I’m playing catch up as I’ve abandoned my blog for months now since we moved to Singapore and have just had several hours straight to sit down at my desk to blog. Although we went back to Bali in January of this year for a long weekend (haven’t been since we left in March 2012), …
Last night, we invited our next-door neighbors M & A and kids over for dinner. They had prepared a traditional Iranian meal for us a few weeks back and we decided to do an Argentinean dinner to reciprocate. After a week of careful planning – recipe research (from my mother-in-law), looking for ingredients all around …
You know that it’s summer when the lavender starts to flower non-stop. We cut the blossoms every other day to make little lavender bouquets which we leave lying around perfuming the house with its’ wonderful summer scent. I already posted a recipe for a grilled chicken and nectarine salad from my friend Rima but I’m …
After our fantastic Iranian dinner the other night, I decided to dig up some similar recipes for the grill. I came up with an Indian-influenced chicken Tikka with cucumber raita along with some ready-made minted lamb kebabs from the English Butcher. We also made some buttered Basmati rice to go along with the meat. Both …
It was another beautiful spring day yesterday – blue skies, warm sun and a slight breeze from the Mediterranean – perfect for a simple dinner of sirloin and young asparagus on the grill accompanied by new potatoes and a salad of goat’s cheese with red onion marmalade. Often the most simple things make the best …
Rain was scheduled for the weekend and we woke up to an overcast Saturday morning which then turned sunny. Lunch was supposed to be grilled Tuna Nicoise so I started to prepare all the vegetables – boiled new potatoes, boiled green beans, soft-centred boiled eggs, split cherry tomatoes (because that’s what I had), roasted red …
Here’s a wonderful summer salad that I first tasted in Dubai years ago at my friend, Rima’s for lunch. It’s her favorite and it’s become one of our as well – the chicken and the nectarines are a great combination and makes a healthy yet filling meal for either lunch or dinner. We had it …
Travels with a Gourmet 