This is one of those recipes that started with something like... - What are we having today? - Let me check what we have....
And this is what we had: chickpeas, tomatoes, chicken and avocado. And it became a normal recipe at home. Sometimes we cook it with chicken wings ant its is really tasty too. So we are sharing it today with you... just in case you wonder: what are we having today?
We are back with a very special guest in Cuukinando... my husband! I think I have mentioned couple of times that he is from Bangladesh. He has opened the door to a whole new world of flavours for me. I remember when I started eating Indian food everything just tasted like "spices", as a whole. But the more a I ate, the more I learnt to appreciate the differences. Today, Indian (or Bangladeshi) food is an integral part of my diet, and I love it. That's why you will find lots of recipes with an Indian touch in this blog. This is, no doubt, one of my favourites.
Once more, you can find coconut milk as an ingredient (like in the lemon chicken or one of the cold fruit soups). It is a healthy ingredient and we love its flavour. It is not a hot recipe, it just has half a teaspoon of red chilli. If you are not able to tolerate hot food at all, just don't use it. On the contrary, you could add some green chillies if you feel brave! We posted about how to make home made coconut milk, if you prefer to substitute the can version. Little bit tedious (compared to open a can!) but the flavour is much more natural. Your choice. Watch the video here:
And Halloween is gone. These year we were coming back from holidays so we didn't record any recipe, but next year we will definitely record something. In Spain there is not a big Halloween tradition, but living in UK you can see how people live it, and especially, how children enjoy it.
But today we are talking about something different. We bring you a new recipe: cheese stuffed burgers. You can use your favourite home made burger recipe to make them.
We used Brie cheese to fill them, but you can use any other cheese. Mozzarella, or blue cheese if you prefer a stronger flavour. We used salad and onion as side dish to make it healthier. These burgers are yummy, you have to try them.
A recipe with an oriental touch today in Cuukinando to start the week. Have you ever used coconut milk to cook? It is the kind of ingredient that makes everything taste nice, it always works. For example, it is a very good way to make some simple vegetables taste yummy.
The combination with lemon grass is very popular in asian countries and we just love it. We add the juice of a lemon and some lime leaves, giving a general lemon flavour to this delicious recipe. We don't keep you any longer today, let's start the week! but watch our video first:
We are still cooking summer recipes in Cuukinando. We love beans in general at home and in the summer we like eating them in salads. I tried this combination (lentils with butternut squash and cheese) in an Italian restaurant some weeks ago and I loved it, so I decided to do something similar at home. Maybe it is not exactly the same salad, but I would say it is every bit as good as that one was.
We have roasted the butternut squash in the microwave, so it is a really fast dish to make. It is really colourful and full of vitamins and it tastes yummy. We will repeat for sure. Will you try it? Just check our video:
We come back today with a recipe that everybody loves: Lasagna. In this case, we have substituted the pasta for courgette, and we can guarantee that if you try it, you won't miss it!
If you prefer the conventional lasagna you just need to substitute the courgette for pasta. Our version is healthier and low-carb, but the flavour is just as good as the original one... believe us! We have used our microwave bechamel sauce in the recipe.
Cooking lasagna is always time consuming, but so much worth it. As you have probably already realized, in Cuukinando we believe that homemade is aaalways better.
We have a special guest today in Cuukinando: our mother, and she came to cook for us the most famous Spanish recipe: Paella!
Our love for food and cooking at home has its origin in our mother. And before that, in her father (our grandfather) but we were not lucky enough to meet him. This is the paella version we have always had at home,what we would call a typical Sunday lunch. It is, of course, our favourite version. We are 5 brothers and sisters at home, and some of us prefer it with beef, pork.. or like this one, with chicken. But as you can see, we prefer meat paella. There are probably some differences with the traditional way of cooking paella. You can cook the first steps in a pressure cooker, to have a quicker version.
Oh, and don't be afraid of burning it! The burnt paella is called socarrat, and we all fight at home to eat it.
This is the way my mother learnt to cook paella, the way we learnt from her and this is the way we are sharing with you today. My mother's paella.
And because people do not live by sweets alone (or they shouldn't!) we bring you a beef recipe today. An easy one with an exotic touch: beef stew with cinnamon and dry apricots.
We have cooked this recipe in other occasions with lamb and it is delicious too. We like serving it with just plain rice, because it has an intense flavour and we think it is better not to add anything else. We used flaked almonds today, but any nuts would do (pine nuts goes fantastically well with these flavours).
We won't take more of your time today. Here is the video, we will come back soon.
An easy recipe for today. It would be a fantastic option for... a Thursday lunch (for example!) We had some chicken thighs at home and we marinated them to give them a different flavour. But you can use this recipe with chicken legs, or breast.
After marinating the chicken we left in in the fridge for around 5 hours. It can be prepared the day before and leave it overnight. We opted to cook it in a saucepan, but it could have perfectly been cooked in the oven too. As side dishes we chose some rice and some grilled courgettes. Keep it simple, because the flavour of the chicken is intense. The truth is that the chicken was nice! so we decided to share it with you. Here:
The Spanish omelette is one of the most international dishes of the Spanish cuisine. There is no Spanish home where it is not eaten in a regular basis, and there is no Spanish party without a "tortilla".
The basic recipe consists of fried potatoes mixed with eggs and cooked in a cake shape. This simple equation can be varied in an indefinite number of ways, and that is why every Spaniard you will meet is proud of their own version of this classical dish. Bigger or smaller potatoes, adding or not onion, different potatoes/eggs ratio. But always delicious. Usually people struggle to give the tortilla the right shape, simply because they are afraid. Just be sure to be decisive, you can see in the video it is a very easy thing to do! This is our version of the Spanish omelette. And of course... what can we say. It is the best you can try!
Watch the video here:
Give it a try, it is easier than what you think. And let us know what you think!
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