Strawberry, Cheese and Honey Sandwich // Sandes de Morangos, Queijo e Mel

This takes seconds to prepare and will make you smile throughout the day. Ingredients: a slice of bread 2 strawberries  Saloio Alavão Cream Cheese (cow milk and goat milk) honey Spread  the creamy cheese on one side of the slice of bread. Add strawberry halves (raspberries are fantastic, too) and top it with honey. See? I told you: it couldn't get any easier. Enjoy!

Demora apenas segundos a preparar e vai fazer-vos sorrir todo o dia. Ingredientes: uma fatia de pão da avó 2 morangos Queijo para barrar Alavão Saloio (leite de vaca e cabra) mel Barrem um lado da fatia de pão com o queijo cremoso. Juntem metades de morangos (framboesas também são fantásticas) e terminem com um fio de mel. Vêem? Eu disse: não podia ser mais fácil. Bom apetite!

Hamburger Sandwich // Sandes de Hambúrguer

TV night + Burger Sandwich = Heaven. And it's oh!, so simple. Ingredients: 2 slices of bread 1 tablespoon butter 1 green bell pepper 1 hamburger 1 tomato 2 slices of cheddar cheese 1 tablespoon vegetable oil and 1/2 tablespoon butter salt black pepper Sacana pineapple piri-piri hot sauce   Melt the butter in a pan and slightly toast the bread slices on just one side. Place one of them in a baking dish. Grill the bell pepper, slice it roughly and reserve. In a pan with the vegetable oil and butter, fry the hamburger, seasoned with salt, black pepper and pineapple piri-piri hot sauce. When it's cooked (this is a personal choice, really, but I love mine medium rare), place it over the bread slice. Then place two slices of tomato over the hamburger. Coat it with a handful of bell pepper slices. Cover it with the cheddar cheese slices. Let it bake in the oven for a couple of minutes until the cheese melts. Finally, place the second bread slice on top and serve. Serve the sandwich with the remaining tomato and bell pepper slices on the side, seasoned with vegetable oil, salt and vinegar (I used Paladin's yummy Passionfruit vinegar).

Noite em frente à TV + Sandes de Hambúrguer = Paraíso. E é tããão simples. Ingredientes: 2 fatias de pão 1 colher de sopa de manteiga 1 pimento verde 1 hambúrguer 1 tomate 2 fatias de queijo cheddar 1 colher de sopa de óleo e meia de manteiga sal pimenta preta Molho Piri-piri de ananás Sacana Derretam a manteiga numa frigideira e tostem ligeiramente as fatias de pão num dos lados. Coloquem uma delas numa travessa de ir ao forno. Grelhem o pimento, cortem-no em fatias grossas e reservem. Numa frigideira com o óleo e a manteiga, fritem o hambúrguer temperado com sal, pimenta preta e o molho piri-piri de ananás. Quando estiver cozinhado (esta é uma escolha pessoal, mas adoro o meu médio), coloquem-no em cima da fatia de pão. Seguidamente coloquem duas fatias de tomate por cima do hambúrguer. Cubram-no com uma mão cheia de fatias de pimento. Tapem-no com as fatias de queijo cheddar. Levem ao forno durante alguns minutos até o queijo derreter. Finalmente, coloquem a segunda fatia de pão por cima e sirvam. Sirvam a sandes com o tomate e pimento restante a acompanhar, temperado com óleo, sal e vinagre (usei o delicioso vinagre de maracujá da Paladin).

Roasted Eggplant and Tomato

End of August. I spent all morning in the kitchen, cleaning and putting everything in place. A devil-like pile of clothes that needs some ironing is currently making me The Eyes, so I've decided to take a deep breath... and a break. I'm home alone for dinner tonight, so I made something light and easy.

Slice 1 tomato and 1 eggplant. 

Place them in layers in an ovenproof dish. Cover them with cheese and season them with salt and pepper. Sprinkle everything with olive oil.

Put the dish in the oven and turn it on to 180º. When the cheese is golden.brown you can turn off the oven: it's done.

Meanwhile, toast a couple of slices of bread and use them to make the sandwiches. Today I used thinner slices, but thick ones from home-made bread are delicious, too.

There are many ways you can present it: either alone or on a slice of toasted bread, as a starter; or between two slices, as if it were a sandwich.  

Enjoy!