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!!!

Let's Talk Pizza!

I have taken a long time to put this recipe in the blog, for 2 reasons mainly: 1) I wanted to come up with the best simple recipe for it 2) I am lazy as fuck… Hahaha… There are some challenges that every aspiring pizza maker must overcome (like not overdoing the sauce and go thinner on their dough) but they are easy. The point is that home made pizza, even if it is not perfect or authentic (whatever that means) it will taste considerably better than your usual take out and  will be infinitely superior to your frozen pizza. So, don’t be afraid, it will be easy and don't be lazy, it will take you little to no time.

Get your ass off the couch and get ready. Once the pizzas are done, you can sit back and relax and continue binge watching Netflix, but this time, with awesome pizzas to keep you company and making your belly feel all fuzzy and amazing!

So, here is my master Pizza Recipe, from here you can derive to whatever you want, red sauce, white sauce, cream, you can use the same dough to make Focaccia and some beautiful Panini with it, and once you understand how kneading and proving the dough is all about you will be able to get your incursion into basic bread making. Holy fuck, I'm initiating into a world of yummy thing. You are welcome!

Seriously, how awesome does that look?

Some goddamn chicken wings!

My last recipe was appealing for those of you who are trying to cut down calories, go paleo or in general just trying to eat a bit healthier. If you fall into any of those categories… welll… This is not for you.

However, if you like awesome food and don't worry much about the calories you are about to ingest, well this is for you. A couple of weeks ago when the whole Pacquiao vs. Mayweather was going on, a friend of mine and I decided to stay up until late to see the fight (we live in Europe) and we decided we needed some good food (and beer) to keep us awake and interested. Our minds drifted for a while thinking of the possibilities, but every time we were thinking of junk food, we thought of Wings…Goddamn Chicken Wings.

I was not really in the mood for breaking my head and work a lot in different sauces so we settled in two. Lemon, garlic and Parmesan and Sweet Chilli. However, this recipe works as a master recipe, to your wings you will be able to add any sauce you want. And the possibilities are truly endless! Anyways, without further ado, here is the recipe. Cook, enjoy and thank me later.

Do they look awesome or what?

10 Minute Paleo Friendly Cauliflower Rice

This one goes to those friends out there trying to go paleo but finding a bit difficult to get tasty food on the table. It is also super good for those people who eat with their paleo friends but want to add something extra to their food. This is for you crazy exercise junkies with the soul of a foodie, for you crossfitters that still want to enjoy some quality food.

Every now and then I try to go Paleo (or paleo-ish) for a few weeks, it makes me feel good, my body feels like it is cleaning. It is rather controversial what Paleo-diet really is; there is tons of people saying that is the best way we can eat, and that is what our bodies are design to eat, and there is just as many people that say the opposite. I'm not gonna get into the debate, for me it works and if you use quality ingredients and do it properly it is damn tasty.

So, weather you are trying out the Paleo, you live with a someone who is trying it, you are watching what you eat, or you simply are in the mood for some tasty food that will not make you guilty whatsoever, this is for you… Paleo Friendly Cauliflower Rice, ah! and it will take you like 10 minutes to make!

Paleo and not that Paleo versions.

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.

Asian Inspired Tuna Burgers

Yoh Yoh Yoh people! Sorry I've been away lately. I'd like to say I was busy with a cool project or something, but to be perfectly honest, I have been just extremely fucking lazy, oh and I moved to a different flat and all that boring stuff but no matter, I am back! And I am back with a recipe that is guaranteed to put a smile on your face and make your belly full of happy thoughts.

So, the other day I was thinking: "It would be so could if I could get minced tuna steak" So I decided to go to the supermarket and ask. They usually have a pretty sweet selection of fish. However, their answer was no. But before I turned around and left, they told me: " But I can chop it, and it will be pretty much the same", I was skeptical but decided to give it a try. And the result was pretty awesome!

So when I made sure that the texture was right, I proceeded to make this awesome Asian-Inspired Tuna Burgers, sharp, sweet, sour and savoury burgers that will appeal to the adventurous and will surprise the most conservative.

Anyways, enough chitchat, here is the recipe. Enjoy. Thank me later.

Seriously, how awesome does that look?

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.

Special for the Sweet Tooth. Oreo Cheesecake

It is no secret that I am not an avid baker, there is something very structured and strict about baking that I really don't enjoy, well, at least that is true for proper baking. Adding the fact that I rarely crave sweets we get to the fact that Minoru Baking is something that happens once in a blue moon. However, when it happens, I try to go to the simple things and the things that don't require the strictness and rigidity that baking usually does.

A few weeks ago, one of my friends turned 27, he enjoys sweets as crazy and I would say any kind of desert is his kind of dish,  so to celebrate him I decided to make my Oreo® Cheesecake. We actually ended up eating the cake without him, but that is another story.

So, if you have never baked, and you would like to try something simple as fuck that would wow all the people around you, this is for you. Enjoy, thank me later.

Look at that ridiculously good looking slice!

Japexican goes Italian, Manicotti.

I have been meaning to write down this recipe for a long time. And this weather and mood seems perfect. Manicotti is a bit of a controversial recipe (Actually, once you have started to cook Italian and you have Italian friends you will realise that virtually ALL dishes in Italian cuisine are subject to controversies, interpretations and the fact that each friend will say that their mamma's version is the best one), some people prepare it with a pasta shell similar to cannelloni, and some other use crespelle (the Italian version of Crepes). I use the crespelle, in my opinion it gives the dish a silkier consistency and that feeling of comfort food that we all need right now!

This recipe was given to me by the mamma of a very good Italian friend of mine, and as such, I regard it as the best, so, if you disagree, you suck!

Anyways, here is my (slightly adopted version of the Mamma's recipe) Manicotti recipe.

Chicken Piccata and Beetroot Risotto

This past few days, since my last visit to the market, an obsession with Beetroots struck as evidenced in my past blogs, I have been cooking over and over with them (these Chips and Frittata are a fine example of this newly developed obsession of mine). So today, bashing my head on the table, thinking what to cook today, the ingredient of choice was of course Beetroot, but I was also craving something tangy and rich, and then it hit me, Chicken Piccata, this originally Italian dish will deliver the perfect amount of tanginess to cut through the rich and starchiness of the risotto.

So, without any more bushtit, here is my Chicken Piccata and Beetroot Risotto.

Celery Root and Beetroot Leaves Frittata

After thinking a bit more about what I could cook with the Fresh Celeriac and Beet Root I got from the farmers market (and while munching on my Celery Root and Beet Root Chips, recipe here) I opened the fridge and saw I had a bit of feta cheese and leeks, and then BAM! It hit me, lets make some Frittata.

So, without further ado, here is the recipe for my rich and creamy Celery Root and Beet Root Leaves Frittata with Leeks and Feta Cheese.

Holly shit that looks AMAZING! Yeah, you can do it too :)

Celery Root and Beetroot Chips

This past Sunday, I finally got my ass up early and managed to hit the farmers market before 9:30 am, which I shouldn't have to say it, was an amazing accomplishment for me… I mean, I hate doing stuff on a Sunday, let alone a Sunday morning, but this was worth it.

I came back home with a bounty that included pickles, different types of olives, freshly baked cornbread, freshly baked chorizo bread, beautiful onions and the stars of the week some gorgeous Beets and Celery Root, I was not sure what to make with them but I had to get them, they were there, being beautiful, looking at me. So I got them. And I was back, 10:30 am on a Sunday, not sleepy anymore after the ginormous cup of coffee I had to help me wake up and nothing to do.

So, I got to thinking what to do with this bastards, then it hit me, lets make some fucking chips to watch movies later on.  So, here is my recipe for Beetroot and Celeriac Chips.

It's getting cold outside: Beef and Lentil Stew

So it is getting cold outside, you are probably starting to get into the winter mood, feeling a little lazy, a little blue. Well, this is the perfect moment to cook some comfort food, something that will warm your belly and will put a fucking smile on your face, by now you know you need something like this. So forget the calorie count and lets prepare this amazing, rich and hefty Beef and Lentil Stew.