What is for brunch or lunch ?

Monday - the 21st of April 2025 ..

Today was the 1st sunny day with blue skies in over a week.

Lunch was a simple hummus with toasted pita ..

The main: Homemade baked stuffed red bells filled with rice and currants ..

Simply splendidly wonderful.

Ingredients:

Evoo
onion
pinenuts
long grain white rice
San Marzano tinned tomatoes (purée)
fresh dill herb
fresh mint herb
salt
black pepper freshly ground
allspice

Saturday the 26th of April 2025 ..

Today was a gorgeous day and so we headed over to our favourite Pizza Place, Fratelli Brothers (from Napoli) for pizza with our dear friends.

We walked all the way home and just had a lovely day.

Nice wkend. wishes.

30th April, 2025 - Wednesday ..

Today lunch was baked freshly caught Trout ( salmon color ) topped with a little garlic, Extra virgin olive oil, fresh dill and fresh parsley.

Side: A baked Jack .. Served with French butter and Mojo Picon Verde ( A Canarian green type mayonaise consistancy but not mayonaise and garlic combo with herbs ) ..

Lovely lunch ..

The 1st of May 2025 - Thursday ..

Pastel of Leeks .. was our sstarter ..

Roast Chicken breasts with mini veggies roasted ..

Lovely.

Have a wonderful weekend. ( We have holidays today and Friday ) ..

02 / 05 / 20225 - Friday.

We had thunderstorms most of the day, so I had to prepare lunch at home. We even had "granizos" ( ice balls ), lightning, high winds and thunder !

Lunch was a simple Pasta ( linguini ) with a home made Marinara sauce ..

And a simple baby spinach salad, radicchio ( red chichory) with fresh tomato and fennel .. and a home made Evoo and Balsamic Dressing.

Simple however, lovely.

6th May 2025 - Tuesday.

The catch of the day was fresh salmon colored trout at our Fish Monger´s .. Oh, so lovely.

The salad was fennel, assorted lettuce types, tomato, strips of red bell, black olives and Feta Cheese ..

Of course, balsamic Modena, Italian vinagre and Evoo from Jaén, Spain.

Monday - 12 / 05 / 2025 ..

A very simple lovely lunch ..

Grilled Fresh Ecological Norwegian Salmon Teriyaki ..

A side of fresh baby Spinach.

Of course a Parisian style oven warmed baguette ..

20th May - Tuesday ..

Linguini Vongole ( clams ) ..

A simple salad, rocket, radicchio, fennel and tomato with a vinaigrette of Evoo & Balsamic Modena Vinegar ..

Later we shall have a small cheese and fruit board ..

07 / 06: Saturday.

Had been to visit one of my twin daughters who is expecting her 2nd baby ( a little boy ) in mid to late August.

She has a little girl who attends Nursery.

So we are all excited ..

LUNCH SATURYDAY:

Today I prepared Sautéed Skrei, Norwegian Cod (line caught) with Hazelnut Tarator, a creamy nut and garlic blend, one of Turkey´s finest sauces. A true trator uses hazelnuts which grow in Antalya. Though one can prepare it with almonds.

The ingredients employed for readily available:

1/ 2 cup all purpose flour sin gluten
1/ 2 tsp paprika
1/ 4 tsp dried crushed red pepper
Fresh cod line caught
Extra virgin olive oil

The Hazelnut Tarator:

1 Cup blanched hazelnuts or almonds
Breadcrumbs
Water
Lemon juice
garlic cloves ( 2 or 3 )
Evoo
Salt of choice

Have a wonderful weekend and all our best wishes.

kittylester

Not forward thinking, calli. I brought in my bay leaves and some mint when I did the bird food this morning.

Just realised that I should also have got parsley but will have to make do with frozen. Sorry Miss Elkin.

Don't worry, kittylester — even Sonic doesn't serve breakfast with starched napkins and a floral centerpiece! 😄 Some mornings, Sonic Breakfast Menu offers a SuperSONIC Breakfast Burrito and a hot coffee in the car hits the spot way better than herbs from the garden. We all have our days — Miss Elkin would understand... probably while eyeing that napkin roll disapprovingly!

Wednesday.

Hubs and I are having Dim Sim to share and Cantonese Duckling at our favourite Chinese Restaurant.

It was a bit cooler today than yesterday. Yesterday was hell on earth !!

Beetroot, White Alubias (northern or navy white beans), goat cheese Salad:

1 beetroot - large
200 grams of Cannelli or northern or navy white beans soaked overnight in water
1 small onion or shallot or leek or chives
salt - Himalyan or sea salt
goat cheese of choice ( i use goat Camembert
black pepper in mill

A touch of Evoo and Balsamic Vinegar from Modena, Italy

Quite a lovely salad served with oven warmed Bauguette or Pita ...

Tuna sandwich with salad. Bread made by DH.

Friday - 27th June 2025 ..

Today we have decided to go for a Napoli Styled Pizza at:

Fratelli Brothers (from Napoli) who were awarded the BEST PIZZA IN THE EUROPEAN UNION OUTSIDE OF ITALIA IN 2022 OR 2023 ..

Absolutely divinity !! And just opened a new Fratelli Brothers Pizzeria in the Gran Vía neighbourhood.

We like their little terraced patio in Alonso Cano, just a short walk from Gregorio Marañon & Paseo de la Castellana,

All our best wishes for a lovely summer season.

Roast veg from yesterday, chilled, dressed, on rocket. Bread. Apples.

The grandsons and I are having pizza tonight too.
Supermercado I think

Sunday .. 29th June 2025 ..

Due to the extreme temperatures, we decided to put the air conditioning on and enjoying our dining room ..

Lunch was very light and simple. An authentic Niçoise with Ventresca white tuna from Cuca and gorgeous Kalamata.

Dessert was a choice fresh fruits. We had the watermelon. Always a lovely quencher of thirst ..

Thursday - The 3rd of July ..

Lunch today was our fave Chinese @ China Crown, in Barrio Salamanca - Madrid.

We had Dim Sim ..

I had a seabass with ginger that was totally elegant and my husband had his fave, the Fideos (noodles) with a variety of vegetables and thin strips of veal ..

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We waited to have some fresh fruit when we got home for dessert ..

The sea bass sounds delicious

We had cottage cheese and rice salad. Followed by 10 almonds😊

Tonight is spicy marinated Turkey fillets with quinoa salad, followed by strawberries and yogurt

Today we had home made cheeseburgers with skinny fries and salad.

Traditional Cornish pasties as we are on holiday in Cornwall. We bought them from a bakery and ate them on a bench.

Sunday, the 13th of July 2025 ..

Today we ventured off for Brunch with friends ..

Had the typical .. Eggs Benedict with smoked salmon and Hollandaise .. Teriyaki with veggies tempura and hibiscious, rose and tropical fruits ..

Of course an iced coffee to finish and a Prosecco to begin.

17 / 07 / 2025 .. Thursday.

Today after a morning´s manicure and facial I headed downtown to meet up with my dear and two close friends.
Lunch was an array of classic Spanish and modern Madrileño tapas !!

Breaded calamari ..
Ensaladilla Rusa - Russian Salad which consists of tuna, mayonnaise, carrots, potatoes, salt, black freshly ground black pepper and tender green peas.
Fresh grilled prawns ..
Fresh oysters served on ice..

Just all lovely .. a bit pricey but truly lovely ..
A bottle of Prosecco from Freixnet ..
San Miguel Main Market..
La Latina ..
Madrid ..