What is Ramen Soup

Ramen Soup is a Japanese dish. It is a kind of soup with large and long noodles and a very strong perfume stock. You can find it with fish, beef, pork or chicken stock. And they often use soya sauce to add extra flavor to it. Anyway, my mom made Ramen Soup at home once and since then I keep asking for it!

It is probably the best soup I have ever had in my entire life! My mum makes it at home with organic vegetables and some noodles with homemade chicken bouillon. I can eat 3 bowls of that soup anytime, whether it is for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, but never ever as dessert! Literally the BEST SOUP EVER IN MY LIFE!!!!

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Tips and Tricks for great Portobello Mushrooms

In this post I will explain on how to clean your Portobello mushrooms correctly, how to marinate them, and how to cook them perfectly! This recipe is a great side dish or perfect for a special lunch with a friend that you want to impress!

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What is a Ratatouille?

There are different ways to make Ratatouille and also there are different recipes for Ratatouille. You can make it with the different type of vegetables. Most of the Ratatouille recipes are using the tomatoes has a base. Some purist will cook all the ingredients separately. Then they will add them together into a pot. They will finish cooking them very slowly in order to get a very smooth texture. Like any of my recipes, I adapt it to fit my taste. I also cook it differently in order to get a very deep flavor of my chosen ingredients. That is why I came up with this recipe and in this article, I will explain how to make Ratatouille-Bruschetta. I love it because it mixes two of my favorite dish. I hope you will like it too.

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What is Rollatini?

According to Wikipedia; Rollatini (sometimes also spelled rollatini or rolletini or Involtini) is an Italian-style dish that is usually made with thin slices of eggplant, which are dusted in wheat flour or lightly breaded and covered with ricotta and often other cheeses and seasonings, then rolled up and baked. Alternatively, veal, chicken, or fish may be used in place of the eggplant. I prefer eggplants because it’s my favorite vegetable.

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Did it ever happen to you that you want to eat something new but you don’t know what? Well, that happened to me the other day. I looked into the caverns of my fridge and found two poor zucchinis and one big eggplant screaming at me, “WE NEED TO BE EATEN AND SOON!”. So I came up with the idea to create a vessel to rescue my poor vegetables. I based this tasty eggplant recipe on one of my favorite dishes called Rollatini. If you are looking for a vegetarian recipe that tastes great, this is it.

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Did you know that the most ordered dish in an Italian restaurant is a lasagna? And do you know why? Because a good homemade lasagna takes time. You need to boil the water, cook the pasta, dry the pasta, prepare the sauce, prepare the béchamel sauce if you want any, and shred all the cheeses. So yes, a classic lasagna takes a lot of time. Between the job and the kids, our time is usually in short supply, so I keep trying to reproduce classical recipes in a way that would be faster to prepare.

There are still quite a few steps that need to be done, but wherever I could save time, I found a way without sacrificing the taste. I hope you will enjoy it as much as my family enjoyed it.

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Tzatziki is one of my favorite side dishes. I used it as a dip, served with julienned vegetables and some pitas. My kids loved it! But most of the time I use it as a sauce to go with my fish and chips, or my pork or chicken pitas! I have a confession, I am addicted to garlic in any shape or form: in a sauce, roasted, in a salad, in a dip. Wherever there is garlic, count me in! 🙂

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Warm Soup for the cold weather

That’s it, winter is here! It is very cold outside and a thick layer of snow covers the ground. It’s time for a nice bowl of hot soup! I don’t know about you, but I like to know the origin of the food I cook. Where it’s coming from and how the recipe started. So, here is a little bit of history of the word minestrone. In the meaning of thick vegetable soup, it was attested in English from 1871. The word comes from the Italian word for “that which is served”, and cognitively similar to “administer” as in “administer a remedy”. This soup could often contain herbs, beans, bits of pasta, ect., and it is served with Parmesan cheese.

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