Cesar for dinner

Preparation Time
30 mins ***this dish contains raw egg. Pls eat right after preparation.

Cesar salad- what a stalwart creation! I made ours with chicken for my boyfriend and carby croutons for me. If you would prefer to go vegetarian, leave out the bacon and add smoked salmon. 

Feisty Peppers

(Vegetarian option: substitute mince with can of any kind of bean or lentil)

Last night's dinner was this lovely pepper dish I found on a very mouthwatering and beautiful blog. I only tweaked the ingredients a little bit and the original recipe -along with many more!- can be found at: 

www.lemonythyme.com

For Good Measure

I will admit it... The units for measurement in my recipes are a bit all over the place. Sometimes I will use cup, sometimes, ml, sometimes items, such as "1 can of". The reason being is that many ingredients will come in set amounts, such as cream or sour cream (usually 250gm) where I live, but I assume those "fixed amounts" will be different in other countries, hence the "ml" or "mg" of the content. I'm gonna go on a limb and hope that cans are equally big around the world.
 Some loose ingredients such as flour or milk will come from a bigger container and instead of going for the painful xxxml, "1 cup" sounds much better... If you  find something to be lacking or too much in a recipe, just trust your gut and learn as you go.  

One way or the other, I strongly suggest getting one of these measuring cups that show metric, as well as the "cup" measurements. They make life easy and will stay with you & your cooking for a loooong time. 

Other measurements:
Tbsp = Table Spoon
Tsp = Tea Spoon

Cauliflower Bake & A Side of Bockwurst

(Vegetarian option: omit the sausages. The bake itself is rather enough for 2 people for dinner)

Preparation Time
25 min (without 30 mins baking time)

Rissole and Sweet & Salty Salad

Preparation Time
40 mins


Ingredients
350 gm minced meat (mixed beef & pork or just beef)
2 small green or red chili, finely sliced
1 small bunch of chopped fresh parsley or 1 tbsp dried parsley
1 piece of dry toast (or any other bread), cut into small pieces
1/2 cup of milk
1 egg
Pinch paprika
1 tsp oregano
100 gm (half pack) feta cheese, cut into small pieces / crumbled
Salt & Pepper
1 small salad head
1 Japanese cucumber or 1/2 Western cucumber
1 tomato 
1/2 large pear (substitute with apple, orange, etc)
1/2 lemon juice
2 garlic gloves (minced)
Olive oil
Vegetable Oil

Chop it Right

If I say "sliced" or "diced"- 

this nifty guide is what you should be referring to.

At the bottom, it also has a great idea how to chop onions, without loosing half. 

As for garlic: not depicted, but you can peal garlic, by applying pressure with 

a flat knive. The skin will come off in seconds.