Showing posts with label Rosemary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rosemary. Show all posts

Sunday, March 09, 2014

Rosemary boiled potatoes without boiling

Rosemary boiled potatoesBoiled potatoes without any boiling, can you believe that? 
At first I didn't. But Peter made me a present about a year ago - a cookbook for children with many tasty and easy recipes. The present was for me, but as he told me, we would cook together the recipes from the book. Peter is nearly 10 years old. He is one of these contemporary children, who are not afraid to help their mothers cook and who do not divide work in women and men types, which is such a huge progress for country on the Balkan Peninsula like Bulgaria. 
So, he likes to help me while I prepare the dinner - to shape the meatballs for our favorite Italian wedding soup, to hold the mixer while we beat egg whites for our Tiramisu or to create dishes like trout stuffed with yellow cheese, which is one of his signature dishes (soon to be published here). 
So, the present was for me, but I knew, we would be together with him to prepare the dishes. Two of the recipes really surprised me - boiled eggs without boiling and boiled new potatoes with garlic and rosemary also without boiling, I really liked the idea. So here is how to do it and I must assure you, these potatoes are soft and tasty on one hand and on the other - such a perfect dish to prepare with your little ones.
Rosemary growing in Tuscany
Boiled potatoes

Monday, March 03, 2014

Green Salad with Sun dried Tomatoes and Zucchini

Green salad with pine nuts and sun-dried tomatoes
O, I wish it were summer. 
Wish I were at the sea and there were sand between my toes. 
Wish I was taking one of my long walks along the sea collecting seashells and listening to the tidal waves and to the laughter of my children. 
Every year is divided into two - the cold season which last nearly five months when all my hopes circle around the forthcomming summer, and the warm season when we do our best to be as much as possible at the Mediterranean sea. 
Ordering this salad is part of the ritual for welcoming summer. Every summer we go to our favorite restaurant and we know, this salad will be still at the menu. 
And this is such a comforting thought - everithing is there just waiting for us.
And every summer we inevitably go back there because this is our favorite spot in the world. 
Green salad with sun-dried tomatoesOur sea