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summer salads

04 Tuesday Aug 2026

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Been enjoying these two salads a lot this summer. The top one is a chopped guacamole salad which is simply chopping up the onion, tomato and jalapeños into a bowl, grating in the garlic clove with a bit of lime zest, s & p, then mixing well with a 50/50 lime/olive oil dressing. Add the chopped avocado and parsley, toss again and you’re done.

This one below is a roasted red pepper salad, but I “cheat” and use a jar of roasted piquillo peppers (and so can you 😉). Sauté 2-3 sweet onions with about 10 sliced garlic cloves in evoo, bit of s & p. Once the onions start to caramelise add the piquillo peppers, let that cook a bit and then let it cool down to room temp before serving. Great as a side dish or topping. Enjoy!

microplaning

03 Monday Aug 2026

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A couple of weeks ago I spent a whopping 9.50€ on this microplane grater at El Corte Inglés. Yes, there were sleeker pricier options but I wasn’t even sure I needed this at the time. I was always under the impression that using the fine side of my trusty box grater was the same thing, but how wrong I was! Apparently box grater holes are stamped, so their edges are blunt and compressive, while microplane holes are etched with razor-sharp edges for delicate, fine shavings.

Anyhow, now I don’t know how I ever lived without a microplane. The first thing I used it for was grating a garlic clove and OMG. Meanwhile I used to dread zesting citrus and parmesan never came out “snowy” like in the food videos. But now… I think this is possibly the best 9.50€ I have ever spent.

greens galore!

07 Tuesday Jul 2026

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I came across this recipe for Via Carlota’s Insalata Verde on Bluesky the other day and have been dying to try it ever since. So yesterday I went out in search of greens and ended up with five of them, though not exactly the same combo as those in the recipe (who cares, right?) but… THIS is only half of what I bought. I mean, those frisée are monsters. So now I have greens galore and, as you know, there are only two of us here. But I actually like the idea of having a nice bunch of mixed greens, washed, chilled and ready to go. A handful here, a handful there. Will be putting my version of the salad up on Azahar’s Kitchen soon(ish). Already have some concern over the vinegar/olive oil ration… will let you know.

silicone sunday

01 Monday Dec 2025

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Well this works! I was in the middle of preparing yesterday’s lunch when I noticed that the roasting pan I had bought for the air fryer a couple of years ago was in pretty bad shape. A quick look online and a quick trip to El Corte Inglés later and… brand new “BPA free” silicone thingy. I was a bit unsure about it at first, and being non-biodegradable they’re not exactly “eco-friendly”,  but oh well. It’s mine now. As for functionality, it cooked everything just fine but it doesn’t really brown food as it doesn’t conduct heat. Anyhow, it will be useful for stuff like this…

Free-range chicken thighs marinated in yoghurt, lemon/lime and spices, with garbanzos, red onions, baby spinach and cilantro. Recipe here.