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If you think that some lentils with vegetables are a want and I can't, you are very wrong. Especially if those lentils are beluga or caviar, the amount of vegetables is considerable and the container in which we cook them is our Cocotte Every. Small but bulky. With all this we marked some stewed beluga lentils with carrot and pumpkin full of flavor.

A few days ago we incorporated a few of the most practical utensils from a well-known brand in Switzerland, the Betty Bossi brand. One of our favorites is the slicer, a tool with which you can make long and wide slices of all kinds of vegetables. What can we do with it? From all-vegetable lasagnes (what about replacing the pasta sheets with courgette or potato slices?), to gutters, original garnishes for our salads... Or potato or courgette roses like the ones we bring today!

The tajine, as you know, is typical of North African cuisine, and in it all kinds of preparations are made, I mean, both meat and fish, vegetables and even fruit. The most exciting thing about this type of container is that the cooking will be different depending on how we place the ingredients, for example, the one that we place in the highest part will be steamed, thus achieving more juiciness, and the hardest ingredients will always be placed in the base where will be the liquid and contact with fire.

This rice with chickpeas, raisins and other niceties is a classic from the interior of the Levantine area. The recipe comes from one of my favorite cookbooks in the world, The Food from Spain by Claudia Roden, a writer of Jewish origin based in the United Kingdom, which unfortunately is not yet translated into Spanish. It is very refreshing to read what inspires Spanish gastronomy to an outsider , with a point of view devoid of regional favoritism in a very personal and non-transferable collection of recipes.

Autumn has arrived, or at least that's what the calendar says, so dinners arrive at home where soups and creams begin to take center stage. Today's recipe, the traditional onion soup recipe, is one of the star recipes at home, and best of all, it's very easy to make, but it's one hundred percent comforting!

You already know how much we like quiche or savory cakes at Claudia&Julia. We have them in all colors, sizes and flavors, but we are not satisfied. Today's is a new recipe with which to expand the list and which is great to have on hand for when we want to leave meat and fish aside. Something that, we can assure you, you are not going to miss when you sink your teeth into this vegetable quiche. It is tasty, juicy delicious. In a word: tremendous.

Wrapping some tasty vegetable meatballs together with fresh vegetables and a delicious sauce is something I could never get tired of. Eating a wrap like this, with your fingers, is celebrating life and the senses. And here is the recipe for a good one. Roasted aubergines and mushrooms give an intense flavor to the balls (without being fried, in the non-stick frying pan from le Creuset they can be made with very little oil, without sticking).

Lebanese cuisine is an authentic delight, I really like preparing dishes based on this gastronomy and enjoying them with friends on summer nights.

For this reason and because I know that you love to surprise your guests, I propose some hamburgers in a mini version, which you already know are always a claim and if they are not the usual ones that we have in mind, they will always be a success. Therefore, today, I bring you mini falafel burgers.

You can make some super tasty recipes just with a frying pan! On this occasion, Julio (WMF chef), brings us an oriental-style vegetable sauté that is addicting. The result are delicious sautéed vegetables, a recipe that can be served as a first course or as an accompaniment to meat or fish.

For years I lived in ignorance thinking that Manchego ratatouille was the only existing ratatouille in Spanish gastronomy, but how confused I was! Today's recipe is one of the variants that derives from the original ratatouille made only with tomato and green pepper, which is the father of all ratatouille. But it is not the only one, although we are not going to go into the matter because the one that interests us is this, the recipe for ratatouille from Rioja.

Michirones are a super typical dish from the Spanish southeast. Both in the Campo de Cartagena, Huerta de Murcia, Vega Baja Alicante and Mazarrón areas, it is a dish that you can easily find in any of its bars, inns or restaurants.

We are in season for soups and creams that comfort our body and spirit. That is why we bring this succulent red lentil cream with a spice and some reasonably oriental ingredients.