Today at BUX HQ we welcomed some visitors from France, so we tried to make them feel at home with some nice food. The ragù could of stayed in the oven for just a little bit longer, but the taste was beautiful and the softness almost there. All thumbs went up for the Parmesan mash….
Tag: officelunch
Italian-style tomato, chicken and bread soup
I love this soup! It’s my new favorite! Okay, it takes a little time to make, but the result is stunning. Nothing is better then homemade chicken stock. It beats the instant stock cubes by far. Take your time with this recipe. I promise you, it’s a real treat. We might have slightly overdone it…
Chilli tuna pasta
We used plain tuna today, as it was difficult to get hold of chilli flavoured tuna. But nevertheless the pasta was gorgeous. The lemon zest and the lemon juice make this dish taste of sunshine! Whatever sunshine may taste like 😉 -enjoy- INGREDIENTS (Serves 4) 500g spaghetti 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, plus extra…
New York vanilla cheesecake with blueberries / Baked the American way
Thursday is dessert day at BUX HQ. Everybody really looks forward to this and the pressure is on to make it more delicious every week. I love baking and I specially love the look on people’s face when the like what they’re tasting 😉 Ingredients 250 g digestive biscuits , crushed 150 g unsalted butter…
Loaded Potato skins with smashed peas & smoked salmon
We made a jacket potato bar yesterday for lunch, so you could pick lots of different fillings for your potato skin. One of the toppings you could choose from was smashed peas with mint and Parmesan cheese. Yum! First you wash the jacket potato, dry it, oil all over with good quality olive oil, sprinkle…
Steak & onion sandwich
My absolute favorite of sandwiches. Specially if the bravette is still warm, the mustard English (a little sharp) together with the sweet caramelised onions… it’s a match made in heaven. -enjoy- Ingredients (serves 4) 400 g flank skirt steak or bavette 2 large onions 20 g unsalted butter olive oil 70 g dark brown sugar…
Hummingbird cake
Never we have seen so many colleagues hanging around the kitchen island @BUX HQ! They could not get enough of this cake. The Buxers did eat all the banana’s this week so I did have to leave them out of this recipe. But no worries, the taste was still scrumptious. You have to try this…
Harvest salad
The hit of today’s lunch. Served a bit warm with the gorgeous feta cheese on top. Great also as a side dish. -enjoy- Ingredients (serves 14) 1 acorn squash 6 small beetroots 1 red onion 2 bulbs of fennel olive oil 2 teaspoons coriander seeds ½ a bunch of fresh mint ½ a bunch of…
Simple sushi salad
The almost favorite dish of today’s BUX lunch. I love this idea of salad. It’s like sushi in huge! Ingredients (serves 2) 80 g sushi rice ½ a small head of broccoli 1 large handful of kale 1 ripe avocado low-salt soy sauce 1 teaspoon wasabi paste 2 limes 1 tablespoon runny honey 1 cm…
Mackerel pasta salad
A nice and scrumptious meal to make when you have plenty of friends to join your dinner table and you don’t have a lot of time on your hands. You can prepare this dish beforehand. Easypeasylemonsqueezy. Ingredients (serves 4) 4 handfuls green beans , topped but not tailed 400 g farfalle or other dried pasta…
