Fake Nachos

  Howdy, World! It’s been too long! I missed cooking and bragging shamelessly about it. Spring is just amazing in Alabama, all I feel like doing this days is taking walks, reading, sipping coffees & teas and just chillin’. Soon I’ll be going back to Romania for 3 months, so this might be my last…

Chili Con Carne and Kale

        I made chili con carne before but this time I had plenty of time and I did it the “right” way. And by that I mean slow cooking and allowing the sauce to rest before serving the dish.     INGREDIENTS FOR 4 PORTIONS: 1 tbsp oil 1 yellow onion 1 red pepper…

Wine, Beef & Oyster Mushrooms Pot Roast

  The Pot Roast season is here… long grey and rainy days that ask for confort food.       INGREDIENTS: 1 yellow onion 1 pound of oyster mushrooms pink salt & pepper 1 pound chuck beef 1/2 cup red wine 3 garlic cloves 1 tbsp olive oil       Fry the meat in…

Warm Beef Salad

            INGREDIENTS: 2 cups baby spinach 10 asparagus spears 1/2 golden apple 1/3 pound chuck beef pink salt & black pepper rosemary & sage the juice of 1/2 lemon extra virgin olive oil   Cut the beef in thin slices, season it with salt and pepper, rosemary and sage and…