
New on Bitesize Sevilla! Recipe: Espinacas con Garbanzos. Please have a look and if you like it you can give it a “like”. And if you really like it please consider becoming a subscriber (free or paid). Thanks!
04 Friday Sep 2026
Posted in azahars kitchen, bitesize sevilla, homecooking, recipes, sevilla, substack, tapas, tapas bars

New on Bitesize Sevilla! Recipe: Espinacas con Garbanzos. Please have a look and if you like it you can give it a “like”. And if you really like it please consider becoming a subscriber (free or paid). Thanks!
01 Monday Dec 2025
Posted in air fryer, azahars kitchen, cooking, homecooking, sevilla
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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…
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Free-range chicken thighs marinated in yoghurt, lemon/lime and spices, with garbanzos, red onions, baby spinach and cilantro. Recipe here.
20 Thursday Feb 2025
Posted in azahars kitchen, homecooking, sevilla

It occurred to me when I was making this fab garlicky caesar salad with crispy air fryer roasties the other day that I still hadn’t put up a recipe for these guys, even though I’ve been attempting to perfect air fryer roasties for almost three years. Well at last that day has come. Here ya go…
22 Friday Nov 2024
Posted in azahars kitchen, bluesky, casa azahar, homecooking

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.
13 Wednesday Nov 2024
Posted in azahars kitchen, casa azahar, food & drink, homecooking, sevilla

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). 😅