Now let’s try some more of my boyfriend’s cooking – pasta with smoked salmon and caviar. Sounds posh, no? Well, it’s not 🙂 But you will make a really good impression with your friends if you put this dish on the menu!!! And it’s not an expensive dish as the name may suggest. Nowadays you…
Fish
Codfish, potatoes and onion bake – Bacalhau a Gomes de Sa
Now this Bacalhau a Gomes de Sa – codfish, potatoes, and onion bake – it’s a classic at out tables for Christmas Eve dinner. So of course, this was one of the main courses that I prepared for my family. I mentioned before that we are huge fans of codfish in Portugal and that we…
Fish Curry
I’m always looking for new recipes as I get bored of eating the same thing all the time. Ok, the ingredients may always be the same but let’s put a bit of imagination into our food and come up with new recipes. And this is how I came across this fish curry recipe. Last…
Pasta with swordfish and cherry tomatoes sauce
I couldn’t go through summer without cooking this pasta with swordfish and cherry tomatoes sauce… it’s such a simple yet delicious dish 🙂 Swordfish is very easy to find here in Malta and you don’t need to visit the frozen section of the supermarket. All you need is to pop into any fish shop and…
Shrimp cakes Portuguese style with tomato rice
After another long break I’m back and I will try to compensate you all with this recipe for Shrimp cakes Portuguese style with tomato rice 🙂 This time I have a good excuse for my absence: I was in Portugal for 2 weeks visiting my family and friends. After almost 2 years since my last…
Squid in mustard sauce with sauteed potatoes
I actually cook squid in mustard sauce with sauteed potatoes quite often… don’t know why I didn’t share it with you before… But better late than never 🙂 My boyfriend likes seafood but it’s not so used to it. So I try to “educate” him as much as possible. So far I’ve introduced a few…
Cuttlefish in the oven with potatoes
My mum cooks cuttlefish in the oven with potatoes quite often and we all love it. Back home we find cuttlefish quite easily in the fish market and supermarkets. And it’s not that expensive so we can afford to eat it quite often. We have several ways of cooking it: on the BBQ, in a…
Salmon baked in foil with dill potatoes
Being a fish lover I’m finding it hard to enjoy it as much as I would like to. First reason: the local fish shop is not exactly easy walking distance from work so I end up at the butchers almost everyday. Second reason: the boyfriend is not so comfortable eating fish because of the bones…
Cod fish Pie
And from Malta to Portugal 🙂 Any dish with cod fish takes be back home and this cod fish pie is a good example. I don’t want to repeat myself every time I cook cod fish… so instead of explaining how typical this fish is in Portugal and how we cook it in so many…