What is for brunch or lunch ?

29 / 03 / 2024 - Friday.

Lunch today was a classic meatloaf.

Side salad and red wine: Marqués de Murrieta Reserva 2019.

Easter Sunday Lunch .. 31 / 03 / 2024 ..

We had 4 guests + us.

Started with a very beautiful salad with fennel, radicchio, cherry tomatoes, several types of kress type greens and a lovely vinaigrette.

The Main was Roast Leg of Lamb served with a side of fresh steamed French style green beans and a lovely lamb based gravy.

Red wine: Ramón Bilbao 2019 Reserve.

Dessert: A French Toast type Spanish dessert called Torrijas.

Quite enough !!!

Hope everyone has had a wonderful Easter Holiday.

Full Easter lunch today
Roast Welsh lamb, Carrots, broccoli, roast potatoes and dauphinois, and roast parsnips.Creamed spinach, mint sauce and gravy. For pudding, home made fig and frangipani tart with cream and a raspberry roulade. That was enough, but we did have a cup of tea with a slice of my Simnel cake, later on

Tuesday - 02 / 04 / 2024 ..

Today is quite a chilly, pearl grey hazy day.

Lunch: Preparing Tempura and a few veggies for the side dish.

For the salsa (dip) I use:
1 cup of dashi
1/3 cup of mirin or jerez seco ( Sherry)
2 tblsps of freshly grated fresh ginger

I employ 400 grams of cod or sea bass or perch, 10 large prawns, 1 large red bell pepper, 4 white cap mushrooms, 8 wide green beans.

I dip in 2 yolks, 200 ml. ice water and 1 cup of tempura flour or all purpose.

Dessert: Was at the bakery this morning and picked up a small blueberry cheesecake ..

Wine: I picked up a bottle of Prosecco Rosé from Frexinet which produces in Veneto, Italia.

Have a lovely day.

Wednesday: 03 / 04 / 2024

Today lunch was a classic traditional Linguine with a from scratch tomato sauce with Fresh Basil and served with lightly fried courgette (zucchine)with a drizzle of lemon.

Nice evening wishes. We shall do a light tuna salad on a crusty loaf from the bakery.

6th April / Saturday.

Today we are doing some retail therapy ! Needed a few new kitchen items .. So we had stopped for some fried calamari and a glass of wine.

We shall have a quiet dinner at home later.

Have a lovely weekend.

07 / 04 / 2024 - Sunday.

This afternoon we had lovely freshly caught Perch (filets) baked with de-seeded & peeled cherry tomato, garlic, leek and fresh parsley, Provençal Herbs and a touch of grinded black peppercorns and a drizzle of white wine.

The starter was a simple salad of tri color greens with a home made Vinagrette.

Prosecco Rosé was the toast of the day ..

08 / 04 / 2024 .. Monday.

Today had alot of errands Downtown and stopped at The Food Hall of Galería Canalejas on Calle Alcalá 12.

Had a lovely paella for one, from a lovely Galician Chef Rubén Arnanz who also works at Saint James, a traditional Paella Restaurant.

This is a 400.000 m2 food hall featuring 12 different restaurants, including Japanese, Mexican, Paellas, Dim Sim, Fusion and also Vegetarian.

A nice place to stop as it was very close to the bus stop and the weather looks quite threatening and it became very grey and windy.

Have a lovely evening.

05 / 04 / 2024 - Tuesday ..

Today was homemade Lentils Vegetarian style.

Cardoon gratin. Green salad with a mango vinegar dressing.
Prune juice to drink.

Honestly.

Marmin

Cardoon gratin. Green salad with a mango vinegar dressing.
Prune juice to drink.

Honestly.

Marmin,

Cardoon gratin, sounds wonderful.

Which cheese you you use ?

I love Cardoon though tedious and labourious to peel stalks.

It grows wild in Navarra & La Rioja. It is quite popular during Late November through February. It is also sold in Jars.

I make an an amazing soup with it during the Week of the Epiphany.

Have a lovely evening.

Thursday:

11 / 04 / 2024.

Today was tortelli ( similar tortellini however, smaller) stuffed with spinach and ricotta - by: Italian Company Rana.

I prepared a simple (by scratch) tomato & basil (all fresh)
sauce topped with a 36 month old Parmesano grated.

This evening we shall go to our corner bar to meet up with long time dear friends, for tapas !!

Frenchgalinspain:

I buy cardoons from a small organic farmer here in the far south west. I used a Cornish cheddar. As is almost always the case, all of my ingredients are sourced locally and mostly organic.

Marmin

Frenchgalinspain:

I buy cardoons from a small organic farmer here in the far south west. I used a Cornish cheddar. As is almost always the case, all of my ingredients are sourced locally and mostly organic.

Marmin:

Thank you for your message.

Yes, we also purchase ecological / organic products ..

Shall have to try cardoons au gratin with a cheddar.

We have an excellent cheese retailer called Poncelet and they have an exemplary array of British Cheddars. And they provide tastings too !!

Have a lovely weekend.

Saturday..

13 / 04 / 2024 ..

Today we are sharing tapas for lunch which include:

Croquettes filled with cod.
Patatas Bravas - a spicy paprika sauce.
Grilled prawns served with ali oli - a garlicy mayonnaise.
Breaded calamari.

Then we shall do some shopping and stop for dessert enroute home.

Sunday Lunch ..
14 /04 / 2024..

Today we are having stuffed red bell peppers with a ground beef (mince) stuffing baked in the oven.

A small side salad of field greens (rocket) and assorted kress leaves, oak and bibb lettuces and baby spinach leaves with cherry tomatoes and a vinaigrette of red wine vinegar and Extra virgin olive oil. Delicate with a balanced blend of fresh organic greens which enables the contrasting leaves to shine through.

And a simple Prosecco Rose sparkling wine from Freixent.

Have a lovely Sunday.

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Monday - 15 / 04 / 2024:

Today we had a spinach and gruyère quiche. Always a true pleasantry.

tyrone

Homemade pizza

Homemade Pizza .. Sounds wonderful.

Today, 17 /04 / 2024, Wednesday, we had Beef and chard ravioli which is a recipe from a restaurant in Nice, France.

Our 1st or starter was a light version of a Caesar Salad (no chicken) ..

Dessert was a bowl of fresh strawberries & blueberries (great for their Omega).

Wine: A rosé Prosecco with the salad and a red, for the pasta dish called Estola 2015 Reserva.

18 / 04 / 2024 - Thursday ..

A salad Niçoise for our starter.

Main: Grilled cod fish with white wine, thyme sprigs, garlic cloves, leek, fresh parsley, grated lemon zest, de-seeded and peeled fresh red tomato, salt and freshly ground black pepper and scattered capers and kalmata olives.

Lovely Mediterranean dish !!

Nice day wishes.

Zuppa di pesce (fish stew) today, Friday the 19th of April 2024.

Extra virgin olive oil
peeled and de-seeded tomatoes
dry white wine
fish filets ( i use cod and perch & seabass )
Salt, black peppercorns grinded
Provençal herbs
shallots
fresh parsley

Prepared in a Dutch oven on stove top.

Very tasty and perfect for our roof terrace.

Dessert: Blueberry Cheesecake - from Bakery !!

White Wine: Santiago Ruiz - O´Rosal - Galicia.

Monday - 22nd April, 2024 ..

Today, temperatures had gone down a bit and it was quite windy.

Lunch at home, was a white Northern bean vegetable stew which turned out remarkably exceptional.

Served with:
Bakery Bread ( a baguette ) ..

And a glass of Ramon Bilbao - La Rioja 2015 Reserve.

Dessert: Assorted cheeses with assorted crackers and red apples and Valencian Blood Orange slices ..

Have a wonderful day and Happy Saint George Day tomorrow.

Happy Saint George Day tomorrow
Thank you 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (although I'll have to celebrate quietly 😁)

I shall be cooking a vegetable stew of sorts tomorrow, centred around a northern British pea, the carlin. Oyster mushrooms and freshnspring greens will also feature. In a nod towards the Iberian peninsula however, I shall be adding some pimenton to the base.