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Sunday, 3 November 2019

PUMPKIN SOUP | VEGAN RECIPE


WIKI NOTE: The word pumpkin originates from the word pepon (πέπων), which is Greek for “large melon", something round and large. The French adapted this word to pompon, which the British changed to pumpion, and later American colonists changed that to the word that is used today, "pumpkin".

PUMPKIN SOUP

YOU WILL NEED: 
1/3 pumpkin
2 medium potatoes
1 or 2 cloves garlic, to taste
1 leek (white part)
A generous splash (about 50g) of extra virgin olive oil or olive oil, to taste
A pinch of smoked paprika, to taste
A pinch of turmeric, to taste
A pinch of ground cumin, to taste
A pinch of hot chili powder, to taste
Salt, to taste
Water (to boil)
Parsley and lemon seasoning (optional)
Crunchy roasted corn (optional)

LET´S COOK!
1. Wash the vegetables well. Peel potatoes, leek, pumpkin, and garlic. Cut the potatoes and pumpkin into big pieces. Chop the leek and the garlic.
2. Heat the olive oil in the pot. Saute the leek and garlic until transparent.
3. Add the big pieces of potatoes and pumpkin. Stir for several minutes with the rest of the ingredients.
4. Cover with water (the water has to exceed a couple of fingers the ingredients) and cook the vegetables for approx. 20 minutes. When the veggies are tender, turn off the kitchen and remove the pot from heat.
5. Mix everything with the blender until it is the consistency of a soup. Add a pinch of smoked paprika, turmeric, ground cumin, hot chili powder,  and salt, to taste.
NOTE: If the texture of the soup is too liquid, add a few tablespoons of cornstarch (corn flour refined).
6. Serve the soup warm. Sprinkle parsley & lemon seasoning on the top of the pumpkin soup. Add some crunchy roasted corn because it makes the soup more yummy, yummy!

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    Saturday, 12 October 2019

    SCARY TAPAS / HALLOWEEN SPECIAL | 8 RECIPES


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    WIKI NOTEHalloween is a celebration on the night of October 31st. It is most practiced in the United States and Canada. Children wear costumes and go to people's homes saying "Trick or treat!" to ask for candy and people give it to them. The suggestion is: "Give me a treat or I will play a trick on you." People often dress up as ghosts, witches, or other scary things for Halloween.

    The pagan holiday Samhain, which the All Saints holy day replaced, was also known as the Day of the Dead. Many Wiccans and modern pagans celebrate the Day of the Dead. This is a happy holiday (even though it celebrates death). It is the day that some believe the souls of dead people come back to Earth.

    People have worn costumes at Halloween for centuries. Early costumes were usually scary. They were often supernatural beings or from folklore. Wearing a costume may come from the Celtic festivals of Samhain and Calan Gaeaf. It could also be from the Christian Allhallowtide. Scary costumes are still popular.
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    Wednesday, 7 August 2019

    YUMMY TAPAS | 4 RECIPES

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              Sunday, 14 January 2018

              YUMMY SOUPS | 4 RECIPES

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                Saturday, 10 October 2015

                2 SCARY TAPAS / HALLOWEEN SPECIAL | VEGAN RECIPES

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                • BLOODY FINGERS


                YOU WILL NEED:
                3 or 4 carrots
                Almonds, flaked
                Ketchup sauce

                LET´S COOK!
                1. Wash the carrots and cut them in different sizes.
                2. Put Ketchup sauce on the plate like bloodstream.
                3. Place the carrots on the plate with Ketchup as fingers.
                4. Make a cut on the top of each carrot and place the almonds as nails.
                5. Put as much Ketchup sauce as you want!!!

                • TERRIFYING FIELD OF SKULLS AND PUMPKINS 

                YOU WILL NEED:
                1 or 2 courgettes/zucchini (medium size)
                1 or 2 big carrots

                LET´S COOK!

                Pumpkins:
                1. Peel the carrots. Cut carrots into slices not too thin.
                2. Cut the stem shape of the pumpkin in each carrot slice. Here you are the tiny pumpkins ready to plant.
                Skulls:
                1. Preheat the oven to 180 º C. Cover a baking tray with baking paper.
                2. Wash well the courgettes. Cut them into slices not too thin.
                3. Cut the skull shape and make eyes and mouth holes with a knife.
                4. Place the courgette skulls in the tray, and sprinkle them with olive oil, salt, and pepper.
                5. Keep them in the oven until brown. Remove from the oven. Leave to cool.

                ¡LET'S PLANT A FIELD OF KULLS AND PUMPKINS!

                1. Place them on a big plate/tray like a big terrifying field.
                2. Cover the plate with pumpkins along the edge and put them in the center of the skulls (photo).
                3. Serve as is or with small bowls of hummus and/or soy sauce to dip (optional).

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                  Friday, 3 April 2015

                  CRUNCHY CARROT WITH HUMMUS FILLING | ALTERNATIVE VEGAN RECIPE INCLUDED | EASTER MENU


                  WIKI NOTE: The biggest carrot in the world weighed 8.6kg and was cultivated by John Evans in 1998 in Palmer, Alaska.

                  CRUNCHY CARROT WITH HUMMUS FILLING

                  YOU WILL NEED: *vegan recipe
                  PUFF PASTRY (CONE SHAPE)
                  1 sheet of puff pastry /* vegan puff pastry
                  1 egg /*eggless
                  A handful of rocket leaves
                  *Baking cone-molds
                  NOTE: *Cone-molds - make small cardboard cones (A5 sizes) and cover each with the aluminum roll. 
                  CARROT HUMMUS FILLING
                  3 grated tender carrots
                  1 or 2 garlic cloves
                  2 tablespoons ground hazelnuts
                  2 handfuls (approx. 100g) of cooked chickpeas
                  A generous splash (approx. 50g) of extra virgin olive oil or olive oil, to taste
                  Salt, to taste
                  Black pepper, to taste
                  NOTE: The puff pastry is great for this recipe because you can make a sweet or a savory filling depending on the ingredients that there are at home.

                  LET´S COOK!
                  1. Preheat the oven to 180º C.  Cover the baking tray with baking parchment.
                  2. Roll out the sheet of puff pastry with a floured rolling pin.
                  NOTE: The puff pastry can be either store-bought or homemade.
                  3. Cut the sheet of pastry lengthwise into 3cm pieces.
                  4. Grease the cone molds with vegetable oil. Roll the strips of pastry around the cone molds.
                  NOTE: Leave 1cm on the top of the cone mold without puff pastry, it will be easy to remove later.
                  5. Beat an egg and brush cone-puff pastries.
                  6. Put the cone-puff pastries on the baking tray. Bake them for around 25 minutes, or until the pastry is golden.
                  7. Let it cool completely.  Remove carefully one by one the cone-puff pastry from the cone mold, trying not to break them.
                  8. Mix the ingredients for the carrot hummus in a blender until you have the desired texture.
                  NOTE: Another filling for the cone-pastry puff could be a sailor filling and/or a ham filling. You can find the recipes in the Sandwich House post of the August Menu.
                  9. Fill with carrot hummus and each cone-puff pastry.
                  10. Serve a crunchy carrot on a plate. It depends on the cone-mold size.
                  NOTE: Be careful not to break the puff pastry if you do small-size units.
                  11. Decorate the top with sesame seeds and baby spinach leaves. Voilà, the yummy crunchy carrots are ready to eat.

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