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Sardines!

26 Dec

In Malaga, Spain in the summertime, there’s nothing better to do in the evening than to take a walk along the paseo maritimo and stop at a chirinquito to eat sardines.  I know many Americans would turn up their nose at sardines, but they really are delicious, especially cooked like this.  Freshly caught fish are [...]

Today’s project: Pesto

16 Oct

Cold weather is looming on the horizon and later in the week we may get our first frost of the season, here in Salamanca, Spain.  So, today we took the opportunity to harvest whats left of the basil and turn it into delicious pesto, aka basil bombs.  I chopped a huge salad bowl of basil [...]

Chiles Rellenos Casserole

15 Oct

Our veg garden was producing tons of peppers this year so I had to find create ways to eat them.  I wanted to make traditional chiles rellenos but the authentic recipes I found looked difficult and I didn’t want to experiment with the precious produce from our own garden!  This recipe is inspired from one [...]