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Delicious mini zucchini pizzas!!!

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Mini zucchini pizzas

This is another easy appetizer!!! So good and so healthy!!! You can top the pizzas however you like. I always use the same basic ingredients.

ingredients:

Basic ingredients:

– 1 zucchini, very well cleaned
– red pesto sauce (I don’t like the green pesto, it tastes to strong) or double concentrated tomato paste.
– ground black pepper
– gratex cheese au gratin or grated mozarella cheese

Toppings:

– white mushrooms, cut into very thin slices
– cherry tomatoes, cut into thin slices
– pine nuts
– basil leaves

– small pieces of good canned tuna fish
– some good quality anchovies, cut into little pieces
– capers

These are my 2 favourite toppings

directions:

Preheat the oven 200 degrees

– slice the zucchini (NOT peeled) into 3mm slices
– brush the red pesto on each slice
– cover with the toppings. I like to combine the mushrooms with the slice tomatoes, pine nuts and basil leaves. My other topping are the tuna with anchovies and capers.
– cover with the grated cheese

Put the mini pizzas in the oven for about 10 minutes. Remove and serve them. These are always a succes!!!

 

Mini zucchini pizzas with falco

 

Delicious stuffed mushrooms. Hmmm!

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Stuffed mushrooms with text

Another summer topper!!! 10 minutes preparation, 40 minutes in the oven… Easy peasy, lets eat!!!

ingredients:

– 12 fresh white mushrooms
– 200 gr cream cheese (philadelphia)
– 1 medium onion, very finely chopped
– fresh herbs: coriander, basil, mint
– ground white pepper

directions:

– remove gently the stalk from each mushroom,,the head should stay intact
– stir the cream cheese with the chopped onion and fresh herbs
– fill the mushroom heads with the stirred mixture
– place the mushrooms into a baking tray and put in the oven
– bake for about 40 minutes 200 degrees
– remove and serve on a nice plate

Delicious!!!

 

Mushrooms in the oven

spicy cold paprika soup with pernod

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Spicy cold paprika soup with pernod

This is an appetizer or a starter, I made it so many times this summer. It’s easy to make and the best thing is, you can prepare it ahead. If you have some soup left, you can easily freeze it!!!

ingredients:

– 3 red paprika (bell pepper, capsicum)
– water
– 1 vegetable stock cube (groentebouillon blokje)
– pernod (pastis, ricard,…)
– pinch of ground cayenne pepper (ground chili pepper)
– 1 teaspoon ground white pepper
– olive oil

directions:

– wash the paprika, remove the seeds and cut into pieces
– put some olive oil in a large pot together with the paprika and stew it for a couple of minutes
– cover the paprika completely with water
– add the stock cube and ground white pepper
– bring it to boil and leave it boiling for at least 30 minutes
– mix very well with immersion blender (staafmixer)
– pour it through a fine sieve

Now you can serve it as a nice warm soup topped with a pinch of cayenne pepper and some drops of extra virgin olive oil. But if you like something special:

– put it in the fridge to cool down
– just before serving add some pernod, a pinch of cayenne pepper and top with some olive oil.

serve it in a nice glass with a small straw. Yummie!!!