27 Tuesday Jan 2015
Posted in Fruit & Veg, Savoury
I love having colourful salads when I have my lunches at home. I often find that salads and light meals help you beat that 3pm slump.
So, here are a few more photos of quick lunches you can prepare without any fuss.
Simple, delicious and takes 10 mins to prepare.😋
What do you usually have for lunch?
19 Friday Sep 2014
Posted in Savoury
Monday: Tuna & Avocado Salad
Tuesday: A Beautifully broken Omelette
Thursday: Tuna, Eggs & Roast Pepper Salad
Friday: Pan Grilled Peri Peri Chicken Fillets with seasoned boiled rice & salad
(No dressing on the salads, just a drizzle of lemon juice and extra virgin olive oil.)
“It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.”
~Mahatma Gandhi~
Have a fantastic weekend ahead!💕
22 Sunday Jun 2014
Posted in Fruit & Veg, Savoury
I recently started an Instagram account for my blog and have been connecting with a couple of fab food bloggers and also a few amazing ones I’m already following here on WordPress. I saw this recipe on @martinecooks on Instagram and HAD to try it out as she said it was addictive!
The original recipe stemmed from Smitten Kitchen but because I didn’t have all the ingredients to hand, I tweaked the recipe by replacing some of the original ingredients and also added other yummy goodness! This was our lunch today…
Ingredients
🍆 Eggplant (cut into thick circles)
🍆 Cherry tomatoes
🍆 Sweetcorn
🍆 Red onion (thinly diced)
🍆 Capers (I didn’t have capers so I substituted them with chopped gherkins)
🍆 Feta cheese
🍆 Walnuts
🍆 Sultanas
🍆 Cilantro (chopped)
🍆 Parsley (chopped)
🍆 Olive oil
🍆 Lime juice
Method
1. Pre heat oven to 200 degrees C. In a baking tray, place a good 2 to 3 tbsp of olive oil and arrange the eggplants on the tray. Season the eggplants with salt & cracked black pepper and bake for at least 15 mins on each side.
2. In a bowl, combine all the other ingredients and mix well.
3. The eggplants should be of a golden colour when ready.
4. Scoop as much of the tomato mixture onto each eggplant.
Serve immedietely…
It was fresh, packed with flavours and textures! Look at the colours!
Hope you’ve had a well rested weekend and enjoying the rest of your Sunday!💞
08 Thursday May 2014
If you have been reading my blog, you will know that I seem to have a love affair with Opila as they do some of the most amazing desserts and breads.
Just recently they started doing Menu del Dia (Menu of the Day). You can imagine my excitement! For just €11 per person, you get a 3 course meal with a drink included. “Menu” as the Spanish call it, is very popular in most restaurants all around Spain. So today I met my husband for lunch to try out the menu in Opila…
my starter, tuna with anchovies over roasted vegetables, drizzled with black olive sauce…
my husband’s starter, roasted vegetables drizzled with a creamy almond sauce…
my main course, cod with the 2 typical sauce from this region…
my husband’s main course, squid in its ink over roasted potatoes…
my dessert, a moist chocolate & raspberry cake drizzled with raspberry sauce…
my husband had a pastry covered in a hot chocolate sauce…
All in all it was a lovely lunch and I am sure we will be going back there soon!!!
Happy Thursday to all! 😊
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