El Raco
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Oh boy it’s been hot!
This is how you cope in 40+ heat, be a cat
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Salmon en Croute – cheats version
The flavour's speak for themselves in this simple and quick to prepare dish that practically cooks itself whether you are short on time or, in my case, too hot to slave in the kitchen. All the ingredients are in my freezer or storecupboard so it is also an easy one to rustle up. If I was doing posh I would use fresh veg and fancy up the spuds with a herb butter maybe rustle up a lemon sauce as a side but the basics stay the same
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Souvlaki with oven roasted sweet potato and homemade hummus
The most cooking for this dish is roasting a sweet potato in the oven everything else under ten minutes and suddenly you are transported to a greek taverna
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Wildfire and lunch
Living with wildfires and making lunch, not that we are blase, far from it, one sleepless night too many for me!
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The temperatures fallen – just a tad
One pan lunch with juicy veg, tomato, chicken and chorizo and some funky seasoning plus enough left over for tomorrow.
- baking, blog, brocanters, cakes, Christmas, crochet and knit, El Raco, interiors, living rooms, pickles, preserves and sauces
2025
A very quick overview of the last six months and where we are now.
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La Botiga del Riu Amposta
This little botiga has a small but perfectly formed menu and it has a charming little deli with local produce to boot a shop and lunch in one by the river
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Getting to grips with well water – campo living
Dry gardening and conserving water, dodgy electrics and getting used to being semi off grid.
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Making an entrance
From a dark and narrow hallway with a rickety upvc door to a light and bright entrance with solid wood oak finish doors for us and the mogsters!
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El Raco
Our renovation project
