A simple appetizer, perfect for the festive season. The sweetness of the apple works really well with the salty salmon and spiciness of the pepper. If you have all the ingredients it takes less than 5 minutes to assemble and serve to your guests while you are finishing whatever main dish you are preparing for
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An amuse-bouche that I invented during our Spanish holidays. The sweet peaches with the sour vinegar, really do not need much more… It’s surprisingly full of flavor, surprisingly good and obviously very easy to make!

Turnip does not sound exciting, I know. Turnip sounds like a childhood nightmare (eat your vegetables! now!). But actually this crunchy and fresh veggie works as a base for some nice flavors and makes this a wonderful ‘amuse-bouche’ to have with an aperitif, while waiting for some serious meal to get ready.  

It a simple amuse-bouche on a skewer, again with the baked peppers which I like so much. As neithet  of the ingredients has a significant taste, make sure to spice them up well before serving. Serve with a glass of cold white wine.

I like baked peppers a lot. I like the color, the texture and the idea that it’s not easy to tell what it really is (well, at least it takes some thinking). The idea came from the fact, that one of my friends doesn’t eat fish, so she would not have the salmon tartar that
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I have been writing a little less recently, not because I have not been cooking, but rather because I have been cooking so much, that I didn’t have time to write! So I have this batch of photos and the posts are just waiting for me to write them up! So today, zucchini flowers! I
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Joanna invited me for a girls’ evening. She is my most dedicated reader (she claims it’s her son mainly, but I think she likes it herself just as much), and so she prepared a really fancy dinner. An aubergine tart (did I not mention recently that I just love aubergines?), a bottle of chilled Franciacorta,
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I had a pleasure to host a 4th of July party last night. I have never been to a 4th of July party but I can imagine that what is served is as American as it can get. So we had potato salad, coleslaw, ribs and this super cute mini-hamburger starter. It did take time
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You may have doubts about mango with salmon or you may say that this time Maya just went too far because it sounds so weird. But not, salmon with mango works amazingly good. Somehow the tastes blend together into a surprising and refreshing bite.  Mmm, this is really a perfect summer apetiser! Ingredients: Mango, cut
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This recipe was inspired by a dish served by Joanna, my sister (well, technically, a cousin, but we call ourselves sisters and it works), who knows very well how how to serve an impressive dinner cooked in less than 30 minutes… That summer evening she served goat cheese rolled up in zucchini stripes and goat
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