mediterranean diet – fancy little cocinera

September 4, 2021

Pasta al Pesto

All you need is love….a little bit of ‘pesto love’ to take a regular sandwich, salad, zoodle, or pasta recipe and turn it around! Pesto..

February 1, 2021

Classic French Onion Soup

I have been to Paris just once. For a weekend. And, I loved everything about it! Most importantly the food, followed by the most-romantic-city-in-the-world bit…

November 1, 2020

Wonderful White Beans Hummus

I first tasted ‘hummus’ in Singapore, in 2008. It was a fun evening with friends, and we were chilling at an Arab bar. When my..

October 12, 2020

Crispy Hasselback Potatoes

My husband loves his share of potatoes! He enjoys them in every shape and form- patatas bravas, jeera aaloo, aaloo paratha, aaloo poori, hash browns;..

October 5, 2020

Nawabi Gulabi Hummus

Both Middle-East and Mediterranean region countries claim hummus as theirs. However, the origin traces back to 13th century Egypt. Fast forward to the 21st, hummus..

October 1, 2020

Cacio e Pepe

The name is the recipe! Well, almost. In Italian, ‘cacio’ means cheese and ‘pepe’ means pepper. These are the 2 main ingredients of this 4-ingredient..

September 29, 2020

Mediterranean Watermelon Cucumber Salad

Fun fact: Watermelon and Cucumber belong to the same family called ‘Cucurbitaceae’. Yeah, that’s a difficult name to pronounce! Nonetheless, get the red and green..