Recent Posts Tagged With 'Main Dishes'

• Fabada Asturiana/ Spanish bean stew

  Posted on Monday November 30th, 2009 at 11:28 in Easy, onion, Main Dishes, bacon, beans, chorizo, black pudding, morcilla

  Fabada is a famous bean stew from the Spanish Asturias region located north west of the country on the Atlantic coast. It’s a very tasty stew that takes a while to get ready but doesn’t require much effort on your side. You’re not ...

• Bacon wrapped pork filet mignon with Beaufort

  Posted on Saturday October 31st, 2009 at 17:10 in Easy, cheese, meat, pork, Main Dishes, bacon, beaufort, tenderloin

  Filet mignon, in French, doesn’t only refer to the beef piece of meat. It’s also commonly used for pork tenderloin…No fat, it’s the best part . This bacon wrapped pork filet mignon is stuffed with a French cow cheese calle...

• Marinated pork skewers / Pinchos morunos

  Posted on Sunday October 4th, 2009 at 18:05 in cheap, Easy, meat, pork, onion, Main Dishes, cumin, saffron, paprika, pimentón

  Great news for all Iphone users, French Cooking for Dummies has an application style theme that allows you to  read it easily when surfing with a mobile device. Fellow wordpress bloggers, here is the plugin . Now let’s go back to the real thin...

• Garlic and parsley baby squid

  Posted on Saturday September 19th, 2009 at 11:38 in Easy, garlic, parsley, Squid, Main Dishes, starters

  Since we've been spending vacation in Andalusia with my Spanish family-in-law, I came back with a bunch of Spanish recipes in stock ;-) Let's start with this very easy to make garlic and parsley calamari recipe. If you have a great olive oil at home,...

• Mango and shrimp salad

  Posted on Tuesday August 11th, 2009 at 19:03 in mushrooms, Easy, onion, brunch, Main Dishes, salads, mango, shrimp, starters

  Here is a perfect summer salad recipe: very fresh and tasty. Mangoes and shrimps combination is close to perfection ;-) . I didn't discover it long ago but I know I'll be trying lots of dishes with these two......

• Herbed mascarpone stuffed chicken

  Posted on Saturday July 18th, 2009 at 16:21 in cheap, Chicken, Wine, Easy, cheese, meat, parsley, Main Dishes, chervil, tarragon, mascarpone, chive

  The herb mix used in this stuffed chicken breasts recipe is commonly used in French cuisine, we call it 'fines herbes'. It's a mix of chives, chervil, parsley and tarragon... Perfect with fish and white meats. I cook herbed mascarpone stuffed chicken...

• Olive and feta cheese meatballs

  Posted on Saturday June 13th, 2009 at 14:04 in cheap, Easy, cheese, eggs, meat, onion, Main Dishes, olives, capers, tomatoes, feta

  Here is a recipe I like to make often. It's fast, easy and really tasty! I love Mediterranean flavors and these ones really enhance a good beef meat. I used green olives, but it's only a matter of taste, you can replace them by black olives if you pr...

• Cuttlefish Provence style

  Posted on Friday June 5th, 2009 at 17:48 in Wine, fish, garlic, onion, Squid, Main Dishes, cuttlefish, thyme, tomatoes, saffron, bay leaves

  I hadn't had cuttlefish for so long I almost forgot how good it was! This recipe was made with a fresh cuttlefish (very similar to squid), but if you're a beginner you might rather use frozen pieces......

• Rainbow trout en papillote

  Posted on Sunday May 17th, 2009 at 17:14 in mushrooms, Easy, fish, Main Dishes, lime, leek, tarragon, red pepper, rainbow trout

  En papillote is the easiest and probably healthiest way of cooking fish. I use this technique quite often because you can basically put any fish you like with any vegetable you have left in the fridge in a papillote. It's very simple, you seal in an...

• Wasabi and citrus salmon

  Posted on Wednesday April 22nd, 2009 at 17:04 in cheap, Easy, orange, garlic, Main Dishes, Basil, lime, salmon, wasabi, spring onions

  I love mixing lime with salmon, it gives it a great original taste. This recipe includes Japanese wasabi, you can adjust the amount you put in it according to your own taste....

• Bordeaux style fish / Poisson à  la Bordelaise

  Posted on Saturday February 7th, 2009 at 14:52 in Easy, fish, garlic, parsley, Main Dishes, shallots

  This fish recipe is a great classic in French cuisine. If you ever visit a French supermarket, you’ll even find it already made in the frozen section. It takes no time and is really easy to cook but the best thing is you can realize it with any...