Rosted Squash with Potatoes

One of these days I had a mini calabaza squash at home and I wanted to make something with it. It was the first time ever I cooked this kind of squash and I gotta say it tasted delicious. It is not easy to find this kind of squash around in NY state ( at least not where I leave), but this recipe goes really well with butternut squash too if you want to substitute it.

This squash recipe goes really well with the roasted beef recipe I posted before, or if you feel like going vegetarian just have the squash as an appetizer as it is good by it self.

Ingredients:
1 mini calabaza squash (or one small butternut squash)
2 golden potatoes
1 chili pepper (no seeds and chopped small)
3 gloves of garlic
Olive oil
Cumin
Thyme
Dry basil
Salt
Black pepper
Parmesan cheese

Instructions:
Pre-heat the oven at 350ºF.  Chop the squash and potatoes into medium cubes, and then chop the chili pepper into small pieces taking out the seeds. Add the potatoes and squash  and chili pepper into a wide pan, then add a good amount of olive oil, salt, black pepper, the gloves of garlic (without the skin), a little thyme, cumin and basil. Shake everything well so it season well the squash and potatoes.

Then put it to roast for around 15 minutes, then take it out, give it a little shake so the squash and potatoes don't stick to the pan, add some parmesan cheese over it and get it back to the oven for more 20 minutes or until the squash feels soft inside. Depending on your oven it can take a little longer for the squash feel soft.

Enjoy!

Carrot Salad

Feeling like having something healthy today? This is a good recipe for a healthy salad that goes really well aside of a delicious chicken recipe or a good barbecue ribs. It is super easy and fast recipe with mainly carrots, which makes it cheap and at the same time delicious. Try it out!

Ingredients:
2 medium carrots
Fresh basil
Fresh scallion
Olive oil
Salt
Black pepper
1 table spoon of lemon juice
Fresh mozzarella

Instructions:
Peel the carrots and then shred it - not too small, I used the medium size on my shredder. Put the shredded carrot in a bowl, then chop the basil and scallions and add it to the bowl. Now it's time to season it with the lemon juice, olive oil, salt, black pepper. Mix everything really well.

To finish add some fresh mozzarella pieces over it! Now enjoy it!

Delicious Boiled Lemon Potatoes

Did you know that lemon and potatoes goes well as a sunny day and a cold drink? This was something I learned when I made this recipe from Jamie Oliver of boil potatoes. It is very simple to do and incredible delicious and it goes just perfect with a steak.

I change the recipe a little bit from the original that you can find on his website, so this is my version of it. Oh and in the photos doesn't show but try to finalize these potatoes with some mozzarella cheese in little pieces over it, it is just perfection!

Now let's go check how potatoes and lemons are best friends! 

Ingredients:
1lb (405g) Baby potatoes
2 table spoon of olive oil
2 table spoon of lemon juice
2 table spoon of heavy cream
Some scallion fine chopped
Salt
Black pepper
1/2 chili pepper
Water to boil the potatoes
Mozzarella cheese pieces for decoration.

Healthy Lemon Dressing for your Salad

Today's recipe is for those who feel light and healthy. It is an awesome recipe for those who like to season their salad with lemon juice but don't know how to measure the amount of lemon and then the dressing or get too lemony strong (urgh!) or too light. With this recipe you will learn how to balance it and the best part is that you won't need to buy those dressing in the bottle, since this one is SO fast and with ingredients that you will always find in your kitchen. =]

Ingredients:
1 lemon juice and a little of zest
6 table spoon of olive oil
Salt
Black pepper
1/2 chili pepper with no seeds chopped really small (you can use powder if that's what you have, it's only to give a little spiciness)

Brazilian Chicken Pie

This is my mom's recipe, I don't know where she got this from at first, but I know all my friends and family love this recipe and always ask for more. I'm pretty sure this recipe will please the American taste as well. 


I am calling it Brazilian chicken pie, because every chicken pie that I saw here in America always comes with some sort of crust and something more similar to a chicken stew inside. In Brazil, most of our meat pies comes in a "cake" form, with no crust, but with a fluffy delicious dough.

The awesome thing about this recipe is that it may look complicated, but in fact is really simple and easy to make. What takes longer is to chop every ingredient, but once you have that ready, it may take around 20 min to put everything together.
In case you are vegetarian, this chicken pie recipe works really well with spinach instead of chicken. Or if you feel like having fish, change the chicken for tuna, it will taste amazing just the same.

Now everybody, get prepared because this recipe have so much flavor and colors that I couldn't hold myself and took a LOT of photos! Now take your knives and let's chop all this ingredients!

Ingredients:
FOR THE FILLING
1 chicken breast cooked in water and shredded
1 garlic glove
1 onion
2 tomatoes
Handful of parsley
Handful of olives
1 shredded carrot 
1 green bell pepper
1 chili pepper
Black pepper
Salt
Olive oil

FOR THE DOUGH
2 cups of milk
1 beef bouillon in cube
3 eggs
1 cup of oil
1 cup and 1/2 of whole wheat flour
2 table spoon of baking powder
Butter to grease the pan

Eton Mess or Strawberry and Blueberry Merengue

If you're feeling like giving a little break from the diet, then today is the day! We are going to make a ridiculously easy recipe that is one of the most delicious thing you can make ( and of course, super fast! <3).

The good thing about this recipe is that if someday you get some visit coming in last minute call you can make it as your desert. It will look like you were prepared, and will bring the expectations up about your hosting skills! 

Oh, by the way, did I mention that you don't need to bake anything for this? It literally takes 15min to make this delicious desert.

Ingredients:
1 lemon
16 fl oz (300g) heavy cream
4 to 5 big home made merengue
One package of blueberries
One package of strawberries
3 table spoon of sugar
1 tea spoon of vanilla essence
a little of balsamic vinegar (trust me on this! I didn't put this ingredient on mistake lol)