Shrimp Appetizer

I have another shrimp recipe ( having posted my Shrimp Fettuccine recipe a few weeks ago) that I am excited to share with everyone. I like to make this as an appetizer or even as a light dinner. I'm only here in Portugal for one more month so I want to explore the cuisine of this beautiful country. Shrimp is an ingredient that every portuguese kitchen uses. You can have shrimps as a starter or even as a main dish. I think people will love today's recipe, because the shrimp, the tomato, the garlic, the coriander and the lemon go great together. In the future I'd like to try to taste and make other kinds of sea food and I'll try to share these experiences with you guys. 

INGREDIENTS:

500g shrimps

4 cloves of garlic

8 cherry tomatoes

coriander leaves

lemon

Optional: 

white wine

Peel the shrimps ( buy frozen raw shrimps if possible) ( you can buy pre peeled to make this step easier ) and set it aside in a bowl. Chop up the garlic, the tomatoes and the coriander leaves. Take a big frying pan, put some oil in it and then fry the shrimps with the garlic on a high heat. When the shrimps have turned pink ( they are done very quickly and you don't want to overfry them , because they will harden and lose their lightness ) you can add the tomatoes, coriander and squeeze some lemon juice in it. Add a splash of wine (this step is optional) as well. Season with salt and pepper and you can serve it with toasted bread or baguette.

Definitely try to make these shrimp appetizers and share them with family and friends. Take a picture of it and tag me on instagram or twitter.

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Guilt Free Banana Cookies

Lately I've been experimenting with recipes that are healthy but at the same time delicious. Guilt free desserts are big challenges for me. I love eating desserts after my meals, it is just a habit of mine. I think you need a little something that keeps you going when you study or work all day and for me that little something is a dessert. When I am on my diet (when I say diet I don't mean like an actual diet. I mean the diet that I have created for my self for healthy eating, the one that I am following and that suits me and my life style, my body...) I usually have fruits for dessert, but there comes a time when you've had enough of fruit and you want something more filling and satisfying like a banana cookie! :)

I made these cookies and I am in love with them, because they don't have added sugar, only the the sugar in the banana and they taste like banana bread, which I love.

INGREDIENTS: 

1 ripe banana 

3 tablespoons of butter

5 tablespoons of flour

1/2 teaspoon of baking powder 

cinnamon (the amount that suits your taste) 
optional: 

raisins 
dark chocolate

These make about 4 smaller cookies(but you can obviously double or triple the recipe) 

Preheat the oven to 180°C (356°F) and cover the baking pan with baking paper. Put the banana and the butter in a bowl and mash them with a fork. Mix together the flour, (you can add more flour depending on how soft and gooey you want it to be) the baking powder and the cinnamon in a separate bowl and then stir in the banana mixture until it forms a batter. If you want this really quilt free you just leave it like it is, but if you want to spice it up a little then you can add raisins or dark chocolate chips if you are making these for kids. (This adds some extra calorie) Put it in the oven for 10-12 minutes or until the edge is golden brown. 

I hope this recipe helps you when you crave something sweet, but you don't want to feel bad after eating a cookie. If you try this out, then take a picture of it and tag me on instagram or twitter.

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Guincho salad

There is this perfect little café which looks over my favourite beach, Guincho. We go there so many times, because there is nothing better than drinking a coffee, eating a croissant while you're watching the ocean.

I'm on a school break now, so I have time to relax and just enjoy living in Portugal and being with my family. And so the other day I went to this café with my family and I decided to show you guys how amazing this place is.

There is a salad which I love to order, because it is unique, tasty and also filling. I had this many times and the last time I went I wrote down all the ingredients I tasted, so I could try to recreate at home. The next day I made this salad and I think it turned out pretty great.

With this recipe I'm only going to give you the ingredients and how to make it, because I feel like with salad recipes you don't exactly need the measurements, because all depends on you're taste. 

The café

The salad you can order in the café

My recreation

SALAD INGREDIENTS: 

chicken breast
curry
salad mix
coriander
couscous
apple

FOR THE DRESSING:
olive oil
cinnamon
curry
lemon

Season the chicken with salt and pepper and fry it in a pan with some oil and curry. Add your salad mix, peeled and sliced apple, couscous (which you've cooked according to the instructions on the box), coriander and the fried curry chicken into a bowl. For the dressing mix the olive oil, salt, pepper, curry, cinnamon and some lemon juice in a glass and drizzle it on the salad. The good thing about salads is that if you forget something you can always add it later. 

Enjoy!

I had so much fun making this post for you guys, so I hope you like it! 

See you next week :) 

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Hungarian Smarni

Back home I see my grandparents almost every day, but since we live so far away from them now we can only talk on the phone, skype or if they visit us. When I don't see them for a long time I miss them, I miss talking to them, eating all the delicious food my grandmother makes for us, talking to them, watching movies together...

I was so excited when they told me that they are coming to see us. I was counting the days with my sister. They have been here for nearly two weeks now and we have done so many things and one of them was that I made Hungarian "smarni" with my grandmother. Originally, this is an Austrian dish regularly made by Hungarians too, just a little differently. We like to eat this with apricot jam (which is also home-made by my grandmother) and it is heavenly !! 

INGREDIENTS: 

10 dkg semolina (búzadara) 

2,5 dl milk 

3 eggs
pinch of salt
orange zest
lemon zest
4 tbs of oil

optional:

caster sugar

raisins (mazsola) (the amount you prefer)
apricot jam

Start by separating the egg whites from the egg yolks. Mix the semolina, the milk and the egg yolks in the bowl, and let it sit for minimum an hour.  Pour some milk on the raisins in a cup (until it covers them) so they can soften. Beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt and add to the batter. Heat up 4 tablespoons of oil in a big pan, and pour in the batter (but make sure to turn it down to medium heat when you start frying the batter). Let one side fry like a thick pancake and then start folding it in half, and cutting it to little pieces with a wooden spatula. Repeat until the batter falls into little crumbles and get golden brown. When ready, grate some lemon and orange zest on it and also add your softened raisins. When it is done put it on a plate and optionally add a little bit of caster sugar on top (this is how I prefer this to be served) and also the apricot jam.

My grandparents are leaving soon and I am sad, because they have to go back to Hungary, so I won't see them for a while, but I am also happy, because it was so nice to see them and spend some time together.

If you decide to try out this Hungarian Smarni then take a picture of it and upload it to instagram or twitter and also don't forget to tag me in the photo.

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Salmon and Chicken Wrap

Wraps are among my favourite things to eat, because you can really put anything that you like in them and they taste amazing. I usually eat lunch at home twice a week and that is when I like to make myself something filling but healthy. Most of the time I make  either a chicken or a salmon wrap. They are different but both of them taste really good. I like the chicken one, because I put tomato sauce in it and it tastes great, and I like the salmon one, because I LOVE salmon! :) You can use other ingredients too, but it is very important to put crispy fresh salad with it.

I want to share with you these recipes so you can also make them when you want to have a quick lunch or dinner.

Chicken wrap:

half a breast of a chicken

chicken spice (any kind prefer) 

1 wrap

1-2 tablespoons of tomato sauce

3-4 cherry tomatoes

1 slice of cheese (or just grate some on top)

some salad

some mushrooms

Salmon wrap:

1 slice of salmon

1 wrap

half of an avocado

lemon (juice)

some salad with arugula 

cheese

3 cherry tomatoes

1 tablespoon of cream fresh (tejföl) (this is optional)

Chicken wrap:

First, cut your chicken into little chunks, then fry them in a pan in some oil and spice. Get your wrap and spread the tomato souce and then add the chicken, tomatoes, salad, mushrooms and cheese (you can use any kind of cheese, I used parmesan). Roll it up and my tip for you is if you're not going to eat it right away, then put a toothpick in the center so it holds the wrap togehter and when you are ready to eat just take it out.

Salmon wrap:

Take the wrap and spread some sour cream on it and add the salmon and the avocado and sqeeze some lemon juice on them. Then add the salad, cheese, tomatoes and roll it up and you are done.

You can use any other ingredients that you would like for these wraps. Enjoy!

If you make these wraps then make sure to write a comment or take a picture of it and upload it to instagram or twitter and also don't forget to tag me in the photo.

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Carbonara

There are so many times when I want to eat something filling but I'm too lazy to spend lots of time in the kitchen. These times I make an easy carbonara pasta, just like I did this weekend. I was tired from my week at school and I just wanted to eat something delicious so I made this quick and yummy dish. This pasta is also my little sister's favourite so she was more than happy when she came in to the kitchen and saw what I was making for lunch. 

I actually don't like this pasta in restaurants so I just make it  here at home the way I like it and now you can also make it if you feel like. It is a simple pasta so I recommend using a cheese with stronger taste like parmesan. 

INGREDIENTS:

0,5 kg pasta

2 cloves of garlic

5-6 stripes ham or bacon

250 ml cream

1 egg
salt and pepper

your choice of cheese ( I used parmesan)

Add some salt to boiling water, and cook the pasta in it. In a large saucepan on a medium heat fry your garlic and then add the sliced ham or bacon and let it fry also. Pour in the cream and add salt and pepper. Let that simmer for a 0,5-1 minute and to make it thicker add 1 egg. Strain the cooked pasta and put it in the saucepan and mix together the sauce and the pasta. Let it fry for a few more minutes (I also like to save half a mug of the water that I made the pasta in and pour it in the saucepan, but this step is optional). Put the pasta on a plate and grate some parmesan cheese on top and you are done. 

On a lazy weekend definitely try my carbonara recipe and if you do then make sure to write a comment or take a picture of it and upload it to instagram or twitter and also don't forget to tag me in the photo (instagram: @breakfast_at_katas , twitter: @breatkatas).

Fritters (tócsni)

These 4 moths since I've started my blog have been so great. I couldn't have imagined a better start for my blog. I enjoyed making delicious food, taking pictures and also writing posts. 

This year I am going to keep on doing all of these things with the same enthusiasm but with even more creativity. I want to thank everyone who reads my blog and likes Breakfast at Kata's on any of my social meadias!

So let's start 2015!

This year's first recipe is a fritter recipe and this is a food which my grandmother makes for my family regularly and we just can't get enough of it. My grandmother lives in a small city in Hungary and she is a big motivation for me, because whenever we go to my grandparents' place a delicious smell fills the house and something tasty is waiting for us. 
I usually make "tócsni" for lunch or dinner but this can also be a breakfast food. 

INGREDIENTS:

5 potatoes

3 eggs 

3 tablespoons of plain flour

salt and pepper(to your taste)

First, peel the potatoes and grate them (use the bigger holes in the grater). Mix the potatoes with the 3 eggs and the flour and season it with salt and pepper. Get a frying pan and fill it with sunflower oil and on a medium heat start putting chunks of the potato mixture in it. Fry them until they are golden brown and then you are ready to eat them. I like to eat mine with some sour cream (tejföl) and you can also put cheese in the middle of two fritters (like a sandwich) and if they are still hot the cheese will melt. 

Definitely try these fritters because they are really tasty and if you do then make sure to write a comment or take a picture of it and upload it to instagram or twitter and also don't forget to tag me in the photo (instagram: @breakfast_at_katas , twitter: @breatkatas).