Veggie burger patty

Recently, we have been experimenting with veggie burgers. So far we have tried beet, chickpea, bean and soy protein veggie burgers. We wanted to share on of our recipes. There is a downside to veggie burgers: they are very time consuming. Today we want to share with you an improvised attempt of a veggie burger made out of soy protein. Soy protein is really great because it is cheap and high in protein, which replaces meat and fish for vegetarians and vegans.

We had absolutely nothing in the pantry today but still ended up making a very tasty veggie burger patty.

Eggplant with parsley and mint

Our last month has been very busy and between our two schedules we did not have a second to spare! I have been finishing up my bachelor’s degree, which has been, needless to say, very time consuming. We are so glad to be back with the prospective of being on summer vacation with more time to update the blog with recipes.

Today’s recipe is eggplant with parsley, mint, ginger, onion and garlic. Eggplant (or aubergine) is very difficult to cook correctly. It is too often not cooked enough, overcooked, or drenched in oil. We have recently bought a new cookbook called Comme un chef (Larousse edition), it is fantastic! It is very detailed a mere 655 pages long, and explains how to cook pretty much anything. We used the book’s technique to cook the eggplant and came up with the recipe ourselves.

Tofu on a bed of chinese cabbage

We have recently started cooking with chinese cabbage. In the winter / early spring time, seasonal food is limited. We do our vegetable shopping in multiple places. There is a little vegetable store in Montpellier that has seasonal and mostly local products as well as an amazing outside market. Outside markets are not  present everyday. Some markets are 6 days a week while others can be weekly. In our case, the outside market is every Tuesday and Saturday. It’s an amazing place with local products. We love looking at the stands and meeting the producers. There is always a buzz at the market, so many people come to do their shopping. We’ll have to write a post about these outside markets, it’s really something typical and great about France. Have any of you travelled to Europe and had a chance to buy the local goods? 

Egg sunny side up on a parmesan galette

 

Hello there, we have been trying to change our presentation a bit to make our dishes look more sophisticated. Tell us what you think! Today’s recipe is a quick and easy egg recipe perfect for sunday brunch. It is an interesting mix of savers and textures. The crackly parmesan galette to the gooey egg yolk makes this really delicious!

Kiwi tart

Happy Sunday everyone! It is a beautiful day here in Montpellier. When we woke up this morning we both wanted a nice fresh healthy breakfast. We decided to make kiwi tarts (tartelettes in French). There has been more and more “no sugar added” sweets on the internet. We really like the concept because it’s a great way to indulge that sweet tooth but keeping it healthy. Everyone likes to treat himself or herself to a good dessert once in a while! It’s only human.

Broccoli, carrot, black radish salad

Happy April everyone! Hope you had a nice long weekend. We had a great time with family and friends. Here is a nice spring salad to get a healthy start to the summer preparation. We went to the outside market today to buy our fruits and vegetables. It was a beautiful sunny day in Montpellier and we were both craving for a salad. Unfortunately it isn’t tomato season yet (cant wait!). So we decided to make a nice green salad. We both really hate wasting food so we have a couple little tips to use (almost) everything when cooking.

How to cook rice, we’ve had it all wrong

Do you know how to cook rice? Maybe not. What a surprise it was when we found out something as basic as cooking rice requires skill. We had, however, looked up countless ways to get that perfect rice cooker rice without the rice cooker. Alas, everything we found is wrong, wrong, wrong!  The problem with rice is that it tends to get gooey and sticky which is quite unpleasant.  There is a trick though, to get that perfect rice! We decided to share it with you through this “how to…” post. 

Tomato “tarte tatin”

Sometimes during winter I really miss summer vegetables, I love winter vegetables, but you know when it’s really cold outside sometimes you dream about a summer meal on the porch or during a picnic. Actually I really like summer pies, with lots of Mediterranean vegetables, that you can take with you and share with people outside.We were asked to make something with tomatoes (I know, winter is not the best season to cook tomatoes– that’s partly why I did this recipe) and I wanted to give some extra flavor to my tomatoes. So, I decided to do a “tarte tatin” with tamatoes!

Mousse au chocolat

Hello there!

This is a recipe we made while we were visiting family (you can probably tell by the different utensils we use). My mom was having an important dinner party one evening so we proposed to cook for her. We made chocolate mousse for dessert (an all time classic). We used Laurence Salomon’s chocolate mousse a bit altered (she used orange blossom water, we removed it). This is a two ingredient recipe! Chocolate and eggs: easy right?! I love eggs, they can be cooked and altered countless different ways. If you follow top chef France, there was this one episode where the professional chefs had to cook eggs two different ways with very little ingredients. It was amazing to see the dishes they created with next to nothing. So inspiring.

Banana bread!

Oh my, it has been a while!