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  Spanish – basil tagliatelle

  Posted at 2:01 pm by Vero and Canito in the kitchen

  Aug 16th

  Hello everyone,

  I hope you all have a great week. We have photographer at work today so the day is a bit messy, but I am enjoying it. It will be nice to see our professional pictures 🙂 After busy weeks I finally had a chance to go to gym again yesterday and I took our aupair with me as well. It was brilliant, I switch off from everything why doing exercise. So after gym, when it is already quite late, just quick dinner… Like yesterday.

  

  What do you need: 

  handful of baby spinach

  handful of fresh basil leaves

  1 clove of garlic

  1/2 cup of cream 

  750 g tagliatelle

  400 g chorizo

  250 g mushrooms

  olive oil

  sale, pepper and hot chilli powder (optional)

  

  

  Firstly, take a big pot, fill it with water and boil it for tagliatelle preparation. When is water boiling, cook pasta until done. In the mean time, cut chorizo into slices together with mushrooms. Afterwards, take a big pan (for example Wok pan) and fry chorizo together mushrooms for couple of minutes, approximately 10. When is pasta getting read, mushrooms with chorizo are as well, prepare spanish – basil pesto. Put spinach and fresh basil leaves into the blended together with garlic clove and cream. Blend everything together until smooth. When draining pasta keep 3 – 4 table spoons of cooking water and add it into the big pan with chorizo and mushrooms. Afterwards, add part of tagliatelle into the pan and mix it with half of green pesto. When mixed properly add the rest of pasta and pesto to the pan. Once all ingredients are properly mixed, you can serve. To finalize, season it with salt and pepper according to your taste and if you fancy, hot chilli powder might be good addition 🙂

  

  Very simple and quick dinner! Enjoy!

  Vero and little Canito

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  Posted in ALL, PASTA DISHES, SALADS | Tagged #pasta, #pesto, #tagliatelle

• Mexican Cooking Survival Guide — Mexican Please

  Posted at 2:35 pm by Vero and Canito in the kitchen

  Aug 14th

  Hello everyone!

  I hope you all have a great weekend and even better start of the new week. Mine was good and we have back our “new – old” aupair from Mexico! And as we have changed from Spanish and not thinking Spanish anymore, we think more about Mexican and I am constantly thinking what I am going to prepare. And as getting inspired I have found this brilliant Mexican cooking survival guide and I am definitely going to use it 🙂 So if you fancy cooking with avocados, chillies, potatoes, tomatoes, eggs and many more, have a look!

  Recipes from our kitchen will follow later 🙂 ❤

  Have a great day!

  Vero & little Canito

  

  This free Mexican Cooking Survival Guide is the quickest and easiest way to get your home kitchen pumping out the best Mexican food in town. You’ll be shocked at the quality and range of dishes you can make just by keeping these key ingredients on hand. 26 more words

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  Posted in ALL, MEXICAN CUISINE | Tagged #delicious, #mexicancuisine, #mexicanplease
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  Beef vegetable goulash / stew

  Posted at 3:05 pm by Vero and Canito in the kitchen

  Aug 13th

  Rainy days have visited us here in UK and to be honest, it is refreshing after so many hot days. Summer is so far very nice so why not? 🙂 And while having a rainy days, I have decided to prepare goulash / stew. In this case I think it is questionable if it is stew or goulash as I did the base as goulash, however continued with lot of vegetables at the end as it is not typical for goulash. So whichever term you will pick, it will be delicious anyway 🙂

  

  What do you need: 

  750 g beef 

  3 potatoes

  1 onion

  2 carrots

  150 g mushrooms

  1 can of chickpea

  1 small broccoli

  1 tbs flour

  4 pieces of bay leave

  10 pepper corns

  2 tbs sweet paprika powder

  salt and pepper

  oil

  

  

  When I prepare goulash with beef meat I usually prepare it in slow cooker over night so the meat is nicely soft and tender. This time it was not any different. So, before you prepare stew / goulash itself and you have the opportunity, cook the meat over night in slower cooker together with one carrot (not chopped), one onion, bay leaves and pepper corns. The next day, when it is ready, throw away all vegetables, together with pepper corns and bay leaves. Use colander to capture all meat and have clear broth. The rest throw away. Once you have meat ready, you can start with stew / goulash itself. Cut potatoes in bigger chunks, peel carrot and cut it as well, followed with cutting of mushrooms and broccoli into smaller pieces. When done, take a big pot, add oil and chunks of potatoes. Fry it for couple of minutes (approximately 7) and add sweet paprika powder. Stir it well with potatoes and cook it around 2 minutes. Afterwards, add the rest of vegetables and chickpea, and beef broth from previous day. Cook all vegetables until is everything soft and tender. When cooking vegetables, cut the beef into small pieces (if you have not done it before) and add pieces into the pot at the end. To finalize, add salt and pepper together with flour mixed in cup with water. Cook next 15 minutes and then, you can serve with bread or just how it is.

  

  Have a great start of the week and enjoy!

  Vero & little Canito

  Posted in ALL, MEAT / FISH, SOUPS | Tagged #goulash, #stew, #vegetables

• Chipotle Cream Cheese Taquitos — Mexican Please

  Posted at 2:33 am by Vero and Canito in the kitchen

  Aug 9th

  Our Spanish aupair is leaving during the weekend and we are going to welcome back Mexican girl who was with us previously 🙂 To be honest, I am looking forward to it. She is going to bring more of Mexican culture to our home… and one of the things I am truly looking forward to – Mexican food! ❤

  And I guess this may be one of the first dishes I will be happy to prepare!

  Have a great day!

  Vero and little Canito ❤

  

  Sure, you can build the inner mixture for your taquitos using homemade Pickled Jalapenos, New Mexican chili powder, and Mexican oregano, and your meal will instantly pass the Authentic Mexican Test. 41 more words

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  Posted in ALL, MEXICAN CUISINE | Tagged #chipotle, #mexicancuisine, #mexicanplease, #mexico, #tacos
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  Simple tortellini soup

  Posted at 7:58 pm by Vero and Canito in the kitchen

  Aug 8th

  And my dad left back to Czech Republic… It is always a bit sad when our families go back home. This time it was not different and a bit more difficult as our little one has gotten attached to him and did not understand why is grandpa going different direction and not with us to car and back home… After my dad’s amazing cooking skills and being spoiled last week, I decided to prepare spicy tortellini soup (I have made one already some time ago). Nothing difficult and nothing heavy at the end of the day.

  

  What do you need: 

  400 g tortellini (ricotta, spinach, chorizo or whichever you prefer)

  Frankfurt sausages

  200 g mushrooms

  1 carrot

  1 onion

  3 pieces of bay leaves

  vegetable stock (vegetable or chicken broth) 

  handful of fresh basil leaves

  Parmesan cheese

  olive oil 

  

  

  I took a big soup pot for preparation this time. When you have a pot, add olive oil and cut pieces of sausages together with finely chopped onion. Let it fry until is onion nicely golden. Afterwards, add mushrooms and carrots until soften. Afterwards, add enough water together with vegetable stock (if you have vegetable or chicken broth, even better) and add bay leaves. Cook approximately 20 – 30 minutes. When water starts boiling, reduce the heat and simmer the soup. At the end, add tortellini and cook until are tortellini done. To finalize, you can add salt and pepper at the end or like my husband, spicy salsa. When serving, top with Parmesan cheese and basil leaves. You can serve as well together with bread, however it is purely up to your taste buds.

  

  Enjoy!

  Vero & Canito

  Posted in ALL, SOUPS | Tagged #dinnertime, #soup, #tortellini
• 

  Fruit loaf cake

  Posted at 12:38 pm by Vero and Canito in the kitchen

  Aug 6th

  As summer is still here with us in UK and for me summer is related to fruit. Therefore, I tend to have a lot at home, but sometimes we are not able to finish all of it like this time. Or if there is one piece left no one takes it and eats something else – I have no idea why. I had this time couple of pieces of different fruits so I decided to prepare loaf cake as it disappears quicker than the fruit itself 🙂 And lately, I have fallen in love with these loaf cakes as they are quick, easy and great snack to work, and you can make them pretty healthy.

  

  What do you need: 

  handful of strawberries 

  2 plums

  1 peach

  1 mango

  1 apricot

  2 large eggs

  1/2 cup of sour cream

  1/2 cup of vegetable oil 

  1 cup of sugar cane 

  1 and 1/2 cup of spelt flour

  1/2 tsp baking powder

  2 tsp cinnamon

  baking paper or butter for the baking tray

  

  Firstly, preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Prepare your baking loaf tray and spread butter around or as me, put baking paper. Wash and cut all fruits into small pieces. Take one bowl, whisk eggs together with oil and sugar cane. Afterwards, add pieces of fruits and mix everything properly together. At the end, add sour cream and stir. In second bowl, mix the rest of ingredients. Stir the dry ingredients into the bowl with courgette and afterwards, pour the dough into the loaf baking tray. Bake in preheat oven approximately 40 minutes, however check if the dough is already done.

  

  And last thing – serve and enjoy this deliciously summer cake! It tastes great with ice cream as well 🙂 Have a great week!

  Vero & little Canito

   

  Posted in ALL, SWEET TOOTH / BREAKFAST | Tagged #baking, #fruitcake, #sweettooth

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