Refried beans is something I tried in US and I love it since. Back in Europe I look for any opportunity to have anything similar to the tex-mex version I had there. Wrapped up in a tortilla with some cheese is just a perfect comfort food. Or an indispensable element of a ‘Mexican fiesta‘ .
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I think I mentioned already that I like aubergines 🙂 This recipe is another way of preparing this elegant vegetable. I learned it from my mom, although she is no longer preparing them any more. It’s also another favorite of my son, who is a rare 7-year old loving vegetables in all forms. The recipe
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Mexican cuisine (or rather tex-mex) is something Karl and I have in common. We like it a lot, and it is in a way, a comfort food for both of us. But Karl masters it better than I do. He can throw up the ingredients for a Mexican fiesta really in no time and I
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Carrots. Sweet, beautiful and colorful. Often overcooked, and then losing the color, the sweetness and the crunchiness. A perfect recipe for carrots should underline the sweetness and natural flavor, put the carrots in the center of things, just like this one.  

The summer holidays are close enough to plan them, but far enough not to even start packing.  Longing for a long hot summer evening, I made this salsa that tastes like summer. Just close your eyes with the first bite and you will feel like you are in South America having a refreshing and light
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A revisited approach to potato salad. Not only does it taste great, but it also looks wonderful! You can serve it in small glasses as amuse-bouche, or in little bowls as starters. This also works great as a side with burgers.

This is one of the back home memory meals for Karl, especially the ones he got at the best barbecue place from where he comes from: ‘Zarda Barbecue’. Still now he brings back home bottles of Zarda barbecue sauce, and when it’s gone, he looks for recipes to make himself something that resembles that most
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I like aubergines in any form. But they usually need something with a lot of taste to marry it with. This is a perfect combination, soft aubergines, spicy sausage and creamy mozzarella. And it’s so easy! Ingredients: 1 small aubergine, cut into circles 120 chopped spicy chorizo (I buy it already in slices) 200 g
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This recipe I learned from Kasia, even if I am not sure how close what I just cooked is to what she cooked back then, and it was Bulgarian and nor Greek cheese that was involved… Anyway, I remember that she served me this at her place, welcoming me to her apartment (again). The warmth
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I once read a book about a girl who had lots of life troubles, lost her job, house and boyfriend and baking saved her both from going insane and from being jobless. The plot of the book was certainly not the best one ever, but reading it I was longing for baking bread, bagels and
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