Buckwheat stuffed peppers.

Very healthy recipe using buckwheat which I do use a lot in different ways. This time I did a stuffing from it for the peppers.

   Ingredients for 2:
100 g of buckwheat 
    8 mushrooms
    1 red onion
  2 big peppers
   pinch of Parmesan
  few leaves of coriander 
     half a cup of corn
      2 cloves of garlic
 250 g of Halloumi cheese
    salt and pepper

First you need to cook buckwheat same way you cook rice.

Fry the red onion slowly until golden using olive oil and tiny bit of butter, then fry the mushrooms separately with garlic until soft. Mix the onion,
mushrooms together with Parmesan, salt and pepper.


Add the corn and coriander and there you have the stuffing for the peppers ready.

Cut the peppers in half, put on the baking tray, sprinkle a little bit of olive oil on them and put into the preheated oven of 200 degrees for about 10 minutes.

They should only be cooked slightly.
I used little muffin cups for the peppers to be baked in before adding the 
stuffing.

Once the stuffing is in the peppers, you can sprinkle a little bit of Parmesan on  top of each of one with a basil leaf on top. They should go to a preheated oven of 210 degrees for about 30 minutes.

In the meantime you can fry the Halloumi cheese on the high heat until golden. I will serve that  with a little bit of that buckwheat stuffing that is left on the plate and place the pepper on the top of it, Halloumi on the side.

Best served with garlic sauce or yogurt or any sauce of your choice.

Guten Appetit.

Creamy Potato Au Gratin.

This is probably one of my favorite dishes ever. I used to hate potatoes but since I discovered things you can possibly do with them, I started to love them :)

Potato Au Gratin is definitely one of those tasty meals  I can eat and eat and eat...

For this recipe for 2 you will need:     
  

8 middle size potatoes

1 cup of frozen peas

1 cup of double cream

2 cloves of garlic

basil and parsley leaves

pinch of saffron

salt and pepper

handful of Parmesan

First you need to butter the pot that you are going to use for your Au Gratin potatoes.

I used the ceramic one with a lid which I think does a great job. 

Mix the cream with chopped basil, parsley leaves and garlic, together with salt, pepper and saffron.

Chop the potatoes thinly and  put half of them on the bottom of the pan , then put the peas ,  just a half of the cup, and cover it all with half of the double cream mixture.

Repeat the same with the rest of the potatoes and the peas, and cover the veggies completely with the rest of the cream mix. Put it into the preheated oven of 200 degrees for about 30 minutes with the lid on it. I usually will open it from time to time to make sure it is cooking evenly.

After 30 minutes or so you need to open the pot and take the lid off, sprinkle a little bit of Parmesan on the top and leave it for another 10 minutes for the cheese to melt.I served it with a garlic sauce which I love. Delicious :)

Enjoy your meal !

Cheesy treats for my gorgeous dogs:)

Here I have one really easy recipe to please our dogs with some homemade cooking :)

Delicious cheesy cookies that they will simply love.

To make them you will only need:
2 cups of flour
1 1/2 cup of grated cheese( I used cheddar and tiny bit of Parmesan)
2 cloves of garlic chopped thinly
pinch of salt
1 tablespoon of sunflower seeds
1/2 cup of olive oil or rapeseed oil
5 tablespoons of water












Mix the flour, salt, seeds , garlic..

..and cheese all together before adding any oil or water.

Then add the oil and water slowly. The dough should be easy to knead. You will need to roll it not too thin, mine was around 2 cm deep and cut into little chunks. But I think the size would totally depend on the size of your dogs;-)

Put them on the baking paper into the preheated oven of 200 degrees and bake until golden brown. I personally like more cheese on them so I sprinkled more Parmesan on the top,  few seconds before they were ready.

I think this is a great way to start a routine of treating your four legged friends with some home cooking and delicious treats like that.
    Hope they will enjoy it. Boo and Bella definitely did!

Spanish omelette my way!

I really love my version of the traditional Spanish omelette. It is easy. It is delicious and it is healthy and it only takes about 15 min.to make it :)
You will need for a portion for 2:

                                     5 medium eggs
                                      few mushrooms 
                                       half a broccoli 
                                     2 cloves of garlic
                                       sea salt
                                    2 tablespoons of  double cream
                                    black pepper
                                    few leaves of fresh basil
                                    olive oil for frying

Slice the potatoes thinly and fry separately until golden.

And do the same with mushrooms.

Chop the broccoli into small pieces and fry with chopped garlic until soft.

Once you have all the veggies done you can put them all together into the  frying pan.













In the meantime mix the eggs and cream and add some chopped basil, salt and pepper.
Pour the eggs on top of the veggies and make sure they are all well covered in the mixture. Cook on low heat for few minutes until you see the eggs on the bottom have settled.

Sprinkle a little bit more of that fresh basil on the top.

Grill it until nicely golden.

 I usually will have it with a little bit of  mayonnaise and glass of red wine :)

                                                           Bon Appetit Everyone:)

Monday's filo sachets

My first filo pastry attempt. Little filo sachets filled with cheesy mushroom stuffing. I really think they are delicious and easy :)

You will need for the filling:

8 mushrooms
olive oil plus bit of butter for frying
half a red onion
few leaves of rocket chopped
2 cloves of garlic finely chopped
half a chili finely chopped
tablespoon of pine nuts
Parmesan or some strong cheese(as much as much as you like) parsley,salt and pepper.

I did use butter with little bit of olive oil to fry the mushrooms with the onion,then added 2 cloves of garlic, chili, pine nuts, salt and pepper. At the end I added some finely chopped parsley. Delicious.

When nicely browned I would leave it to cool down and add the Parmesan. Brush one side of each sheet of filo pastry all over with a little olive oil and place the cheesy mushroom stuffing in the center of the sheet.

Form a sachet out of each of one and they are ready :)

I only baked the 4 of them for about 30 min.at 200 degrees/gas mark 6.
Enjoy and I am happy to hear any comments about what you think:)