Claudia&Julia's blog

We bring you the popular English shepherd's pie recipe in a vegetarian version full of flavor and energy, just as this dish should be. The traditional shepherd's pie is a classic British frugal-cooking dish—simple and hearty—that makes use of leftover roast meat from festive meals and is crowned with a layer of gratinéed mashed potato.

I haven't seen a quicker or easier cookie recipe than this banana and oats one. It's as simple as mashing the banana, mixing it with the oats, and baking. Today I bring the two versions of this recipe that are most popular at home. Of course, they include chocolate: "Oat and Chocolate Cookies" and "Oat, Coconut and Chocolate-Covered Cookies". Which one do you think you'll choose?

Quick recipe! This tuna with mustard sauce, anchovies, and capers is a recipe that has it all: it’s super quick to make, incredibly tasty, and a great way to bring tuna on the grill to life.

At Christmas we can enjoy a wide variety of sweets; in fact, it could be considered the sweetest time of the year for that very reason. But if there is a star sweet at this time, it is, indisputably, our beloved Roscón de Reyes.

The cocido with meatballs from La Vega Baja del Segura is a traditional dish of our region. Like any other cocido in Spain (madrileño, lebaniego, escudella, puchero andaluz…), it is a comforting, family dish whose recipe is passed down from generation to generation, with no two ever the same, and even within the same area you will always find nuances. Nevertheless, that's the beauty of these inherited traditional recipes, don't you think?

Stewed sausages are an extremely handy dish, since sausages tend to be liked by both children and adults, and they turn out very flavorful. Today we make the recipe for smoked sausage stew with beans, a dish you can both prepare in the cold months and use to celebrate St. John's Eve.

One of the best times of the year for those with a sweet tooth is Christmas, without a doubt. You can find a very wide and varied assortment, so it's absolutely impossible not to feel satisfied. I include myself because I am very fond of sweets.

I’m sharing an eggplant appetizer I love to make. It doesn’t involve any kitchen work and it’s delicious! It’s roasted eggplant, with salt, oil, mató or requesón and honey. In that order I mentioned, in a few minutes you’ll have it ready without dirtying the kitchen.

Extremely moist and visually appealing, this apple layer cake (apple mille-feuille or layered apple cake) leaves no one indifferent. From the outside it looks like a sponge cake, but inside are layers and layers of sweet roasted apple and, in fact, very little batter.

Have you tried making stuffed vegetables? It's easy, attractive and elegant and a very practical and very tasty option. At this time of year it's when we eat stuffed vegetables the most at home. It's an elegant and different way to enjoy vegetables, and you can make a good impression on a festive day by bringing a light first course

A few days ago, we shared a post where we explained how to make royal icing for cookies. Christmas is here and it's the time to put it into practice! Simple decorations for Christmas cookies, but defined and elegant. That's what we want to focus on in this post. I hope the ideas for making Christmas cookies that I bring you today inspire you to prepare some beautiful, homemade, and original cookies.

Eggnog is what we call here "ponche de huevo" or "ponche de Navidad," a sweet drink made from eggs and milk, and spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, a good amount of ginger and clove. It's a really special drink that you have to try if you want an alternative to a nice glass of hot chocolate to sweeten the afternoon or if you want to offer your guests a drink to finish the meal and accompany some cookies. I've fallen in love with this punch!