Rice salad

Boiled rice
Boiled carrots, diced
Boiled egg, cut into pieces
Mackerel or tuna fillets
Mayonnaise
Herbs to decorate


Mixed all in a bowl & serve

It was so yummy & I was so hungry I forgot to take a picture!!!!
Sorry!
;-)

Cold tapas

A group photo - compliments of Pau

Avocado & Crab

Avocado, mashed

Garlic, crushed

Salt & Pepper

Served on toasted bread or crackers

A drizzle of chilli olive oil

Crab sticks, torn length-wise to decorate

Dates & Walnut

Cut length-wise to remove the stone

Fill in with cream cheese

Decorate with a quarter of a walnut

Shredded lettuce to decorate the plate

Cheese & Quince

Cheese

Quince jelly

Served on toasted bread or crackers

Parsley to decorate

Salmon Eggs

Boiled eggs cut in half

Smoked salmon mixed with the egg yolks and mayonnaise

Grated carrot to decorate

Tuna & Red peppers

Tuna mixed with soft cheese

Cooked or tinned red peppers cut in slices to decorate

Served on toasted bread or crackers

Enjoy!

Warm chichen & potato salad

Pan fried chicken
Left over boiled potatoes in cubes
Cherry tomatoes
Cucumber
Sweet corn
Sunflower seeds
Cheese
Avocado

Toss all the above ingredients together & drizzle with olive oil and a sprinkle of salt. 

Courgette muffins

When I read the title of the recipe I had the same reaction than when I first heard of carrot cake. I thought: "really?"

But since I have learn that I should give new flavours a go. So I did. 

I used as base recipe my friend's Zuri from AZ Atelier's. But I didn't have nutmeg and I skipped the sugar. Zuri's muffins are a sweet version. Mine are savoury. With a twist. 

Thanks for the inspiration, Zuri!

Ingredients:

2 cups of self-raising flour

1 courgette roughly chopped

2 teaspoons of grated lemon zest

3/4 of a cup of milk

1 egg

a chili, chopped

a pinch of salt

Instructions:

Mix all the ingredients, pour into the muffin molds and bake on a pre-heated oven... you know the drill. 

You can eat them on their own, or with a bit of butter, or with ham and cheese... the possibilities are unlimited! Yum!

What will your twist on the courgette muffins be? Share it, please!

Papaya & ham salad

I saw a similar idea on the web and I thought? Mmm, sweet & salty? But I thought, I have been eating ham & melon for years, haven't I? So why not try another fruit?

As usual, couldn't be bothered with writing down the exact recipe. 
So this is my own version...

• Papaya
• Ham (parma, serrano... any cured type)
• Cheese (of your choice, edam in this case)
• Walnut
• A drizzle of olive oil (chili infused in this case)

Mmmmm, nice & refreshing for these hot summer days!!!!

If you like salads, try these also:

• Calabrese meets prawn cocktail salad
• Chicken and walnut salad

Carrot & ginger jam

I looooooooooooooove carrots. So when they are cheap I can't help myself and I buy them. Unfortunately I usually end up dumping half of them because they go off quicker than I can eat them. Despite of my love for them.

This time, however, I was determined not to let this happen. I decided to look up for things to do with them. I also had also bought some fresh ginger in my quest to expand the range of foods I eat as part of my New Year's Resolutions.

So I searched for carrots and ginger recipes on the web. Et voilà: carrot & ginger jam, of course! D'oh! Carrots are naturally sweet and although I was shocked the first time I heard about carrot cake, many, many years ago, jam somehow made sense now.

So I decided to give it a go. I found different recipes on the web that had more or less ingredients, so I went along with what I had & I did my best. Here it goes:

Ingredients:
- carrots
- ginger
- orange
- brown sugar
- cinnamon stick

Instructions:
Peal & chop the carrots. Boil them until soft & drain.
Juice the orange and grate the ginger. Add together with the rest of the ingredients to the boiled carrots.
Cook on low heat, stirring to avoid the mix getting burned.
Let it cool down.
Filled the jars and put them in a bigger saucepan with water, bain-marie style.

Let it cool down.

Eat as you like: on toast, as a yogurt topping, as pastry filling... let your imagination fly!

Bacon & feta sandwich

Bread (brown,with seeds, cereals, anything you like but as healthy as posible)
Bacon (preberably smoked, as thinly as possible)
Cheese (feta in this case)
Tomato
Onion
Salt
Pepper
Parsley