MEAT BALLS

 

Not much to say today except that this meat balls recipe is sOoo easy to make and sOoo tasty it's a pleasure to cook them. You just have to mix all ingredients together and grill them. You can use any herbs you like. (I personnaly have a thing for mint). No fat added. 

I am usually not a huge meat eater and no meat balls can compete with my grandma's recipe but in a very different way this are earning there way into the selective world of "often made" recipes. Maybe they will enter your world as well...

iNGREDiENTS:
-make 15 to 20 balls-

• 600 gr ground beef
• 1 egg
• 2 garlic cloves
• half a cup of chopped: mint + basil + parsley + chives
• a pinch of chili pepper flakes
• salt & pepper

RECiPE:

• Mix all ingredients in a bowl : ground meat + egg + chopped garlic + herbs + chili pepper flakes + salt & pepper.
• With an icecream scoop or by hand, form little balls (about the size of a golf ball).
• Heat grill pan over medium high eat (wait for the grill to be very hot) and cook meat balls about 4-5 minutes on each side.
• Serve right away!
• Et VOiLA !

CUBAN SWEET POTATO SALAD

You know, how sometimes you feel blue? Well I felt orange the other day. Yes, I know, this doesn't make any sense. What does "feeling orange" even means? Truth is I have no idea what to say here.  In a way, It doesn't make any sense to me neither, but in another somehow it does. I swear to god I didn't use any drugs.

Anyway, feeling orange lead me to hearing the little voice in my head telling me this: "you have to bake sweet potatoes" (By the way, the little voice in my head speaks english with a perfect accent.) This potatoes are so sweet (I wonder why we call them sweet potatoes? :p) and flavorful. I love them. This recipe is based on this blog recipe. It's so sunny, fresh, healthy and wonderfully tasty. Do not have doubts, go get some sweet potatoes and try it now. I said now. I know you are still reading this. Go! Go! Go!

iNGREDiENTS:
- serve 4 as side dish -

• 5 sweet potatoes
• 2 limes
• a good pinch of paprika
• a pinch of cumin
• 1 garlic clove
• a handful of cilantro
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• salt & pepper

RECiPE:

• Preheat oven at 200°C (400°F)
• Clean, peel and cut potatoes into equal size chunks.
• Add olive oil + paprika + cumin + salt & pepper. Stir.
• Place potatoes on a parchment paper and bake for 30 to 45 minutes or until potatoes are folk tender. turning them once in a while.
• Meanwhile, prepare vinaigrette:
• In a bowl, mix, lime juice + chopped cilantro + grated garlic.
• When potatoes are cooked, take them out of the oven and leave to cool for a few minutes.
• Stir in vinaigrette to sweet potatoes and serve right away.
• You can eat them hot, at room temperature or even cold. So easy, so good !
• Et VOiLA !

RATATOUiLLE

 

iNGREDiENTS:
- serve 6 -

• 2 zucchinis
• 2 eggplants
• 2 red peppers
• 2 medium onions
• 1 big garlic clove
• 4 tablespoons tomate sauce
• 2 tablespoons marjoram
• a pinch of thym
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• a bit of water

RECiPE:

• Start by chopping the onions and garlic and put them in a bowl.
• Then chop all the vegetables: zucchinis, eggplants and peppers (peel them as well. No one likes the peel falling apart once it's cooked). Put them in a bowl as well.
• In a large pot, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat.
• Lightly sauté the onions with the garlic.
• Reduce heat to low and add:  tomato sauce + water + vegetables + marjoram + thym + bay leaf + salt and pepper.
• Cover and leave to cook for about 20min, stirring occasionally. 
• Uncover and leave to cook for another 20 minutes or until the ratatouille melts. yum. 
• Remove the bay leaf and serve hot (I also love it at room temperature).
• ET VOiLA !