingredient of choice when it comes to salads these days. Not only because it adds so much more taste to a salad it is also because a cabbage goes along way. This salad is great to make since all you need is…
Radish, Feta and Chives Salad
#BXLLOCKDOWN DAY 24 SCRUMPTIOUS SALADS WEEK / RECIPE 4 I used to eat salads all the time and often used the same ingredients with only the protein changing. Recently I decided I wanted to try things I wouldn’t normally use for a salad, or eat. As part of trying new vegetables, I made this radish…
Mushroom & Herb Salad
#BXLLOCKDOWN DAY 23 SCRUMPTIOUS SALADS WEEK / RECIPE 3 A simple and tasty salad can really make a meal memorable. When the weather heats up you can quickly whip up this salad. In the winter months you can add this salad to rice or quinoa to it to make it more filling. The lemon juice…
Roasted Chicken Salad
#BXLLOCKDOWN DAY 22 SCRUMPTIOUS SALADS WEEK / RECIPE 2 Cuizzine’s Roasted chicken salad is something that I threw together we some of the leftovers from another dish. In times like these, don’t we all aim to make do with what we have and come up with new tastes and new favourites. I had roasted a…
Asparagus & Parmesan
#bxllockdown Day 21 SCRUMPTIOUS SALADS WEEK / RECIPE 1 This is a no-mess no-fuss recipe. All you need is Asparagus, gem lettuce, peas, mint leaves and some Parmesan. The truth is I made a tarte and these were the left over ingredients, instead of overloading my tarte, I decided to make a salad with a little…
Carrot Roulade / Balls with Walnuts & Coconut
#bxllockdown Day 18 Vegan Week / Recipe 6 Carrots are a root vegetable that can be pleasing in savoury and as well as sweet dishes. This recipe is a perfect example of that. Traditionally it is made with milk biscuits but Belgian Speculoos makes a great replacement (and they are vegan). Another twist to the…
