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my first peugeot

22 Friday Nov 2024

Posted by azahar in azahars kitchen, bluesky, casa azahar, homecooking

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azahars kitchen, pepper grinder, peugeot, sevilla

peugeot

Have I mentioned how much I love Bluesky? Just like how I used to love Twitter? Anyhow, hot on the heels of asking for advice about purchasing a new printer I went on to ask about pepper grinders. Why? Because I’d just been making dinner and got so frustrated with my old bunged-up one, like I basically do every day. I had pretty much given up on finding one that works properly, even buying a small mortar & pestle to do the job instead. Problem is that it’s a bit faffy, so it’s become a daily choice between either faff or frustration. Because I use A LOT of black pepper. All the time.

Anyhoo… got some very interesting suggestions, ranging from practical to preposterous, but the one name that kept coming up was Peugeot. Honestly, I had no idea they even made pepper grinders and it’s still puzzling to me why they do. So I had a look around. It was very tempting to go for the Paris Chef stainless steel carbon-finished one that had originally been recommended, but there was no way I could justify paying more for a pepper grinder than I just had for a printer (especially as I shouldn’t be making frivolous purchases at the moment anyhow!). So I opted for a more modest wooden model – another Black Friday Week special offer – that seems to have the same grinding mechanism, which is the important part. I mean, just look at that! It’s arriving today and I’m way more excited about this than a grown-ass woman should be. Sure hope it works.

mixing it up

13 Wednesday Nov 2024

Posted by azahar in azahars kitchen, casa azahar, food & drink, homecooking, sevilla

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bowls

My first ever mixing bowls! Well, just the two smaller ones. I can’t believe I’ve never owned actual mixing bowls before. I usually just use whatever… pasta bowl, soup bowl, popcorn bowl… but I didn’t have anything the size of the middle one and lately with some new recipes I have been needing that option (been making do with pots or tupperware). Love the non-slip silicone bottoms and useful lids, and they fit into each other like russian dolls, so easy to store. I didn’t get the whole set because the popcorn bowl serves the same purpose as the large one and is seldom needed.

And that was a blog post, folks! I still don’t know why any of you follow me here (but I’m glad you do). 😅

hooked on salsa verde

27 Tuesday Aug 2024

Posted by azahar in azahars kitchen, casa azahar, food & drink, gastronomy, homecooking, sevilla

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azahars kitchen, homecooking, nigella lawson

nigella (1)

A couple of weeks ago I saw that Nigella Lawson was back on Bluesky – or at least giving it another go – and she posted a recipe to her spicy “green sauce”. A simple yet totally addictive salsa. Vegetarian/vegan too. My version is a bit of an adaptation, but you can see both below…

Nigella’s Recipe
Azahar’s Kitchen Recipe

pico de gallo time

29 Monday Jul 2024

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food chopper, homecooking, pico de gallo

chopper

Getting a bit hooked on Instagram recipe reels lately, so much so that I now have a whole list of links in a file for me to get back to (eventually). Most of the ones that catch my eye tend to be vegetarian (?) but the other day I came across one for simple pan-grilled squid with pico de gallo. If you don’t know pico de gallo it’s a chunky “sauce” traditionally made from finely chopped tomato, onion, red & green peppers, with salt, olive oil, lime juice, and fresh cilantro. And it’s delicious. Anyhow, I was both looking forward to and dreading making this squid dish because I have no patience for dicing veg. And then I remembered having an “onion chopper” back in Toronto and wondered if they still made them, or something similar. And look what I found at trusty El Corte Inglés. On sale too! Now just have to find some shelf space…

roasted garlic & amontillado praline

10 Monday Jun 2024

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azahars kitchen, garlic praline, jaen, restaurante baga, sevilla

garlic praline (1)

I know right? You know you want this. It also comes with a fun story…
AZAHAR’S KITCHEN: Roasted garlic & amontillado praline

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