Menu du jour olive twist : 62 Recipes


  • Recipe watermelon radishes - a new twist
    watermelon radishes - a new twist
    so i got these beautiful watermelon radishes from our CSA (community supported agriculture) - Eating With the Seasons and needed to find a way to serve them cooked. why cooked?  raw, it's a little spicy for hubby and i since we don't have other[...]
  • Recipe

    First stawberries are back on the market !! To celebrate their arrival I thought of a recipe that I admit might be quite surprising at first sight ! But strawberries really do get along with olive oil and basil ! To add a little twist I used[...]
  • Recipe Dwaeji Kalbi (Sweet and Spicy Korean Pork Barbecue)
    Dwaeji Kalbi (Sweet and Spicy Korean Pork Barbecue) (1 vote)
    This delicious barbecue  is very easy to do even more so if you use the marinade powder (that’s where I “discovered” this delicious Korean dish);  but making it from scratch using a mini food processor or blender makes it almost as[...]
  • Recipe Japonais
    Japonais
    I thought at first that this cake originated from Japan but as it turned out it has nothing to do with Japan at all; this cake is a classic French pastry made of ground almonds, meringue and mocha filling. In the book, Ultimate Cake, Barbara Maher[...]
  • Recipe Picadillo
    Picadillo
    Back in college my two sisters and I lived in a boarding house and whoever comes home first will have to cook dinner and that unfortunately for all of us, was most of the time, me. As much as we dreaded my cooking, we didn’t have a choice[...]
  • Recipe Caldereta
    Caldereta
    This beef stew is really delicious and worth your time trying..I don’t cook or eat beef often but when I do, I like to cook beef caldereta, it has become my favorite beef dish especially since I learned how to make it myself. I used to get to[...]
  • Recipe Ma Po Tofu
    Ma Po Tofu
    This is one of  my love-at -first- try recipes.   I was looking for some tokwa ( it’s how we call tofu in Filipino) recipes to try and found out about Ma Po tofu.  I have browsed through many recipes and the one below is what appealed to me.[...]
  • Recipe Kaiserschmarren
    Kaiserschmarren
    What?..what’s that again?!..my kids asked after I told them what we’re having for dessert.. it’s kaiser-something, I said and please don’t ask me anymore because I honestly can’t say it correctly, all I know is that I[...]
  • Recipe Black Rice Pilaf
    Black Rice Pilaf
    Black Rice or Forbidden rice is very high in fiber and nutrients, it has a nutty taste that I like but it’s not something that I could eat everyday, it took me a while to get used to the texture, because unlike regular (white) rice, black (the[...]
  • Recipe Cinnamon Muffins
    Cinnamon Muffins
    Cinnamon’s one of my favorite spices, I love it primarily for it’s heavenly scent; it makes the whole house smells heavenly when you bake with it; but I also like the fact that it’s very good for our health. I’ve read a lot of[...]