Claudia&Julia's Blog

When summer arrives, salads become the stars of our table. They're refreshing, light, healthy, and you can make them as tasty as you like. What happens to me, though, is that I get very tired of repeating the same ingredients or dressings, and I'm very familiar with the most classic salads. That's why I'm always on the lookout for different things.

Who doesn’t love a good rice dish as the finishing touch to a morning at the pool or the beach! This black rice recipe is one of my favorite takes on what we colloquially call "paella", whatever it turns out to be.

Chilean "empanadas de pino" have a curious name, don't you think? Pino is the name of the very traditional filling of onion, beef, olives, egg, and raisins, which apparently derives from the Mapuche word pirru and has nothing to do with the tree.

Do you like mussels? We love them at home, so I make them very often and, although we like them prepared any way, I'm always on the lookout for new recipes. The one I bring you today for mussels in an oriental style is one of our latest discoveries. What a discovery!

If there is a salad that defines Italian cuisine, it is without a doubt the Caprese salad. The base of this salad is mozzarella and fresh tomato dressed with fresh basil. From there the variations are endless. I have served it as a regular salad, stacked as if it were a millefeuille, on a board with the ingredients separated, and in a stuffed tomato.

Without a doubt I can say that pizza is one of the recipes we make regularly — there isn’t a Friday without it at home! It’s very popular, and the more traditional recipes like the ones I’ve shared before (such as pancetta and arugula or the classic carbonara) are a guaranteed success. But I treated myself to making a pizza with an alternative base: today’s proposal is a pizza with a cauliflower and flaxseed base.

There are dishes that once you try them you can't live without, that's what happened to me when during a trip to Vietnam I tried for the first time a delicious salad called Bún bò xào.

When the heat starts to arrive you only crave light, fresh dishes that help us beat the high temperatures, without giving up eating well. For that reason I'm always on the lookout for new ideas. And the day I saw this cold herb and tomato soup with toasted bread I fell head over heels for it.

Today I want to show you how to make a delicious eggplant and beef croque cake that will be great for solving an everyday dinner or for taking to a party, since it’s a recipe that yields quite a few portions. Croque cakes are savory cakes inspired by the famous French croque monsieur, those grilled ham-and-cheese sandwiches covered in béchamel that you’ve surely seen in many bakeries.

Beatriz, author of To Be Gourmet, brings us the recipe to make gnocchi at home. Preparing them is very easy, and she also proposes a cheese sauce that goes wonderfully with them. Get your hands in the dough!

Today Luisa (author of Cocinando con mi Carmela) brings us the recipe to make patatas revolconas. You may know them better as patatas revueltas, or patatas meneadas (pronounced meneás) or stirred. Use whichever title you prefer — patatas revolconas are a dish full of flavor that everyone at home will enjoy.

Do you fancy a pisto with egg dinner with the perfect spicy touch? Yes, that’s the charm of this recipe by Yotam Ottolenghi that Miriam (author of El Invitado de Invierno) brings us today. Absolutely addictive! Go get some bread...