Baked Sweet Potatoes

As it turns out, I have a full time job now and not that much time to sit down and write my recipes. Don't get me wrong, I still cook a lot, I just don't have time to prepare the recipes… Anyways, I decided that I should at least be publishing one of these every week. But this weekend I was really lazy, luckily, I still have some backlog of recipes that have the photographic evidence ready and just need me to write down. Hence, this recipe. This weekend has been awfully cold over here, so cold  that it makes you want to crawl under a blanket and consume delicious carbohydrates like there is no tomorrow… The carbo-hangover is something future you will have to deal, you will just have to enjoy!

So, no more excuses, it's time to treat yourself to my Stuffed, baked sweet potatoes.

Look at that deliciousness!!!

ClamSalm Chowder

So weather has been a little crazy lately in this part of the world, well, crazy for a foreigner because to be perfectly honest this is a pretty usual thing in Asturias. Whatever, the point is I've been a little depressed with the humidity and the grey skies. So needless to say I needed to treat myself with something warm and comforting. And luckily, the seafood around here is pretty dope. So without really knowing what to make I got some clams and some salmon. And it was when I saw the fresh dill when it hit me: a Fucking Chowder will make you feel fuzzy again.

I love dill, when I get it fresh I put it in everything, but in my opinion it works best with seafood (specially salmon), so I got the idea of a Clam Chowder but with a little bit of salmon as well. And well, it was AWESOME. So, please enjoy this ClamSalm Chowder and thank me later.

Awesome, sexy and delicious.

A treat for the little German inside you. Brezeln (German soft Pretzels)

I know, I know… The tittle sounds wrong, but the taste of these awesome German soft pretzels is so right.

So, the other day I was talking about food with my newly acquired German roommates, while reminiscing about my old times in Germany, I remembered that a good friend of mine gave me his grandma's Brezeln recipe, and it had been a while since I last made them, so I told them, roomies, prepare yourselves for some kick ass Brezeln. Baking them yourself is not a common thing in Germany, or in any other country, I mean, you can always find them cheap and good on the streets or bakeries or even supermarkets. But when you are exiled in a tiny town in Spain, without the access to many of the culinary treats you are used to, well, you do what you have to do.

The day came, and we ended up having Germans over for dinner on Sunday, and they loved them. So, they should be good judges on the authenticity of the taste and texture of this awesome bread. But you will be the ultimate judge. So prepare your taste buds for my German Brezeln. Butter or senf (German mustard) for serving, marmalade or Nutella, try all combinations, get yourself full of delicious starch and fall into a food coma afterwards. Thank me later.

Btw, you can save yourself the trouble of actually making the pretty knots that make up a pretzel and make some rolls, this go awesomely with burgers or any type of sandwich… just saying….

Just look at those bad boys!!!

Comfort food. Mac and Cheese

For the most part, I tend to eat and cook rather healthy. I mean, I try, the most delicious foods in the world are far from  healthy. And every now and then (and to be honest, more often than not) I like treating myself to something delicious, and fattening. Needless to say, I am a sucker for creamy/cheesy things.

Mac & Cheese holds a special place in my memory. And I'm actually talking about the orange and radioactive barely resembling cheese deliciousness that comes in a blue box. An orange powder that somehow is reconstituted into a luscious sauce, it is like magic. That was one of the first things my mother allowed me to cook, and somehow it became some sort of a Sunday afternoon treat. Just the thought of it brings me happy memories of simpler times. And I still eat those bad boys from time to time, just when I feel really homesick, however they are filled with sodium and other nasty stuff, so instead of that, I came up with this recipe, using all natural ingredients and top quality cheese, this is one mother fucker you really don’t want to miss. Enjoy my Mac & Cheese with Spanish Butifarra.