Courgette filled with smoked salmon

Gosh I am really exhausted today. I arrive home, get immediately into cooking, then cut the plants, then call around, then post on the blog ... and then still 300 photos waiting for me to be fixed. Plus one tasty Chimay Bleu in me .... well. Let's post now.

Yes another fish recipe that I made last long week-end on the Belgian coast. When we saw homemade smoked salmon, I could not resist ... plus I love courgette, and here it is yet another version of stuffed courgette. Very light yet tasty. Elke declared this a dish to be repeated next time we go to the seaside (which is in two days!!!).

Sorry for the short text ... but I am almost sleeping and it is just 9pm. I can't imagine once the little one will show up ... I will need a red bull every day, no every hour !!!

(Leggi la ricetta --- Read the recipe)

Tomates crevettes

It is sad when a very long week-end ... almost a  week ends and the normal rhythm needs to be re-started. Luckily we will have a slightly longer week end coming up next as next monday is holidays!!!

What we did was spending time on the belgian coast, enjoying the nice meat and fish that can be bough there, visiting (for one first year anniversary) a lovely restaurant (Hostellerie St. Nicolas) and just going around taking photos or visiting farms for some artisanal cheese. All in all very relaxing and very much like an holiday.

We are now sadly back ... and forced to work with almost 25 degrees and a fantastic weather (especially for Belgium) but our memory goes back to the last week .... and surely to this dish, which comes straight out of the Belgian tradition and does requires the legendary gray shrimps I already introduced sometime ago. I love this dish .... I could eat it as it were chips!!!

A nice week to everyone, ciao.

(Leggi la ricetta --- Read the recipe)

Fun from YouTube ... Lost 3 & 4

Following up on an old post ... see the 3rd installement of the WebLost above and the 4th below ...

As the original got me bored, I find this one much more amusing !!!

Banana muffin bread

Since the weather is getting better and a few long week-ends are coming (like next week thursday and friday are national holidays), we start our season of spending sometime on the belgian coast. It is not like being at the beach in Italy, but it is still relaxing and far from the everyday things.

Therefore, here I am . Posting quickly a new recipe while I wait for the program "My Restaurant" Belgian edition .... which is fun!! Gosh, it makes me feel like too many people try to open a restaurant without having a clue!!

The bread you see posted here is based on a cake I have already shared. Here the low sugar quantity is balanced by the banana and the chocolate mix. The result is something which is not only ice to taste ... but it fills the house with a wonderful banana aroma. As the one before ... also this one did not last much

;-)

(Leggi la ricetta --- Read the recipe)

Stoofvlees or Belgian Beer Stew

This is probably my favorite Belgian dish and, as far as I know, one of the most famous. I never make it as it is Elke's culinary territory and she can make is so fantastically well. The recipe is easy but it requires still quite some time and some work at the beginning.

It was a while I wanted to share this recipe .... but lately I kind of got the inspiration from one of my new colleagues (yes, Jan .... I am talking about you). Why? Well, he seems not to be able to spend a week in the office without eating it at least once for lunch! Surely he is the Stoofvlees man!! I will be curious to see if he is going to try and skip it next week once he reads this ;-)

Anyway, Jan ... as promised this is my wife version (west-flenders). Care to point out the differences from yours (oost-flanders)??? 

(Leggi la ricetta --- Read the recipe)

Tagliatelle with roasted bell peppers

I am slowly getting used ... yes, getting used to work in a very different environment (few but nice people instead of thousands but rushing). To putting up a tie every day (well, almost I shall admit). To go back and learn new things for a new job (gosh, only a russian could have dreamed up Triz). I guess I will find a rhythm among jobs, coming baby and driving around which will make me post and cook more. For the moment I can say I feel much better and looking forward to be super busy (and thus post at night and week-end :- )).

And here I am ... finally some time after baby-shopping for a new recipe. BAck to something rather traditional and italian, a pasta based on what italians call roasted paprika salad. Perfect for the spring days that are finally coming ... even if tricky in terms of feeling light but being rather caloric.

Wish everybody a great week-end ... I am going to rest. Busy weeks ahead (I hope ;-) ).

(Leggi la ricetta --- Read the recipe)

Again from youtube ... this I can't believe

A quick .... sure this is a CNN parody, but it seems so real!!!