There are many fine chocolate ice creams available at specialty stores and elsewhere today. But nothing compares to the thrill and great taste of making your own.
Ajo blanco comes from Malaga and it is one of the many gazpacho soups found in Spain. If you feel you would like to try preparing it in the traditional way, do everything in the same order, but use mortar and pestle. Put the paste in a big bowl before adding water. This cold soup is a natural source of E vitamin from the olive oil and almonds.
Baked potatoes are easy to prepare. They make an incredibly varied dish because the fillings and toppings for baked potatoes have the same limits as your imagination. Some of them really flavorful and nourishing enough to make a light meal out of a baked potato. Potatoes baked in a conventional oven taste much better and you can almost set and forget until the cooking time is finished. But microwaved potatoes will do nicely when you are pressed for time or you are just preparing one or two and don't want to bother with the oven.
Do you need to an spectacular dessert for unexpected entertaining? Try this one. Although we prefer to cook from scratch than using packages, well, sometimes you must. We have not been able to get similar texture and flavorful results other way without spending too long in the kitchen. Once in a while is not going to kill you and you have an astounding dessert to serve your guests.
Use any kind of soft berries for this easy pudding -a combination of berries produces the best result. It needs time in the fridge with a weight on top for the bread to soak the juices. Prepare it in the morning, before leaving. Dessert will be ready when you are back in the evening.
Thai fast food comes in satay form. They can be eaten hot or cold and I have seen them served as appetizer, buffet, snack, packed lunch or a main dish.
This chocolate cream puts a delicious end to any meal. Garnish with fresh mint leaves, fan shaped strawberries, canned tangerine segments, chopped toasted nuts, or whipped cream.
Since little interest has been shown in eating flowers, there is few bona fide data available. Flowers are rich in nectar and pollen; studies have shown pollen to be nutritious, with many vitamins and minerals. Roses, especially rosehips, are very high in vitamin C. Dandelion blossoms are high in vitamins A and C, and the leaves have lots of iron, calcium, phosphorous, and vitamin A and C. Marigolds and Nasturtium have vitamin C. Flowers are 95% water, so it is unlikely that they contain any significant amounts of nutrition, and no calories.
The better tomatoes you use the better your gazpacho will be. Juicy tomatoes -like plum tomatoes, or any other of the kind used for sauce- work best. If desperate for gazpacho but with no fresh tomatoes at hand, use tomato juice, tomato puree or canned tomato is not recommended, though once you have tried the real thing you will find the taste very different. The second most important ingredient for flavor is olive oil. If there is no time to chill the gazpacho, add ice cubes, though you might find the taste too strong; gazpacho improves with some rest. Prepare your gazpacho the day before, or when you get up in the morning, it will be perfect for your lunch or evening meal.
A vegetarian version of this well known Anglo-Indian soup, as the ones we have tried before always had meat. Traditionally served with separate bowls of white rice.
Chicken stock works very well with this recipe. Vegetable or mushroom stock works sometimes. The choice depends on the kind of edible mushrooms employed, especially if using stock made out of cubes or concentrate. Mushroom stock, which would seem the logical choice, sometimes masks the flavor of the most delicate mushrooms.
