It’s the notorious predicament of cooking spinach: You end up with a result that is a mere fraction of what you put in 🙂
Nonetheless, it’s a delicious and healthy side while very simple to make. Here’s how:
Pan-Sauteed Spinach
Farcydes Top 5 Recipes 2023
These are the dishes I liked best in 2023 and/or that I repeated most often. I’d appreciate if you give them a try, enjoy and let me know how they worked out for you!
Farcydes Favourite No-Sweat Dinners
When you just can’t be arsed into making another fancy and elaborate dinner on a busy weekday evening. I enjoy preparing the eight proven and trustworthy dishes below every now and then as staples that I don’t even have to look up anymore. They’re simple, use mostly pantry items and are thrown together in almost no-time. Plus, they’re delicious and filling, so give them a try and enjoy!
Skyrim Imperial Mulled Wine
Another shamelessly copied recipe from the official Elder Scrolls Cookbook (more precisely: Bethesda’s™ iconic Skyrim computer game from 2011). Since winter kicks our asses hard these days, this recipe seemed like a perfect match. Quote from the book:
“Many Imperials have found Skyrim’s climate difficult to bear, so when one enterprising garrison cook whipped up this hot drink to help ward off the northern chill, it quickly gained popularity across the region and beyond. It makes use of a few Imperial ingredients that must be imported, but its warming qualities are well worth the extra expense.”
Super Easy Asian-Inspired Chicken Thighs from the Oven
I had leftover uncooked chicken thighs – this doesn’t happen very often in my household 🙂 We were both hungry and we were both looking for an easy lunch. So here’s what I came up with: A simple, no fuzz chicken dish with an asian touch.
One thing that I have learned, though (by an earlier mistake, LOL): If you have a convection oven, don’t use it. Set your oven to 200 °C (390 °F) above-and-below heat only. Your chicken will come out much more tender and much less dry! I served this with rice, drizzled with the liquid from the roasting pan and sprinkled with some spring onion and sesame seeds.
Yakisoba – Seasoning Sauce Test
I got to the local asian grocey store a couple of days ago (there aren’t so many of them here where I live, so unfortunately I don’t do that all too often) and I found a Yakisoba seasoning sauce that the store guy sold me as a kind of japanese staple condiment. Since I hadn’t seen this product in particular until now I of course bought it right away.
A test-dish with a serious amount of noodles and veggies was very delicious and I can absolutely recommend that brand.
Italian Appetizer Bread Spread
Lately, I had this as a little extra to the inevitable side of ciabatta bread at a good italian restaurant that I know. Well, now I’d like a bathtub full of this stuff and submerge in it, ok? Luckily, I’m in fairly good terms with the chef so I got the ingredients he uses – I hope I do him honor with my version.
Dried Tomatoes
Anyone like dried tomatoes as much as I do? They’re versatile and delicious and I like to use them mostly in pasta sauces, so it was time again for me to make some. It’s a simple process, especially with the aid of a food dehydrator, but it can also be easily done in your trusty old kitchen oven.
