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Sunday, January 12, 2014

Leftover Beef

In the fridge a great piece of cooked roast beef , this is not the season for cold roastbeef and quite frankly I prefer to cook shepperd'pie with chopped steak ( no horse ...) of the best quality...
Actually you can do this recipe with any piece of leftover cooked meat from the barbecue, also with chicken or turkey.
I would not do it with leftover lamb .

Ingredients
  1. A piece of left over cooked beef
  2. A cabbage
  3. A packet of rice noodles
  4. A chopped onion
  5. Soy sauce
  6. Juice of half a lemon
  7. A bunch of parsley or coriander

Slice the rest of the roastbeef in thick stripes
Chop the cabbage
following the instructions on the packet immerse the rice noodles and then drain
It's very important to cut the noodles!

Splash some olive oil in a wok and throw in the onions keeping a strong fire,
when the onions start to color add the cabbage stirring all the time with a wooden spoon,
when the cabbage is almost done add the meat then the noodles lemon juice and soy sauce.
mix well
sprinkle with the chopped parsley or coriander.
serve!



Thursday, January 9, 2014

visual delights

All of last year has been hellish works in our house with lots of hiccups...
so finally now I can get back to my blog...As my kitchen was flooded
my thoughtful husband took me out for top lunches ,these are treats from la reserve in Geneva.
The Cafe Lauren in the spa has this wonderful chef and I want to share her brilliant
flair...
Exquisite flavors , healthy food and visual delights...

salmon" agro dolce "with spinach


cod and carrot puree

chicken and mixed vegetables

pumpkin soup with fried pumpkin seeds

curried vegetables and quinoa

cod,vegetables,dill and sesame seeds

sashimi of salmon with herbs

carpaccio of strawberries

rasberry biscuit

crab rolls

soft boiled egg on a bed of beans and mushrooms

pumpkin soup with fried porcini mushrooms

chicken and mixed veggies

crumble and sherbet

poetic sherbet

carpaccio of tuna with herbs

squid and mixed vegetables

poached pear and yoghurt sherbet

salmon tartare

langoustines on a bed of vegetables

curried vegetables on rice

quinoa and vegetables

a "simple" mixed salad

soft boiled egg cozy with green asparagus

chicken curry

grilled sea bream , salad and tomato relish
pea soup




salmon with "spaghetti"vegetables


raspberries with custard
celeriac soup

fish with sesame crust

stuffed cherry tomato
seared tuna

Tramaland

Every year when we do a road trip through France we try to stay at Puymirol (next to Agen) where Michel Trama
and his wife have a wonderful relais chateau.
the food is to die and here are a few pictures of his "cristalline" fruit and vegetables.
by the way his cristalline cook book is a work of art.
www.editionsdelamartiniere.fr/ouvrage/cristallines/
this winter we are extremely tempted to go when the black truffles are on...