Fried eggplant sticks —and the university city of Salamanca

Natacha Sanz Caballero Vegetables, Events & Travel AATSP conference 2023, berenjenas, Universidad de Salamanca, vegetable garden, vegetarian

I never imagined when I planted two small eggplant plants in my vegetable garden that they would grow to give such generous production for our family. I get 2 to 4 eggplants every couple of weeks, just enough to supply us with produce to make some of the dishes we are familiar with, like pisto, (check the recipe here) or fried eggplant sticks. Soft on the inside, crunchy on the outside, they are so addictive that you will not be able to stop at just a few!

I leave you with a few photos of the eggplants in the garden, used to prepare today’s recipe, fried eggplant sticks. But I wanted to add some more to this post. Today is National Teaching Spanish Day, and I couldn’t help talking about it. Why? Because (more…)

April 13, 2017

Oven Baked Eggplant with Pimentón, one of two sibling sides

Natacha Sanz Caballero Vegetables berenjenas, first course, Mediterranean cuisine, pimentón de la Vera, primer plato, side dish

I have a section in the Mama Ía blog called IDIOSYNCRASIES (click here). It is there that I talk about certain aspects of Spanish life and culture that are different from those of the United States, and that somehow have caught my attention. Some of those aspects merit a whole section or post about them, like the way we celebrate Holy Week (more…)