Fried eggplant sticks, Mama Ía blog

Fried eggplant sticks —and the university city of Salamanca

Fried eggplant sticks, Mama Ía blogI 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!

Eggplants, Mama Ía blogUniversidad de Salamanca, Mama Ía blogI 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…)

Meat barbacoa parrillada, Mama ía blog

Meat barbacoa, parrillada

Meats barbacoa parrillada, Mama ía blogIt’s only fitting that today’s post be a follow-up to the last one, Cooking a la Plancha, Seafood the Spanish Way!, given that that’s a customary cookout when we are in Spain. It’s common with meats too! On this long, Labor Day weekend, the unofficial end of summer and a popular weekend for cooking outdoors, try meat barbacoa, parrillada! 

Meats barbacoa parrillada, Mama ía blogBarbacoa, Mama ía blogOnly the temperatures outdoors indicate that summer is still here, because the Fall routines started a few weeks ago with the start of school. Granted, not very many (more…)