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French-style Scrambled Eggs

1/30/2023

French-style Scrambled Eggs are creamy, velvety, and absolutely magnifique!

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Take your breakfast up a notch with this Oeufs Brouilles recipe. Oeufs is French for eggs. Brouilles means scrambled. Oeufs Brouilles means Eggs Scrambled in French.

French-style scrambled eggs are quite different from American scrambled eggs. American scrambled eggs are typically pretty well done. They’re large and small lumps and chunks. Sometimes they can even be on the dry side because of the fast and quick cooking process that uses a much higher heat.

French-style scrambled eggs take time and uses a slow and low heat process of cooking.

French-style Scrambled Eggs (Oeufs Brouilles)
Serves 1

Ingredients:
2 large eggs
1 Tablespoon butter, unsalted
2 Tablespoons heavy whipping cream (or half and half, half cream and half whole milk)
1 teaspoon Herbs de Provence
Salt and pepper, to taste

Directions:
Put the eggs in a small bowl. Whip with a fork (not a whisk). Add salt and pepper to your taste.
Place small frying pan over a medium low heat. Put the butter in and let it melt and start to froth.
Add the eggs. Reduce to heat to low. Use a rubber spatula to continuously blend and mix the eggs. Cook for about 5 minutes.
Add the cream and blend well cooking until desired consistency.
Add Herbs de Provence and blend. Remove from the heat.

Plate and serve with your favorite sides. Bon Appetit!

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Very Berry Smoothie

1/27/2023

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This very berry smoothie is bursting with berries and is so refreshing to drink. It is great for a snack or pick-me-up any time of the day.

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Very Berry Smoothie
Yields 1-2 servings

Ingredients:
8 oz. non-dairy milk (I used Hemp Milk)
1 cup organic baby spinach
1 cup frozen or fresh organic berries (I used fresh raspberries and blueberries and frozen strawberries)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
3 tablespoons Hemp seeds
1/2 teaspoon maca
Monkfruit Sweetener (or other natural sweetener) to taste
Mint leaves (optional

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Directions:
Put all ingredients in high speed blender and blend until desired consistency. To make smoothie thicker, add 1/3 cup to 1 cup ice and blend.

Garnish with fresh a raspberry and mint leaves.

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Caramelized Onion Pie with Herbs de Provence

1/25/2023

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Similar to a quiche, this Caramelized Onion Pie with Herbs de Provence is ultra-creamy made with caramelized onions, cheese, and a gluten free crust.

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This Caramelized Onion Pie with Herbs de Provence is extremely versatile. It's extremely satisfying whether enjoyed for brunch, lunch, or even dinner.

It can also be great as a make ahead breakfast.

Caramelized Onion Pie with Herbes de Provence
Yields 8 servings

Ingredients:
prepared gluten free crust
2 Tablespoons butter, extra-virgin olive oil, or a mix
3 onions, peeled and cut into thin slices (I used one each of red, yellow and white)
3 teaspoons sugar
1 Tablespoon water (you may need a bit more)
3 teaspoons dried Herbes de Provence
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup crème fraîche
3 Eggs
salt and pepper
2 Tablespoons parmesan cheese

Directions:
Place your skillet over medium heat and melt the butter. Add all the onions to the pan and stir them gently to coat with butter.

Check the onions every 5 to 10 minutes. Stir the onions and scrape up any fond that forms on the bottom of the skillet. Exact cooking times will vary with the number of onions you're cooking, their liquid and sugar content, and their age, but usually 20-40 minutes.

To prevent onions from drying add, add 1 Tablespoon of water. I usually add it around the 10-minute mark. At the same time, I usually at the sugar and stir.

Once onions have reached the desired caramelization, remove from heat. Add Herbs de Provence, mix together and set aside.

Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).

In a medium bowl, add heavy cream, créme fraîche, eggs, salt and pepper and combine well.

Layer onions on the bottom of the prepared crust. Pour cream mixture on top of onions. Sprinkle top with parmesan cheese.

Place pie on sheet pan and into oven uncovered until pie is golden brown and center is cooked though, about 30-40 minutes.

Top with parsley.

Cut into 8 slices.

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Street Art in Graça Neighborhood of Lisbon

1/23/2023

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This past Saturday, I did a Street Art Walk in Graça neighborhood with guide Igor Vitorino of The Street Buddha with some friends.

Apparently this mural was done during the height of the pandemic so it was painted without people.

Since moving to Lisbon last May, I've come to really appreciate street art. Which is good because Lisbon is an open-air gallery. Not only does it have beautiful tiles on facades of churches and building (which we learned from Igor that people use the tiles to protect the building structures but to also show off) and the traditional cobblestone sidewalks, but also for its street art. Following the April 25, 1974 Revolution, there was an explosion of political murals, and today artistic graffiti is even sponsored by the City Council.

The Portuguese capital is now known as one of the cities with the best street art, and some local artists like Vhils and Bordalo II have works all over the world. Vhils is known for carving faces, while Bordalo II creates art from trash to help bring awareness to endangered species and the harm that pollution is having on them.

This is a Bordalo II (check out more art from Bordalo II) from before is got into trash art. I believe Igor said it was from 2011. You'll notice that the art also has graffiti. Igor explained that others will mark it with graffiti as a means of claiming the territory or to show disrespect for artist (such a tragedy defacing such beautiful art).

Shepard Fairey and Portuguese artist Vhils created piece on Rua Senhora da Glória. Fairey painted half of a female face, while Vhils carved the other.

This slideshow below shows street art exclusively from female artists which was commissioned by the City Council.

This piece was hard to discern with the naked eye but could clearly see the design through the camera lens (in this case cell phone).

Take a closer look at the the rabbit and bird and you'll see that the Lisbon skyline is painted in their eyes.

In my attempt to learn more Portuguese vocabulary, I looked up the word "saudade". It means "an emotional state of melancholic or profoundly nostalgic longing for something or someone that one loves despite it not necessarily being real or they reciprocate it back that is supposedly characteristic of the Portuguese."

Our 90-minute tour ended with this gorgeous view!

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A Visit to the Oriente Museum on Chinese New Year

1/22/2023

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It's Chinese New Year - the Year of the Water Rabbit! So I thought what better way to celebrate but a visit to the Oriente Museum.

For Chinese New Year, it had a fun rabbit theme.

As well as the traditional Chinese New Year decorations - red envelopes and lanterns.

The museum sits on the water's edge in the Alcântara area, next to the Ponte 25 de Abril. It's housed in an old port warehouse from the 40s.

It was an easy train ride from Cais do Sodre and then a short walk. Entry fee was €6.

This museum is dedicated to Portugal's presence in Asia. Portuguese presence in Asia is not something that is often brought up in conversation but Portugal has always had a strong connection to the Orient, including the era when Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India. Macau is a Chinese territory that was once under rule of Portugal; as a result there are copious amounts of Portuguese influenced artworks, sculptures and trade items for display. The trade agreements between the two lands allow for exhibits from Goa, China, Japan, and East Timor.

The museum is arranged chronologically and by areas. On floors 1 and 2 you’ll find two permanent exhibitions. The first one is about the Portuguese presence in Asia and consists of over a thousand artistic and documentary objects. The second is the Kwok On collection – a donation by the Musée Kwok On Association in Paris, which has over 13,000 pieces.

In addition to the exhibits, the museum also features an auditorium, a shop, a cafeteria and a rooftop restaurant, from where the view of the Tejo River is spectacular.

This slideshow shows some of the photos I took of their collection. I hope you enjoy until you can see the exhibits personally.

If you want to find out more about the museum you can visit their official website.

Check out my other Lisbon museum posts!

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