Garlic Butter Roasted Corn with Feta

 

   I loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove, love love love LOOOOOVE corn! Ok, I think I made my point understood. I'd put corn in everything!!! Naturally, I also love boiled corn in the summer! When I found this recipe on my favorite blog (Serving Dumplings), a recipe that also has garlic and feta, I was sold!!! You can boil your corn beforehand or just roast it like I did. It's just a new way of having your corn in the summer :D

Ingredients:

- 2 corn cobs (one per person or if you love corn, more than one :D)

- 50g (1/2 cup) butter, melted

- 2 garlic cloves, grated

- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika

- salt + black pepper

- 50g feta, crumbled

- chilies

Steps:

1. Preheat the oven to 230°C.

2. Line the corn cobs on a baking sheet, pour the melted butter, add garlic and sprinkle with smoked paprika, salt and pepper. Roast for 20-25 minutes, turning halfway through.

3. Remove from the oven, top with crumbled feta and chilies. Sprinkle with extra salt and pepper. Bon appetit! :)

OMG Quattro Formaggi Pizza

 

   If you like cheese as much as I do, you'll always go for Quattro Formaggi everything be it pasta, pizza or scrambled eggs in the morning :))) I tried various brands of pizza that produced Quattro Formaggi and I had a favourite but I felt I also had to try my own, so, for the first time, I did! I chose 4 cheeses that I thought would work together and I'm happy to say the experiment paid off! :D Now, let's talk business, meaning, how to get this drooling pizza above:

Ingredients for a pizza (6 slices):

*a person will definitely be satiated with 2 slices, so don't bake too many pizzas ;)

- store bought pizza dough or make your own

~ 300g Panzani 4 Formaggi pasta sauce

- 150g gruyere

- 150g gorgonzola

- 120g smoked cheese

- 120g mozarella

- fresh basil

The sauce I used

Steps:

1. Thaw the dough. Take it out of the freezer about 1 hour before preparation.

2. Once the dough is thawed out, preheat the oven at 220C.

3. Put some baking paper on a pizza tray, then place the dough in the tray.

4. Add the sauce.

5. Slice the 4 cheeses and layer them playfully.

6. Add basil leaves on top.

Before

7. Put the pizza in the oven for about 12-15 min until the cheeses start browning. Bon appetit! :)

After

The Dana Salad

 

   Before you say anything, yes, I do have a salad with my name on it. That's because when Oli and I were first dating I thought of making a new salad that he would like so I took elements of a Greek salad and I added my own twist. He liked it so much that ever since then he calls it The Dana Salad so that we know exactly what to put in it :) It's become a staple in our household and I'm surprised that I haven't posted it sooner. Wanna know what's in it? Follow the recipe below!

Ingredients for 3-4 servings: 

*We always have leftovers, but we never mind because it's so healthy we can eat it later or the next day if we put it in a sift in the fridge

- 3 boneless chicken thighs 

- lemon pepper seasoning

- 2 medium tomatoes, diced

- 2 medium cucumbers, diced

- 1 red pepper, diced

- 1 big carrot, grated

- 1 medium red onion, roughly chopped

*1 green onion (optional), chopped

- corn

- 250g telemea or Feta, shredded 

- sunflower or olive oil

- salt 

Steps:

1. Cut the chicken into bite sized pieces, pan sear it on both sides and season it with lemon pepper as you cook it. Make sure it's evenly coated.

2. Put the cut veggies in a bowl, then add the cooked chicken and the shredded telemea. 

3. Season with salt and generously coat in oil. Thoroughly mix everything. Bon appetit! :)