Ratatouille is the star dish in a kids movie about a very talented rat, who becomes a chef. In the movie, a famous food critique remembers his mom’s ratatouille and appreciates the classic French dish prepared from whatever veggies were found in the kitchen that day. This is exactly what it is – whatever summer veggies
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French toast, or ‘pain perdu’ as the French call it (what means ‘lost bread’) is perfect way to use stale bread (or fresh bread if you just like the dish). It’s funny that the best way to use stale bread was invented by the French, and not the Polish about whom there’s poem praising them
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A healthy, weekday dinner. Lots of superfoods, so should be good for you! You can replace the proposed vegetables with anything else you will find in your fridge, especially peppers, carrots or beans. You can also add freshly fried shrimp or chicken if you don’t care about it being vegan.

Pasta salad is not may favorite dish. Cold pasta and some leftovers or canned vegetables does not sound exciting. This is a different take (inspired by bcommebon blog recipe), more elegant, with a more developed taste. Sweet roasted peppers with a hint of sriracha and a perfectly cooked pacceri pasta make this a wonderful start
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It’s a leftover recipe that turned to be a wonderful starter on a hot day. I am pretty sure that next time I may skip the salad, and start by marinating the ingredients directly for the gaspacho!

I had some leftover cheese mix from the aubergine roll-ups and wasn’t sure what to do with it. I found a few red onions, married them together and it was a real treat! The onions carmelised a bit and worked so well with the salty and minty stuffing! The biggest challenge was to empty the onions
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After having eaten this dish and after having complimented it a lot, Karl had an interesting remark. That I like to stuff things… It’s true that recently I have made a few of these: stuffed aubergines, stuffed avocados, cucumber bites filled out with gazpacho and now stuffed peppers and zucchinis… But it’s just a perfect
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Refried beans is something I tried in US and I love it since. Back in Europe I look for any opportunity to have anything similar to the tex-mex version I had there. Wrapped up in a tortilla with some cheese is just a perfect comfort food. Or an indispensable element of a ‘Mexican fiesta‘ .
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