Scotch Brain is a beautiful chili and I had just 2 ripened and ready to be used. Ingredients: 3 pots of Dijon Mustard 200 ml each (the original) 2 scotch brain chilies 2 ripe peaches cut in cubes 3 tbsp honey 2 tbsp water 1 tsp salt In a small pot put all the…
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Pineapple Mango Chili Sauce
So I have been busy growing a lot of chilies this spring. Now with the harvest that started, I am trying a lot of sauce combinations. Here the first one, Pineapple Mango Chili Sauce Ingredients: Chilies, I used a Chinense with a spicyness around 7-8, 12 pieces 1 big ripe Pineapple, chopped 2 mangoes, chopped…
Spicy Kale with Mackerel
I love the combination of spicy vegetables with fatty fish. Ingredients for 2: 300 gr of sliced kale leaves 4 thai chili, chopped 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced sunflower seeds oil 1 teaspoon soya sauce 1 teaspoon fish sauce 2 spoon oyster sauce 2-3 Mackerel Fillets salt pepper Heat some oil in a wok and…
Asian style Mango Chicken salad
Another summer recipe which is tasty but not heavy. Ingredients for 2: 300 gr Chicken Upper Thigh deboned (you may use breast with skin as well) 3 shallots 3 chilies 1 tbsp chopped ginger 1 lime 1 tbsp Sesame Oil salt pepper 1 small apple 1 mango 1 small bunch of Mint 1 small bunch…
Mixed chilies and garlic sauce
As we planted a lot of chilies this year, we are always thinking of what to do with the harvest. I just did this sauce in 10 minutes, of course you can choose different kind of chilies. I like the mix of flavours even as the colour may result a bit bland. Ingredients: 2 Aji…
Raised beds, preparation of the new season
Since last week I am preparing for the new season for my raised beds. Well outside there is snow… not really motivating… So this year I decided that I would like to try to grow some special sorts of vegetables so instead of buying all seedlings, I start to growth my own from Seeds. In…
Shichimi Togarashi – Japanese Medicine
Shichimi Togarashi means actually seven peppers. It is a mix of 7 different spices that was created more than 400 years ago as a Medicine. Yes, you are reading right. Its content of Red Chili (called Ichimi Togarashi) supports a good blood circulation, alleviates muscle pain and supports digestion and weight loss. Ground Sansho (japanese…
Tonight Barbecue, nice onion on the Barbie
Tonight we do BBQ. I do prepare everything and my better half does the hard work. We like nice good quality meat with a good selection of vegetables. For today asparagus, eggplants, champignons, beef filet, chicken leg and onion. Let’s talk about onions. They are great on the Barbecue, they almost get sweet. Ideally you…
Today a little experiment: Tuna burger
Today a little experiment, I tried to make some tuna burger. I saw some recipes based on canned tuna so I thought I could give it a try. 1 little can of tuna (80gr) 2 anchovies some roasted sesame seed 1 slice of toasted bread some milk lime juice 2 small thai chili fresh coriander…
Cucumber Thai Salad
Ingredients: 2 bigger or 3 small cucumbers 3 spoons Rice or White wine vinegar 3 spoons of Chili Sauce (or Sweet-Chili) 1 big red onion or 3 small ones. Fresh coriander 2 spoons of roasted garlic 1 Chili 2 spoons of fish sauce 2 spoons of sugar 100 gr of roasted peanuts Half the cucumbers…
The epicurean kitten 