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Indian Chicken
If you love chicken and indian cuisine, here is my really simple recipe for cooking an Indian Chicken with curry and cream! You can make it dairy free by replacing the cream by coconut cream which is really good too! Ingredients: 2 chicken breasts 2 zucchinis 1 shallot 6.5 fl oz 12% liquid cream 4 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons curry powder 1 tablespoon sesame seeds 1 teaspoon Maggi liquid seasoning 1 teaspoon thyme Salt & black pepper Recipe: Cut the zucchinis in small cubes and chop the shallot. Place a frying pan on the burner at medium temperature and add 2 tablespoons olive oil. Add the zucchinis and cook…
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My Favorite Food Movies
Because I really love food and movies, I am found of Food Movies! Here is a list of my favorites, so take place in your sofa with a cookie and relax… Chef: Ratatouille: Julie & Julia: Eat Pray Love: Le Chef: The Hundred Foot Journey: The Lunchbox: No Reservations: Burnt: Babette’s Feast: Vatel:
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Corn Soup
Autumn is my favorite season for soups, you can still use summer vegetables while the weather is slowly cooling down, so why not cooking a corn soup? This recipe is not mine but comes from a friend, I was really curious the first time I saw her cooking this and seemed so good that I wanted to try it too! Hope you will enjoy it as much as I do… Ingredients: 4 potatoes 2 onions 2 garlic cloves 7 bacon slices 17.5 oz corn 1 vegetable stock cube 1 chicken stock cube 2-4 tablespoons olive oil 4 cups water salt & black pepper Recipe: Cut the potatoes in small dices…
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Gurou
It is not always easy to find 100% veggie restaurants in small and medium size cities. Even if eat everything, I am always curious about trying new meals, textures and tastes, veggies meals are already part of my everyday diet. So, when I heard about Gurou, my curiosity and love of good food pushed me to discover the place. Downtown La Rochelle, in the covered market neighbourhood, the restaurant that started to sell its food by street bike is a very cool place. A bright small shop where meals suggested are wrote down by chalk stick on a slate, with an open kitchen from where smells of veggie burgers, sweet…
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Italian Pasta Salad
Everyone knows that pasta is a big part of the Italian cuisine. There are so many ways to cook them and so many kind of pastas… If you follow my blog since the begining, you already know that I enjoy salads so I wanted to share this one with you before the last summer days are gone: my Italian Pasta Salad! Ingredients: 5 salad leaves (Romaine or Iceberg) 5 Parma ham slices 10 cocktail tomatoes 25 black olives 2 eggs 1/2 shallott 9 oz Orecchiette pastas 2 tablespoons grated Grana Padano Cheese 1 teaspoon poppy seeds 4 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar 1 tablespoon Maggi Liquid Seasoning 1…
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Cumin Lentils & Naan
For an Indian touch in your food, you can cook Cumin Lentils with Naans. This is a delicious vegan meal that can be spicy or not. This one is very sweet but you can add some chili to make it hot! Ingredients for Naans: 11.5 oz flour 2 teaspoons sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 egg 8.5 fl oz milk 2 tablespoons sunflower oil 6 basil leaves (or coriander leaves) 2 tablespoons liquid butter Ingredients for Cumin Lentils: 7 oz red lentils (I made a mix with red lentils, green lentils, split peas, mungo beans, black beans, white beans, barley and spelt) 28.5 fl oz water…
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Raspberry Grapefruit Lemonade
For a refreshing and tasty drink, opt for the lemonade. I tried this one during summer combining raspberry and grapefruit and really enjoyed it! For the sparkling water, we have a sodastream at home, means that we make our own, but you can use the one you are used to (select one not too much salty). I have added some white beet sugar but you can also use superfine sugar (same quantity) or brown sugar (1 teaspoon). Ingredients for 2 glasses: 20 raspberries 1 grapefruit 1 glass sparkling water 1 tablespoon sugar Recipe: Squeeze the grapefruit and add it in a blender with 15 raspberries and the sugar. Mix until…
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Vivre[s]
Located in Rochefort’s former covered market, Vivre[s] is Chef Grégory Coutanceau’s new restaurant that highlight local products and wood-fired cooking method. A beautiful place for 4 experiences. First of all, this is about the history of a specific place, the Quai aux Vivres in Rochefort city in Charente-Maritime. Listed as Historic Monument, the buildings used to be also a military hospital, a navy police station, and then, homes for administration executives and officers. Since more than 4 years, there is a huge restoration in progress in order to give it a second life creating accomodation, but also, a great gastronomic facility. The result? An exceptionnal setting and an architecture that…
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Summer 2019
Every year this is different, we might stay at the same place, depending on so many things, our garden is changing. Today, I just want to share with you a few things I enjoy about this summer in my garden: bees, flowers, vegetables and sun… Do not hesitate to click on pictures to see them in full size.
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Salmon Pizza
Love pizza and fish? Or maybe you never found the perfect fish pizza? Here is my husband’s very good recipe for a perfect Salmon Pizza! We chose to prepare our own dough (that is so much better) but you can also chose to buy one already made and just fill it with your sides. Ingredients for the dough: 8.8 oz flour T45 0.8 oz fast bread yeast 1 teaspoon salt 5 fl oz warm water 2 tablespoons olive oil Ingredients for the sauce: 1 tomatoe 1/4 onion 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 teaspoon liquid cream 1 teaspoon Maggi liquid seasonning 1 teaspoon aneth 1 teaspoon black pepper Ingredients for the…
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