Claudia&Julia's Blog

You'll have to forgive me, the post title is blunt: today I'm bringing you a bunch of recipes for your meals and dinners with eggs — lots of eggs!

What am I talking about? It turns out that every second Friday of October (in this case, today, October 11), is International Egg Day, and we have plenty of recipes to celebrate it... and enjoy it at the table!

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.

Lebanese cuisine is a true delight; I really enjoy preparing dishes based on this gastronomy and sharing them with friends on summer evenings.

For that reason, and because I know you love surprising your diners, I suggest mini burgers — you know they’re always a draw, and if they’re different from the usual ones we have in mind they’ll always be a hit. So today I bring you mini falafel burgers.

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.

If in my last recipe we traveled to the United Kingdom, today we continue there. I couldn't resist presenting the recipe for Scones. Yes, I'm sure you know them — those round rolls originating from Scotland, the little breads usually served alongside the famous tea time.

I'm not going to lie to you. Today I don't bring a quick recipe. That said, it's not a difficult recipe either, but it is a bit time-consuming. Of course it's also absolutely delicious, and as soon as you try the first bite of these stuffed baby squid braised with onions, you forget all the time you may have spent preparing them and only remember how incredibly tasty they are, I promise!

Let's see, for my understanding… Who said that to eat well you had to spend a lot of time in the kitchen? Well, whoever said that surely had never tried this pork tenderloin with orange glaze.

I must say I'm crazy about lasagnas, in all their versions—meat, salmon and spinach, or vegetable... They all seem fantastic and delicious to me. I know each of us has a favorite dish from Italian cuisine and that at home we adapt it to our own way; this is the case with the lasagna I bring you today, a vegetable lasagna, a dish I craved all the time when I was pregnant, a simple-to-prepare yet delicious dish.

Mushrooms are starting to appear in the markets, the perfect sign that autumn is already here, with all that it brings: delicious recipes featuring a wonderful and very versatile ingredient.

I confess I'm a coward and I didn't dare turn on the oven until the heat had eased a bit. That said, I was certain that when I did it would be to make this delicious Dutch Baby Pancake, and it was a complete success.

I admit that one of the things I find hardest to get people to eat at home in the summer is legumes, and honestly it's no surprise because I'm the first who, as soon as the heat arrives, only wants cool things. Is it the same for you? Well, I'll tell you one thing... You have to try this spiced chickpea and mango salad!