Easy and delicious entreé

Hello hello hellooooo...

Food lovers like me...

Got visitors?! Something quick and tasty to nibble?!

Boiled quail eggs mashed with parsley, salt and mayo in a bed of ham and creamy goat cheese, olives, lemon and top that with a teaspoon of black caviar... Don't forget the olive oil to season it and a sprinkle of black pepper... It tastes greeeeat...

Now you can replace any of those ingredients by any other one you like more.

Panquecas de banana (banana pancakes)

Bom dia!

Pequeno-almoço de hoje:

Panquecas de banana com gelado de chocolate e fruta

É mais uma maneira óptima de se aproveitar aquelas bananas que já estão maduras demais

Para mais ou menos 20 unidades:

4 bananas

meio copo de farinha de trigo

10 colheres de sopa de leite de côco

3 ou 4 colheres de sopa de açúcar

3 ovos inteiros

Pise as bananas com um garfo e em uma tigela grande misture todos os outros ingredientes com a banana, em fogo médio e em uma frigideira anti-aderente vá deitando colheres da mistura endireitando a sua forma com a colher se for necessário para que as panquecas fiquem mais redondas...não deixe dourar muito para não ficarem feias :)

Depois corte uns pedaços de fruta que tiver à mão, disponha por cima das panquecas, algumas bolas pequenas de gelado, canela por cima e para finalizar o xarope de milho, mel ou outro líquido adocicado por cima... E o dia corre bem 

:)

Ice pop caseiro (de fruta de verdade sem corantes)

Eu acordei cedinho e pensei no que fazer para os meus meninos hoje, decidi aproveitar a fruta, que as crianças nem sempre querem comer a frutinha, então nada melhor que fazer um ice pop para levar pra dentro as vitaminas.

Podem fazer de várias formas e embalar de maneira diferente. Eu tenho uma máquina que sela e corta sacos plásticos, então comecei a preparar os meus saquinhos...

Cortei 300g de morangos para dentro de um recipiente, pus 3 copos de água, e meio de açúcar, mas isso depende de que quantidade de ice pops se quer, e o açúcar basta ir provando depois de adicionar a água...a espessura também depende de cada um, eu faço mais pro grosso que aguado...

 

Mexi com a varinha mágica até tirar todos os grumos e com um funil despejei para dentro dos saquinhos, deixando espaço para fazer um nó.
Desta vez não misturei as frutas, fiz separadamente, fiz de manga, de morango e de kiwi.
Pus no frigorífico de manhã, à tarde estavam prontinhos, frescos e saborosos.

Booooooooommmmm... :)

Outdoor party ornament

A nice ornament for a garden or outdoor party at night.

Cover a small hoop or ring with glue gun and fabric tape

Glue some nice flowers and a styrofoam bird

Assemble a candle bowl holder with some cord,

wire or even fabric strips, it will look good

Specially if you hang more than one.

Rabanadas (French toast)

Very easy to make and always pleasant...but very high on calories, so just eat one or two as a dessert, save the rest for the day after, and anyone who has ever had these can assure that they taste even better the next day.

Ingredients:

Bread

Milk

sugar

cinnamon

eggs

oil for frying

Okay, i wont give you any exact measures because it depends on how much you want to make but i can try to get you there easily, get a loaf of bread and cut thick slices all the way through, then cut them into big rectangles. Mix 2 eggs and 2 glasses of milk, beat well, get 1 cup of sugar in another deep plate and mix it with 2 teaspoons of cinnamon until all sugar becomes brown.

Put 1litre of oil into a deep frying pan and heat it well.

To fry, dip the bread into the egg and milk mixture and into the oil, let them cook until they are golden brown, turn them around to get all sides brown. Get them out and put them in a big bowl with absorbent paper for a while and then roll them in the bowl with cinnamon and sugar.

Do the same to all the bread and enjoy.

"My" pork chop suey

For 10 portions

Ingredients:

1/2 pork tenderloin chopped in small strips

2 chopped onions, 4 garlic cloves

1 red pepper, 1 green pepper

1 can of green beans

1 can of soybeans

soy sauce

2 tablespoons of cornstarch

500ml chiken broth

To marinate the pork: 3 tablespoons of olive oil, 3 or 4 pinches of sea salt, 1 table spoon of coriander. Let it sit for 20 minutes, then put it all in a frying pan and let it fry, stir to make sure they all get to the hot side of the pan, then take it out. Put another pan, deep and large and put the onions, garlic, peppers, soybeans, green beans with a little bit of olive oil, let it sit then pour 1 cup of soy sauce and the chicken broth and let it boil, then add the cornstarch, simmer it avoiding lumps, then put the meat inside adding a bit more soysauce if you like. Also add more cornstarch if its needed to achieve a good creamy(but not too much) point.

Serve with chinese noodles

Bombons caseiros crocantes

Gooooood evening...to me and you :)

Lindo de ver, fácil de fazer e bom de comer

Sou fã de chocolate (somos muitos), decidi que eu era capaz de fazer o meu, e não é que consegui mesmo. Então...se quiser experimentar vai precisar de:

1/2 lata de leite condensado

1 xícara de leite em pó

1 barra de chocolate cadbury com mentol

2 ou 3 palitos la Reine 

               

Corte os palitos la Reine em pedaços, não muito grandes  nem muito pequenos e reserve.

Em uma tigela misture o leite condensado e o leite em pó e misture até obter uma massa homogênea e seca.

Tire com uma colher de sopa pedaços da mistura e abra, coloque um pedaço de palito la Reine no centro, e feche-o dentro da massa, enrole-o em bolinhas, ou quadrados, coloque sobre um papel vegetal e ponha no frigorífico.

Agora, ponha a barra de chocolate a derreter em banho-maria (o chocolate dentro de uma panela dentro de outra com água dentro).

Vá picando com um garfo para ajudar a derretê-lo, com a ajuda do garfo passe cada uma das bolinhas no chocolate e volta para o papel vegetal no frigorífico durante umas 2 horas.

É muuuito bom. Quem não quiser usar os palitos la Reine pode misturar côco, ou ainda inserir uma fruta no meio.

As pedrinhas de mentol dão um aspecto lindo ao chocolate.

Bom apetite :)

Arroz de açafrão e passas com frango frito e salada de cuscuz (Saffron rice and raisins with fried chicken and couscous salad)

Fried chicken is like a classic, i probably dont even need to tell how its done...

...but i will anyway :D okkk...so, grab a chicken, cut it in small pieces and season it with thyme, sea salt, powder garlic and olive oil. Let it marinate for at least 15 minutes (you can go down a few posts or type in the blog's search to find the marinating time chart)

While you wait, bake some couscous following the instructions on the package or just double the couscous used with water, boil it for 8 minutes, turn off the heat and close the pan until the couscous grows. Dice tomatoes, cucumbers depending on how many people are you serving it too...put some sweet corn and chopped mozzarella. Mix it all together and add the couscous. Season it with olive, lemon juice and salt.

Start frying the chicken in a deep pan.

Chop 1 onion and 3 garlic cloves into a pan with 1 tablespoon of olive oil , add 4 cups of water and 2 tablespoons of saffron, let it boil...then add the rice, let it cook for 10 to 15 minutes.

Easy wasn't it?! 

Bon Appetit

Crepes de farinha de milho e calda de tangerina -opcional canela para polvilhar- (maize flour crepes with mandarin syrup)

Ingredientes para os crepes:

2 chávenas de leite

1 chávena e 1/2 de farinha de milho

3 colheres de sopa de açúcar

2 ovos

Ingredientes para a calda:

4 tangerinas

8 colheres de sopa de açúcar

Junte todos os ingredientes para os crepes em uma tigela e misture bem para não deixar grumos

Pegue numa frigideira pequena/média e deite 1/4 de colher de chá de manteiga em fogo brando, espalhe bem e vá deitando a massa para os crepes até se formar um crepe do tamanho que deseja e não ponha muito para não ficarem muito cheiinhos pois assim ficam mal cozidos no centro, quando notar que já está a dourar as bordas e a fazer buraquinhos que soltam ar :) vire o crepe

deixe cozer uns 5 minutos ou até ver que está cozido do outro lado, pode levantar o crepe com a espátula para espreitar. Repita o mesmo processo até ao fim da massa, lembrando-se sempre de colocar um pouco de manteiga ou azeite antes.

Calda: Corte as tangerinas horizontalmente e espremê-las com o aparelho ou uma colher de sopa, passar no coador e guardar somente o líquido. Ponha numa panela pequena e funda e junte-lhe o açúcar em fogo médio até começar a levantar fervura, depois de ferver, vá mexendo com uma colher de pau para não subir e cair da panela, deixe ferver uns 15 minutos e apague o fogo.

Verta a calda sobre os crepes enrolados ou abertos

Eu como sou fã de canela, polvilhei um pouco...

ficou muito bom

:)

Palitos de massa folhada

A massa folhada que sobrou dos meu "vol au vents" ainda deu para voltar a abrir e salpicar um pouco de sal grosso ou fino, umas folhas de oréganos, pressionei com as duas mãos para entranharem bem na massa, cortei às tiras e torci um pouco, pincelei com gema de ovo e levei ao forno pré-aquecido a 180ºC por 15 a 20 minutos.

Prawn, potato and egg mayo

Nice sunday over here, its quiet, a bit cold...perfect to do a quick meal and hit the bed watching something nice on tv

And that's just what i did...

...made something that my mom used to do to take to the beach.

All i needed was this:

Some fresh cooked prawns i had on the fridge, about 300 gr
4 eggs, 3 to boil and one to make the sauce (mayo)
1 lemon, 2 big potatoes.

  

Then just get a small bowl, a wooden spoon, refined salt, vinegar, olive oil and mustard.





Chop the potatoes in small cubes

 Put them in a pan with water and boil them. 

In another pan put three eggs and boil them as well, it should take 15 minutes after the water is boiling to get them done. I'll get a chart for boiling food as well, dont worry

Now, while those are on the stove, get the remaining egg and separate the yolk from the egg white, we are only going to use the yolk. 

Put the yolk in the bowl, one teaspoon of good mustard and mix it well, now cut the lemon in half and drop a few drops on the egg mix, mix it well, and start dropping it inside the egg mix in a very small and thin thread.

drop a small quantity and stop to see if your cream as a consistency that when you pass the wooden spoon through it you can see the bottom of the bowl like this

Keep pouring the olive oil until you get the amount that you need, remember that this is a recipe for one to two persons.

Keep an eye on the stove.

When you think you have enough of home made mayonnaise mix, drop the rest of the lemon juice, and season it with salt and vinegar (you can skip the vinegar if you want beacuse lemon is just fine, especially for those who have stomach problems)

Peel the shrimp and dice them

When the eggs are boilled, get them off their shells and cut them in slices

Get a deep plate or bowl and start alternating layers of potato, egg, and prawns

Pouring the mayo on top of all in the end

You can also mix some chopped parsley in

Bon appetite

Salada de queijo fresco (fresh cheese salad)

Uma das coisas que aproveito logo quando faço queijo caseiro é fazer uma rápida e gostosa saladinha com alface às tiras, tomate e queijo aos cubos, pepino às rodelas e o meu ingrediente favorito, ovas de lumpo e capelim, dão um toque ácido e salgado à salada, e com o queijo fresco para mim nem sequer há necessidade de se usar sal.

Fruit pizza (Fruit pizza)

Helllooooooooooo...

back to share ideas with you, and trying to refresh some recipes, changing them to become more pleasant for me and those who share the same taste buds
Check out this lovely dessert, imitating a pizza, pick fruits that you like, slice'em, dice'em and grate them and get to the perfect fruit pizza

I used watermelon as a base

 grapes chopped in half

 very thin cuts of prunes

banana slices

and grated coconut

Cut them in slices just like a pizza and serve chilled

Breakfast in one shape (breakfast roses) - Pequeno-almoço em roseta

Hiiiiii everyone...yessss its sunday

For me sunday is a day to taste good food, healthy, fresh or maybe not that healthy hehehe

well one more reason to hit the "sweating machines" or walk, jog around making the most of all the fresh air and calm day that is sun-day 

I had a good all in one breakfast, very easy to do, i used 

bacon, eggs, cheese, parsley and salt

I took one those muffin molds with 12 holes and started covering the hole walls with the bacon (you can use turquey ham too if you cant eat pork) then shred, grate or dice some cheese and put them inside as well as the chopped parsley and to finish open a egg on top of all, sprinkle some salt and take them to the oven at 180ºC until the egg whites start baking, you can keep an eye on them to see when the yolks are as you like to eat them. I rather have them well done to avoid any contamination :P

What i really love about it is that they have this cute rose like shape

Enjoy 

:)

The first picture is the one with bacon and the second one is turquey ham