A perfect crust and a warm mushy inside, pan fried in 3 minutes… for those days when you need a break from the kitchen! “Your veal cutlet gets up off the plate, It walks down to end of the counter and […]
Tag: quick
A Couple of Cream Cheese Frostings
I use cream cheese in everything I possibly can—salads, bakes, frostings, pie fillings, sides, dips … you name it. I can even eat it plain, right out the tub while watching my everyday episode of Breaking Bad. And so, I’m thrilled […]
Chicken Cafreal
Chicken in red and brown curries is the norm; a green gravy, though not a recent discovery, is a refreshing change. This recipe blends some local spices to bring together a lovely Portuguese dish that’s loved and respected along the […]
Classic French Toast
Sometimes, it’s the simplest things that are the hardest to do! Think about it—whipping up an egg until the peaks are stiff, making an omelette and flipping it perfectly, kneading the dough… And so, it occurred to me to dedicate […]
Carrot Cake
My all-time favourite cake! It’s best eaten warm in any weather. It’s rich, moist, full or flavour, and is the prettiest cake I’ve ever seen! “If carrots got you drunk, rabbits would be pretty messed up.” – Mitch Hedberg The […]
Banoffee Pie
Make this one out of love for the name of the dessert, if not the banana-toffee combination 🙂 “Q. Ever wondered where the phrase “to go bananas” came from? A. Why try when banana pancakes, choco-banana cakes, banana splits, […]
Spaghetti tossed with Spinach, Mushrooms & Minced Beef
Trust me. This dish smells delicious, looks even better, and tastes like something I’d want to be served in Heaven! I almost felt like a professional chef making this one. “No man is lonely eating spaghetti; well… it requires […]
The Perfect Pie Crust/Short-Crust Pastry
The perfect pie crust is golden brown when baked, buttery, soft and flaky, and practically melts in your mouth when you bite into it. Can you taste it already? “Only very clever men can bite pie without breaking crust.” […]
Sausage Potato Quiche
The quiche has always been one of those fascinating kitchen creations that has an exotic appeal with a sprinkling of humility. I’m not sure whether it’s the many variations of the dish, its humble beginnings in Germany and France, its […]
Mango Milkshake
Summer is gorgeous—it’s pretty, it’s colourful, it’s vacation time, it’s hot (not always a good thing—ask the 42°C outside), it’s time for fun clothes, and in my part of the world, it’s also mango time! And though winter will always […]
Baked Fish in Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce
Happy Easter and welcome back! So, this Easter, while I decided to send all my readers on that delicious roast chicken chase, I decided to go fish. And what a lovely dish it turned out to be! “A fishnet […]
Better Buttermilk
I swear by butter and cream and milk too; buttermilk was new and certainly was a welcome change! “I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose.” – Woody Allen The Fact: To get the amount […]
No Bratwurst, No Switzerland
There cannot be a sausage tastier than this … not until another sausage proves me wrong! “Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.” – Otto von Bismarck The Fact: In 320 AD, because of […]
Banana Pound Cake
Not everybody loves bananas the way I do. I eat them plain, slice them for crepe filling, mash them in pancakes, whisk them in milkshakes, fry them as fritters, and as the title says, bake them in heavenly, moist, pound […]
Panna cotta
The quickest, sophisticated-looking, and by far, the easiest dessert recipe I’ve ever known… “In the 1960s, you could eat anything you wanted, and there was no talk about fat and anything like that, and butter and cream were rife. […]
Lemon Pepper Chicken
Grilled chicken cooked with the combined fragrance and flavour of freshly ground black pepper and freshly squeezed lemon… hmmmm… “The disparity between a restaurant’s price and food quality rises in direct proportion to the size of the pepper mill.” […]