There are some occasions when the fridge is almost empty and you need to start using food from freezer. These can be delicacies you have stored for special occasions or some other food. This recipe would prevent from doing that in case you still have something left in your fridge, which may be any sorts of things; this recipe may suit in such case. Easy and quick way to prepare vegetable salad with crab sticks Ingredients 2 to 3 crab…
Good food in Rome - it is just a tittle of this blog. In fact, this blog is about excellent and even fantastic food in Rome you may get there. Rome is very busy touristic city and you may often get average quality food for high price. We were really lucky to find quite a few excellent places; this is an experience I write about here. Earlier we had a trip to Rome which included Italian cooking classes in Rome;…
It may happen that you had an early lunch but there still is a plenty of time to wait until dinner. What to do? You can prepare a light afternoon meal as a vegetable salad. Ingredients Half of a red pepper, about 75 grams Cucumber, about 100 grams Leeks, about 100 grams Two tablespoons of 12-18% sour cream, about 50 grams Tablespoon of Provencal mayonnaise, about 20 grams A pinch of salt If you like to count, it's total of…
A terrine is a loaf of prepared food, similar to a pate; it is cooked in a pottery of certain form. Actually, as knowledgeable people say, all pates are terrines, but not all terrines are pates. The main difference between pates and terrines is that pates are easier to make, although to make a terrine some understanding about food preparation and experience are necessary. It may be any kind of meat used for cooking depending on your preferences. Terrines are…
Barbeque burger sauce Without a doubt, sauce is one of the most important components of a meal - either for meat or non-meat dishes. If the sauce is homemade, that would ensure even more satisfaction. There are tons of different recipes available on the internet to be used on various occasions. In this case, below is a recipe of barbeque grill sauce, which you may use for homemade burgers, salads and so on - my little contribution towards making meals…
Bakery near Ignalina This is another part of our trip around Lithuania. In the morning of the second day of our trip, after a coffee and light breakfast, we went to Ignalina. Our destination was bakery Romnesa, where Lithuanian desert sakotis (šakotis, šakočiai or raguolis), what is national delicacy, is produced. Sakotis is a special muffin in a shape of tree with a hollow in the middle prepared by monks since 15th century. Similar kind of muffins is also…
This experience was part of our trip to Italian capital city Rome. After returning from our one-day long trip to Vesuvius, we had one more major attraction booked - cooking classes in Italian restaurant. Almost everybody around the world knows Italian food. Italian cuisine has been developing since ancient times and has spread around the world until nowadays. One of the main characteristics of Italian dishes is that it is usually simple to prepare a meal because just a few…
When visiting other countries, we always try to familiarise ourselves with local cuisine, at least as much as possible. One way of doing this is visiting local restaurants, though it is even more exciting if there is a possibility to prepare food ourselves. It appeared that Morocco offers visitors to enjoy cocking classes; this is both an adventure and getting new useful skills of preparing Moroccan food. Moroccan food In Morocco, we booked a cooking class near Marrakesh - FAIM…