Food, Fusion and More

In my mom's house it was very common to have any kind of quiche, with and without dough. We called them "pastel". the most popular one at my house was "pastel de verduras" which is a "veggie quiche" (without crust). So I made something similar, with crust. Crust: 1 1/2 cup all purpouse flour 1/2 cup butter 4 - 5 tbsp cold water (with 1 tbsp salt) Filling: 2 cups artichoke hearts 1 onion, chopped 1 cup milk (I used non fat evaporated milk) 5 eggs 3 tbsp Parmesan cheese salt and pepper For the crust: Swift flour, and add butter in form of little cubes. Mix them with the cold water until it forms a malleable dough. Separate it in two halfs. Extend one part of the dough in a big circle (25 cm diameter aprox), as you will be doing a pie. Set a side For the filling: Mix all the ingredients together, season to taste. Add the filling to the pie crust.  Cover it with the reminding dough. Paint it with one extra yolk diluted ...

As you can see, I had to keep up with the monday-Lentels day, so I made up this salad. What you see next to the salad are "soy/chicken strips" vegetarian patties, very tasty and excellent source of protein. For the salad you will need: 1 cup lentils 1 avocado 2 tsp chop cilantro 5 - 7 kalamata olives 1 tomato 2 tbsp chop celery Dressing: olive oil, lime juice, salt and pepper. First cook the lentils "al dente", rinse them and set a side Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and serve.

Veggie Sushi My husband and I love sushi, but since I'm vegetarian I just make the veggie style ones. I will say this ones are a combination of a California roll and "whatever veggie" I have at home. You will need: For sushi rice: 2 cups of rice (it's usually made with sushi rice, but I just had Jasmine rice and it worked too) 1/2 cup of rice vinegar 2 tsp salt 1/4 cup sugar First cook the rice (I always use my rice cooker for that), in this case you do want to add a little more water so the texture of the rice is stickier. I made this recipe from this video, I hope it helps you too:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByXX17MpcF4 Meanwhile in a separate pan put the rice vinegar, salt and sugar and bring to boil. Let it cool, set a side. When the rice is done let it cool down a little. Poor it into a large bowl and carefully add your vinegar combination, I add it a tablespoon at a time so it doesn't get "drowned" in liquid. Ro...

Breakfast quinoa This is another way to incorporate quinoa in your meals, for me it works perfect for a really long day. Also it can be a dessert or a "smooothy" like juice too. You can drink it warm or cold. I like it both ways, and a lot of times this is what I take in between classes. You will need: 1 apple, peel and chopped 1 cinnamon stick 1 clove 2 tbsp brown sugar (optional) or 2 tbsp honey 2 tbs quinoa 1 tbs oats I use any seasonal fruit such as pears, apples, pineapples, etc. Put the fruit in a pan with two cups of water, bring it to boil with cinnamon stick and clove, add quinoa and oats and let it cook until both are completely cooked. Add sugar if desire. Sprinke with some ground cinnamon to serve. As I said I like to drink this in more of a liquid way, and carry it with me during the day.

This way of cooking quinoa is the one we had at my parents house. 1/2 lb Quinoa 2 cups veggie broth 3 tbs crumbles feta cheese 1/2 cup evaporated milk salt and pepper to taste Boil the quinoa in veggie broth until completely cooked. Add the cheese and mill, the amount of milk will depend on how dense or not you like it. I like it particularly more in the solid range.  Let it cook for 15 mins more in very low heat and stirring occasionally. Serve with salads, sautes veggies or steam veggies.