Today Greek Style salad thanks to @tinysorganic weekly delivery. Great tomatoes!
Tomatoes, yellow cucumbers, fresh basil, feta cheese and tapenade. Toss with Modena vinegar and extra virgin olive oil.
A quick, mediterranean and healthy dinner
Serrano Ham, poached eggs, manchego cheese and grilled asparagus
You can find the third best paella in the world in … Miami
Elena Fernandez A restaurant in the province of Cuenca (Spain), the Posada Real has won first prize in the International Paella Valenciana contest held last weekend in the Valencian town of Sueca. Picanterra House Restaurant , Cullera (Valencia ) got the second position. Surprisingly the third prize wasn´t won for any Spaniard restaurant. but for the…
A purple touch in your Kitchen… and beyond
Elena Fernandez Two weeks ago I crossed Puget Sound and Hood Canal with my family to spend a weekend in Olympic peninsula to catch the last sun rays before rain goes back. Anyway I saw more rain than sun but that´s what makes this place so special. I wanted to see the end of lavender…
Jessica´s cabbage salad
Elena F. Guiral At the end of my Spanish Beach vacation :-/ my in Law are visiting us. They are great cooking traditional recipes and finding superb ingredients, so I asked them to prepare one of my favorite salads. So simple, so healthy, so delicious! I´ve decided to name it Jessica´s cabbage salad because Jessica,…
Don’t skip your (Mediterranean) breakfast
Elena Fernandez The idea that breakfast should be the most important meal of the day is reaffirmed more than ever with the results of a new study, which concludes that skipping breakfast may increase the risk of heart disease, according to a study published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. The researchers analyzed…
Prosciutto IS NOT Serrano ham
Elena Fernandez Serrano ham… no Spaniard has grown up without this delicacy. In fact, if you opened every Spanish fridge I bet you could find ham (jamón Serrano) in 85% of them. That’s why we find it SO difficult to live without ham when we reside in the US. We know the price here is completely…