shrimp and snap pea paella

8-31-2021 Tue. 

DINNER --- shrimp and sweet snap pea paella |  pan-fried shishito | parboiled snap peas 

fruit assembly 

• a low key  bb dinner 

paella, one pot dish the Spanish way.

12-01-2020 Tue. 

BREAKFAST --- oats with pomegranate | coffee | fruit

DINNER ---  paella: rice with mushroom, leek, tomato, chorizo, shrimp |  parboiled pea leaves

seafood paella according to Jose Andreas

5-26-2019 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- paella:  sofrito, stock from dried shrimp, mushroom, garlic and herbs, fresh squid, bomba rice, saffron | steamed artichoke | fennel salad | cocktail 

sofrito 

• it becomes a Spanish cooking weekend. 
• garden is doing very well this season,  perennials come back profusely. 

cooking and baking in Spanish

5-25-2019  Sat. 

DINNER ---  mojito | cheese | marinated olives |Jamón Ibérico | bell pepper and broccoli  salad | Spanish flat bread with topping anchovy, roasted red pepper, caramelized onion, beech mushroom, manchego | crudo: grouper, sea scallop, blood orange, cucumber, radish, mango, avocado, jalapeno | 

Spanish chef Jose Andreas 

in our neighborhood crab house this afternoon

• The flat bread is from Jose Andreas'  first cookbook, all ingredients are from the neighborhood Spanish store. Serendipitously, Jose Andreas was walking down the street and settled in a corner at next door the crab house. 

paella with baby octopus

11-12-2018 Mon. 


 DINNER ---  baby octopus paella | sauteed kale | baked Japanese sweet potato fries 

• damn good 

paella with sea scallop and Spanish chorizo

6-17-2018 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | fruit 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- watermelon 
DINNER --- fried plantain | steamed artichokes | burrata with beets and tomato |  paella: sea scallop, clam juice, Spanish chorizo, mushroom, leek, rosemary, smoked pimenton  

• simply delicious! fine the good pan to get a nice layer crust at the bottom. 

12-21-2017 Thu.


 DINNER --- vegetable soup with Chinese silk gourd and Japanese spinach | baby potato with Spanish chorizo 

Spanish red

5-20-2016 Fri. mild, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- leftovers 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tangerine 
DINNER --- ( at Drew's)  Spanish chorizo | simmered carrots | olives | chilled asparagus cream soup | shrimp in romesco sauce | spinach | saffron rice | buttermilk lemon sorbet with berries 

•  bring it on more, pimentón

  
  

chorizo and potato stew

3-14-2016 Mon. mild, clouds.


BREAKFAST --- coffee  
LUNCH --- leftovers 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- sauteed Tuscan kale | pan-fried Brussels sprouts | baby potato stew with roasted red pepper and Spanish chorizo | wine 

 

•  half length of chorizo goes long ways

seafood paella

9-19-2015 Sat. hot, sunny.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | cheese an bread | watermelon | grapes 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea | grapes 
DINNER --- seafood paella: smoked mussels, baby squid, green beans, chorizo, and sofrito sauce |  sauteed green beans | burrata and tomato salad | wine

• finished all in the big pan