Barcelona, foodies - where to go? My insights for you! Part 1

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Barcelona, foodies - my insights for you!

Part 1 I Brunch & Cake, Barcelona - Spain

Hey guys,

as mentioned in my last posting already Barcelona is a place for foodies. There is really everything you need and wish for in this wonderful city. 

So I decided to start my series for foodies in Barcelona with a wonderful place- called "Brunch & Cake".

As the name is already telling you, the perfect place for spending a nice long morning with brunch and cake and your loved ones! 

As I love superfoods and love healthy breakfast I felt totally in love with this place. The philosophy is that they use wherever possible organic or locally sourced ingredients for their dishes. You can definitely feel this passion behind the concept in every detail of your stay. Keep the great work up Manex & Team! 

The idea behind the concept, which they describe as "in grandmother we trust". Which means explained : make absolutely everything by hand and slowly, with care. Be

honest and use the best possible ingredients. And this you can taste for sure in their high quality dishes they serve.

I loved how they present and decorated the dishes, this is what I would call "foodporn". Totally insane, make sure you also check one of the smoothies they offer. Mine was looking like a sparkling unicorn was falling into it :-) I posted a video of it on my fb page. 

They don't do reservations, so better be an early bird as it is really popular. We got there at 10.00 and luckily caught the last free table. 

They run a few stores in Barcelona, to check it out please click on Brunch & Cake for more information where the stores are located.

Cheers,

Melaines-Insights

www.melaines-insights.com

Avocado Salad - 30 min ready, my insights for you!

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Avocado veggie salad recipe, quick and healthy in only 30 min ready to be served! Vegetarian! 

Hey guys,

I just love Avocados, for me they are always on the list when it comes to a healthy dish.

Beside the fact that this is definitely something for Avocado lovers - Spring is already here and as everybody knows summer will follow, this is a great quick recipe that will make you look good in your beach outfit.

Its ready to be served in 30 min and really easy to make. Please click on the link to my facebook page and instagram feed for the making of video.

As this dish is only existing out of a few ingredients, please make sure you buy high quality and use only high quality products. 

Ingredients (2 persons)

Avocados (2, I always buy 3 to have one in spare if one is after cutting not the right quality)

Red bell peppers (2)

Buffalo mozzarella (2, if you haven't eaten buffalo mozzarella before, try this one instead of the "normal" one - its really delicious)

Pine nuts (50 g)

Recipe (2 persons)

1. Preheat your oven to at least 200 celsius.
2. Put the pine nuts in a dry skillet and cook over medium
    low heat, stirring frequently, until golden in spots, about
    2 minutes. Make sure the skillet is not to hot, as the pine
    nuts are getting quick burned - also they burn after, so
    after roasting take them on a plate for cooling down. 
3. Cut the red bell peppers into squares.
4. Place the red bell pepper squares cut side down on a
    rimmed baking sheet, use parchment paper, in the oven
    - about 25 minutes. Check to make sure peppers have
    fully roasted.
    The skin should be charred and soft, and the peppers
    should look slightly collapsed. If they don't look ready, let
    them roast for a few more minutes. 
5. While your peppers are roasting you can take care 
    cutting the avocados. Start by cutting the avocado in two
    pieces. Make long one cut into the seed, all around the
    avocado. Use the knife to make a grid in the avocado 
    meat, make sure you only cut the meat not into the peel 
    or shell. Use a tablespoon to scrape along the inner steel
    of the avocado, the diced avocado pieces will easily fall 
    out. Place the pieces of avocado into a bowl.
6. After that you can cut the mozzarella in eatable pieces.
7. Now mix the mozzarella pieces, avocado pieces and pine
    nutes in a bowl.
8. Take the bell peppers out of the oven. Im always using a 
    wet kitchen towel, place this wet towel right after you 
    took them out of the oven and squeeze it on them for a
    bit. Make sure your fingers don't get burned, as they are 
    still hot. After taking away the wet towel you can start
    peeling of the skin of the peppers with a knife, which 
    should be now really easy because of the wet towel 
    technique. After peeling the skin away you can start 
    cutting the peppers into small slides.
9. Mix the slides of the peppers into the bowl with the 
    avocados, pine nuts and buffalo mozzarella. 
10. For the dressing I always use 2 spoons of native high 
     quality olive oil, some pepper & salt and the juice of
     a half lemon (which has a nice effect on the avocados,
     as the avocado doesn't get any ugly dark spots) or 
     balsamico if you like. 
11. Now its ready to be served - if you like you can serve 
     baguette with spices along. 

ENJOY!!!!!!

Cheers,

Melaines-Insights

www.melaines-insights.com