Onion soup

Being a student, I am the Queen of soups. Fast, tasty and healthy. Together with fresh baguette, crackers or toast with butter - such a yumm!

Recently, I even got this super idea to freeze my soups, so I could cook more and, in addition, change them frequently without spending time for cooking. Just freeze your soup in portions (2-3 meals) and pick any you like that particular day.

This one was originally taken from classic French recipe, modified according to what my fridge had contained at that time. And then adjusted dozen of times, so at some point I started to have doubts about its canonic presentation. Well, still tastes good and goes perfect with some roasted whole-grain bread slices with cheddar cheese. Don't forget to butter them up generously.

Everyone knows that best soups are cooked on stocks. You can use either chicken or vegetable stock, purchased or homemade. Feel the freedom.

How to preserve fresh chillies

Fresh chillies in the fridge are my essential product. They could  highlight any dish so easily. But I find it hard to keep track of them, or using the whole pack until they get to rot. So here I present you a simple conservation that I eventually came up with.

Ingredients:

• bag of chillies
• salt
• 2-3 tbsp olive oil

Procedure:

1. Wash chillies.
2. Peel them from seeds. 
3. Blend the part you have peeled
4. Add some salt (around 1 tsp for 200 g of product), sprinkle with olive oil. And blend again for 20-30 sec.
5. Pour in containers and freeze.

When you are out of chillies, just take another container from the freezer and leave it to defrost naturally. 

Note:Note: Blending chilly peppers with their seeds would give you a lot more heat. So use it as an advantage or remove totally.

 

 

 

Salty snack: puff pastries

Incredibly quick and easy to make snack meal - spiced puff pastries. Toppings could be of choice - pick any you want to have in the fridge!

In my opinion the best spices are cumin and rosemary - small enough to chew, big enough for a slight crunch and aroma.