Back to Basics Cooking in a Modern Age
I haven’t had any chocolate in over a month. Seriously. It’s a pretty good record for me, because although I don’t have a sweet tooth, sometimes a li’l bite of energy is something I crave, especially after a session in the gym. But energy bars are kak and full of weird stuff I can’t pronouce. …
Traditional in Catalunya, where I live, and Valencia, panellets are the traditional sweet of All Saints Day. (Which was 1st of November.) In Catalan, panellet means ‘little bread’. They are all over the bakeries and shops here, mostly the traditional ones rolled in pine nuts. But there are countless varieties all based on more or …
On Wednesday night, the only thing I could find in the fridge to cook was sweet potatoes. And bacon. And salad. So obviously I prepared the sweet potatoes and wrapped ’em in bacon. But there were three huge ones, so I figured while the oven was on, I’d roast a few other things that I …
Last week I made this very same dish but with slight variations. Then it was pointed out to me that many chicken stock cubes have msg in them. Whoops! So I vowed to try again. Besides – although the venison was good, let’s face it, I’m not going to be buying venison often. Turkey on the …
We went to Barcelona the other day to drop some friends off at the airport so took advantage of the fact we were there to do a bit of shopping. Yay for the AppleStore! (Ok – that was just browsing… anyway.) We popped into a HUGE supermarket called Carrefour Planet. Seriously, the price check girls …
(That is a terrible title… yet strangely descriptive!) Now that summer is more or less gone, I can use the oven more. Wahey! Or course, I’m doing a Whole30 at the moment, so new recipes are a little sparse at the moment cause I’m trying to keep it a li’l simple. But I still had …
