Claudia&Julia's blog

Okay, you caught me in the act: who wants to share a pizza for dinner? I knew you’d all say yes! I don’t think I know anyone who doesn’t like pizza, and if there is someone, it’s because they haven’t tried this fig, ham and arugula pizza. A perfect combination! And with homemade dough, of course.

They arrived in Spain to stay, like countless dishes that enrich world cuisine. Today I’m talking to you about kebabs, already familiar to everyone. Plain kebabs are those skewers of meat or even fish that are cooked on a skewer over charcoal, always seasoned with many spices which, to my taste, are what make them special.

Wrapping 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 hands is a celebration of life and the senses. And here I leave you the recipe for a good one. Roasted eggplant and mushrooms give the balls an intense flavor (without being fried; in the Le Creuset nonstick pan they can be made with very little oil, without sticking).

In summer, savory tarts are a perfect solution for summer dinners, outings, or picnics. They are easy to transport and something everyone likes; moreover, they are just as delicious hot as they are warm, so it’s no problem to take one with you anywhere to share a few hours after making it.

You can make some really impressive recipes using just a frying pan! On this occasion, Julio (WMF chef) brings us an oriental-style vegetable stir-fry that's delicious. It results in very tasty sautéed vegetables, a recipe you can serve either as a first course or as a side with meat or fish.

Anyone else here who lives on salads during the summer? And anyone else who by the end of July has run out of new ideas and ends up always eating the same salad? I admit that having a varied repertoire that suits the whole family isn’t always easy, so I try different salads and save the ones that are most liked at home to share with you. And, what can I tell you, this pickled chicken salad with mango, goat cheese and walnuts has been a huge hit!!

When this time of year comes around I switch into "dinners on the terrace" mode, with friends, in a lively setting and with cool recipes that take very little effort. Without a doubt the one that never fails is steamed mussels, which is one of the easiest dishes you can make. It's an economical dish that everyone usually likes, and paired with a good Ribeiro... What can I tell you that you don't already know!

Surely this isn't the first time you've been drawn to alternative ways of enjoying pizza without feeling guilty about it. Maybe the idea of making a cauliflower-based pizza free of flours and remorse came up when you were looking for new ways to get your little ones to eat cauliflower without complaints. Either way, these cauliflower-based pizzas are a new, healthy way to make quick, fresh, and delicious pizza.

Did you know that we spend between 30-50% of our time daydreaming? That without realizing it we get distracted and are absorbed in a stream of internal thought unrelated to external stimuli? We spend so much time like this that it has even been said to be the default state of our brain.

Globalization has brought us delicious dishes from faraway lands, including all the pasta eaten in Japan, like these homemade soba noodles we can make with the KitchenAid mixer’s pasta attachment and tuck into an oriental-leaning vegetable broth. Yum.

Portuguese cuisine boasts so many cod recipes that we could make a different one every day of the year without repeating. This is one of the most popular, both inside and outside the neighboring country. At home it’s much loved, even by those who aren’t big fans of fish, which is a welcome thing. Likewise, it’s a very simple dish to prepare and doesn’t require unusual ingredients or odd gadgets.

For years I lived in ignorance, thinking that pisto manchego was the only pisto in Spanish cuisine, but how wrong I was! Today’s recipe is one of the variants that stems from the original pisto made only with tomato and green pepper, which is the father of all pistos. But it’s not the only one, although we won’t get into that because the one we’re interested in is this one, the recipe for pisto riojano.