Tag: chicken

chicken noodle soup with kale
27Nov

Chicken noodle soup

I wished for the weather to be colder a month ago. It was too warm for October I said. This week the cold really hit me, back to wearing gloves just to get into my car in the car park. And it is not even snowing yet in the south of England, unlike the north, which means it is just drizzly, a wet cold with a mist that seems to get through to your bones regardless of how many layers of wool you got on. This is why people put weight on over christmas, it is not the turkey or the chocolates or the mulled wine, it is the constant search for comforting food that will warm up your insides. I have just the thing for you. And it will not add any extra pounds. Chicken noodle soup for one 1 chicken breast 1 tbsp of bouillon vegetable stock 1 tbsp of soy sauce 175g fine rice noodles (ready to work or 65g of raw noodles) 1 small carrot, cut into cubes 1/2 cup of frozen sweetcorn 1/2 cup of kale Handful of finely sliced spring onions 1. Boil water, add bouillon powder, soy sauce and cook chicken breast. After
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28Feb

Chicken filo parcels

It’s no secret that Europe is a very small continent, especially when compared to places like Russia, US, Australia or Brazil…If I drive out of Frankfurt right now I will be in France in 2 hours, a 3 hour drive would get me to Belgium, Switzerland or the Czech Republic…It’s almost ridiculous. So when I tell people that I need to take a 3 and a half hour flight to get from São Paulo to my hometown, they find it hard to believe it. If I got on a plane for 3 and a half hours from Frankfurt, I would be in another continent. The interesting thing though is that even though everything is relatively close by each country has very distinct cultural and food traditions. Whilst here in Germany the traditional food is a bit “primitive” with things like pig trotters and sausage, big portions of it with very little extra added. Next door, in France food is a tad more refined. I find this all very interesting. And then Mariana has the wonderful idea to do a culinary foreign exchange. So every so often she will send me a typical English ingredient and I will send her German
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18Aug

Chicken and lentil stew with cumin pitta

I feel that in the recents months I have become more adventurous in the kitchen. I think it might have to do with the fact that together with my boyfriend I have just bought a flat so after many years of renting and sharing kitchens it is nice to have one to call my own. So I get very excited about this, which is overtly expressed in kitchen gadget purchases and new, exotic ingredients. Enter Harissa. I have heard so much about it and at first did not know how to use it exactly and this was my first experiment with it. This stew recipe was created based on leftovers and a few cupboard items, including a last moment addition of cranberry sauce. I did not tell my boyfriend about this addition because he turns his nose up to sweet and sour combinations, but he enjoyed it, it was just the right amount to get rid of the acidity of the tomato. I am a true believer unplanned recipes often turn out the best for me. Maybe because your expectations are not as high and any success however little tastes so good. And rather than making a pot of potatoes to
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21Jan

The soup that will make you question your beliefs

A lot of people are very judgemental when it comes to soup. I am definitely not part of this group. When I was growing up I was surrounded by the opinion that soup is something you eat when you are feeling ill, but I have never let myself get influenced by this thought and more often than not I would be begging my Grandmother’s to make me soup. And let me tell you, it takes a lot to become a soup fan when you grow up in a town where the average temperature is 32 ̊ Celcius.  Since becoming an inhabitant of the north hemisphere my love for soups has intensified. I could make a list, on the spot, of the hundreds, hundreds of reasons I love soup. Here are a few:  -A good soup can warm you up in the winter months and cool you down when it’s hot (yes, believe you me, there are some delicious summer soups!)  -Yesterday’s soup is better than today’s soup. But this is a good thing, imagine leftovers that are better than when they were freshly cooked.  -I love playing with textures, creamy soups, with bitey vegetable, maybe croutons on top or sprinkled
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14Jan

Making up for the holidays

The holiday season is officially over and I got to be honest, not for a second did think about a healthy, balanced diet this December. I love December, I find it’s a beautiful month full of preparations, anticipations and a lot of mastication! Christmas biscuits, friends and families popping by with a cake, a traditional German mulled wine with its generous spoonfuls of sugar and last but not least, Christmas dinner and New Year’s eve supper. I feel nostalgic already. However today I woke up with the aim to break this hectic eating schedule and I was on a search for something light. My first thought was to use an ingredient only introduced to me when I moved to Europe but that I now can’t imagine living without: couscous. Originally from North Africa and made from steamed and dried durum wheat it is often found in Moroccan and Tunisian dishes. Couscous with chicken, dates and feta (serves 4) 250g couscous 520ml boiling water 1 tbsp vegetable stock such as Bouillon 2 spring onions 200g feta cheese 10 dates 1 chicken breast 80g of lamb lettuce, watercress or rocket 2 red chillies 6 tbsp olive oil 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar Salt
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