Chicken!!

Yesterday I made some chicken, this recipe doesn't really have a specific name
I just created it with whatever I had!

So for this chicken recipe you will need;
2 pieces of chicken ( for 2 people )
1\2 package of standard white mushrooms
1 carrot
1 bell pepper ( the color doesn't matter )
some garlic ( at your taste )
some onions ( at your taste )
3 green onions
a chunk of ginger ( again at your taste )
and some sunflower oil

Start by cutting your vegetables; mushrooms, bell pepper, carrot, onions, green onions, the garlic and the ginger.
I cut them in little pieces, even the garlic and the ginger ( you can rape or crush them if you like )
leave them

Then take your pieces of chicken, wash them a little by running some fresh water on them,
make little holes in them with a knife and insert some pieces of garlic

Take your pan or your cauldron or whatever you will be using to cook, poor around 3 tablespoons of sunflower oil in it with the heat at 6 and wait for the oil to become hot
(if you find 3 tblspoon is too much you can put less the point here is just for the chicken not to stick to the pan )
gently put the pieces of chicken in the pan
I put some spice on them ( pepper, salt, thyme and some basil )
leave the chicken 5 minutes in the pan with the heat still at 6 and no cover
then put in the onions
cover it
set the timer for 10 minutes and come each 5 minutes to turn the chicken and mix the onions
when you see the onions starting to get tender put all the rest of the ingredients in, except for the green onions
( mushrooms, bell pepper, ginger, carrot and garlic if you have some left )
put down the heat to 4
cover it
set the timer for 25 minutes and come to stir the vegetable and turn the chicken every 5 minutes.

You will see some water in the pan that's fine, but you don't want to much
just enough so your chicken can cook and fry a little
so if you find you have to much water just open the lid a little bit and it will take care of it!

after the 25 minutes ( if your chicken is still not cook properly leave it a little longer )
put in the green onions
cover it back
leave it again for 5 to 10 minutes with the heat still at 4 ( you can adjust the time depending on how you like your chicken cook )

Then make yourself some rice, potatoes or couscous and that's it!

  














Thanks for watching!
**This recipe will also be in the non-vegetarian tab.

Garlic & Coriander Tofu

This is, from all the recipes I've tried with Tofu, my favorite!
There's a couple of different things to do BUT at the end it is delicious!
here's how;

You will need;
7 pieces of garlic ( you can put less if you want )
a bunch of fresh coriander ( again you can choose how much you put, it's for your taste )
some pepper
1 1\2 bell pepper ( the color doesn't matter )
1\2 pack of white standard mushroom
5 green onions
a chunk of ginger ( still to your taste )
one package of Tofu ** ( see the specifications tab )
2 1\2 tablespoon of soy sauce
2 1\2 tablespoon of Mirin ** ( see the specification tab )
some sunflower oil
and some water

All right!
First you need to cook your tofu so cut it into little square
I found that the more small the square the faster they cook!
take a pan or a cauldron or whatever you have just make sure it's big enough
Put some sunflower oil in it I would say, well the tofu has to fry in it, so maybe .5 cm of oil maybe less
put your heat at 8 ( 10 is my max ) wait for the oil to become hot a little
then put the tofu in it, see that it's start to cook by doing the sound food makes when you fry it
don't cover it put down the heat at 6
and it will take around 20 minutes, but be sure to stay beside it!
you will have to stir every 2-3 minutes so the tofu can get light brown on each side

When this is done put the tofu on a plate with a napkin on it
so it can absorb the extra oil there is left ( you have to leave around 1 to 2 tablespoon of oil in your pan for the rest of the recipe )

Then close the heat for now and leave the tofu and the pan aside

( this part you can do beforehand if you'd like )
Squash your coriander and your garlic together in a little bowl mixing well and add some pepper
leave it
cut your bell pepper, your mushrooms, your green onion and grate your ginger ( if not cut it in very little pieces )

Then we are ready to put everything together!
make sure the oil you have left from the Tofu is hot
put the coriander and garlic mix in the pan and the heat at around 2
it will start to smell good!
you should leave it 3-4 minutes ( the garlic has to stay in the light brown if it's really brown you went to far with the time )
then put the bell pepper in crank your heat at 8
cook for 5 minutes ( or until the bell pepper are cook)
and you have to stir every 2-3 minutes
And because the heat is high and you don't want to burn everything what I do is
I take a glass of water and put a little bit at a time in the pan
like that it makes steam ( you will see smoke coming out that's good! ) so nothing will burn or stick to the bottom of the pan
After the 5 minutes put in the mushrooms
repeat the same process leaving your heat at 8
Then put the rest in
the tofu, the ginger the green onion the soy sauce and the mirin
mix well for around 5 minutes again
then close the heat but leave the pan on the oven and while you do your rice or your couscous
it will continue to cook for a little while

And that's it!
I hope it wasn't too complicated
but it's wort it!!

Thanks for watching!
** This recipe will also be in the vegetarian tab

Evil Garlic Sauce

For those of you who might wonder what was the sauce I use in the last picture of the sushis recipe
Well I really like garlic and so when I eat sushis I make myself my special garlic sauce!
I know I know you have to eat sushis with soy sauce, but that's because you haven't try my garlic one!
Let me explain to you how I do it so you can try too!

You will need;
9 pieces of garlic ( you can put less if you're not crazy like me! )
1 green onion
pepper
and some mayonnaise

It is very simple all you have to do is crush the garlic in a bowl or a cup
cut the green onion in little pieces, add it to the garlic
put some pepper and add some mayonnaise ( you can put as much as you want, I put 4 to 5 spoon full )

and voila!

Then you can enjoy the evil garlic sauce with your sushis or whatever else
For me I use it everywhere I can!

And why is it name evil garlic sauce you may ask??
well once me and my boyfriend were at his mothers place and we had supper
of course I made the sauce and she told us it was satanic!!
So I called it the evil garlic sauce!! Hope you enjoy!

Egg & Vegetable filled Sushis

For this recipe their is different things to do, but they're all really simple!!

First you need to have cooked sushis rice ** ( see the **specifications** section for more info )
You have to have seaweed sheets **

And technically you can put what you want in your sushis!
but let me explain how I did it this time;

I took ( for the vegetable ):
1 carrot
1|2 bell pepper ( the color doesn't matter )
some spinach
5 green onions

For the egg you can just cook them and let them plain but for me

I took ( for the eggs ):
2 eggs
1 leek
some tender peas
some mayonnaise
pepper

Let's start!
First I start with the eggs since I have to cook them.
I put them on boil for 8 minutes, then pass them under cold water so they can cool down a bit
Cut the leek in small pieces and put them also in boiling water but for 3 minutes, then pass them under cold water so they can cool down a bit
leave them for the moment

I cut all my vegetable in line shape ( it will be easier to roll that way )
The spinach don't need to be cut
once this is done the vegetable are ready!

Now I go back to the eggs,
I crush them together with the leek, some tender peas a little mayonnaise and some pepper
I mix until it looks well blended
and the eggs are done!

So now you are ready to roll!
this is what my set up looks like:

Starting from the left;
I have all my vegetable cut in line shape, I have my egg mixture above,
I have some sesame ( because I like to put some inside my sushis ) my rice ( already cooked and cooled down ) my seaweed sheet in the middle and some water ( for rolling ) !!


Ok so now you need to put some rice on the sheet, 
I use a fork because the rice is sticky and I find it more easy that way
I put rice only on half the sheet, it's easier to roll and gives you smaller sushis
Here's the example:
















  You might find it hard at first or even break your sheet but be patient! you'll get there!
Then you just have to put your stuff on it;

It might look like a lot, but actually when you roll it it's not that much!
If you find that the result is too big you just have to put less stuff in it that's all!

Then you roll and when you arrive at the space where there's no rice poor a little water on the sheet from left to right so when you finish rolling it will stick together.
If you don't put water your sheet won't stick!

And just repeat until you don't have any rice left!
and you have your sushis!!

Thanks for watching!
*this recipe will also be in the non-vegetarian section.

Time to start posting!!

I'll start posting some things later today, but I just wanted to say that;
I'll post everything chronologically here on the ''home'' page so if you have time just scroll down!
But if you don't have much time and want something specific you can just take a look at the top right column and everything will be separated according to if it's a vegetarian, a dessert or a non vegetarian dish.

AND if by chance you try one of my recipes feel free to leave comments! I'd like to ear from you guys!

Hello All!
In this particular blog I'll be posting some simple recipes that I myself do
So if you are interested about making food for yourself or your family and want it to be simple,
come take a look!
I'll post the recipes the walk trough and some pictures!
I really hope you'll enjoy it!
and of course feel free to leave comment and all!
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