Most recently we eat way less meat and we have more vegetables on our plate. I found this Sicilian pasta dish while searching for an eggplant recipe. Pasta alla Norma is an iconic dish of Catania, the name refers to Bellini's opera Norma. Legend says that when an Italian author tried it for the first time, he shouted "This is Norma!" referring to the perfection of the opera. I wasn't there to confirm this legend but I can say that I had the same feeling when I first tasted it. It's simple to make, but having good quality products [...]

If you don't have much time until the guests arrive, I can recommend this tarte tatin-like upside-down cake. The somewhat sour apple and the sweet caramel is always a good pairing. If I were you, I'd serve it with vanilla ice cream. Ingredients: 4 eggs 8 tbsp. sugar 5 tbsp. oil 10 tbsp. self-rising flour pinch of salt half teaspoon cinnamon handful of raisins and almonds 2 large apples (not too sweet ones) cut half and into thin slices 180 g sugar 70 g butter Mix the eggs and 8 tbsp. sugar, add the oil, flour, salt, cinnamon and [...]

Gobi Manchurian is an Indian Chinese fried cauliflower dish and my first attempt to convince my husband that cauliflower can be tasty. It seemed to be a mission impossible, but I'm glad to say that he likes it! From now on, it won't be only a staple of the Indian Chinese cuisine, but also our kitchen too. I had to prepare it three times already! Ingredients: Batter: half cup of plain flour 2 tbsp. cornstarch 1 cloves of garlic, pressed 1 cm grated ginger 1 tsp. chilli powder 1 tbsp. soy sauce salt to taste water 1 cauliflower, cut [...]