¿ Que vamos a comer ?.....let's go to the market, plaza de Romanilla en Granada

My friend Yolande is arriving tomorrow

and the fridge situation is a little bit alarming

One egg, 1 coke, 1 beer,
1 eggplant, 2 green onions

As we say in Spanish
es fatal....
in other words
it sucks

It seems I will never learn from Spanish women
who always have lunch and dinner ready

Oh well...
but please don't think I'm a bad hostess
you see, sometimes I just focus on little details
like the lavender sachet on the pillow
or the gold and nightblue velvet oriental slippers by the bed
(yes, they must be velvet)

and forget about the rest


So this morning, mission number 1 is
finding fresh food
in 0 time

My favorite foodmarket in Granada is next to plaza Romanilla


This charming little lady is here nearly everyday
but I've spotted her selling in other streets as well

Oh...chumbos

Habas (green beans) are great with jamon serrano

or bacalao (cod)

I'm so glad they have laminated almonds
on this market. I always need them

Revuelto exotico
funny name
Revuelto usually means a type of omelette


Oh...candied ginger
how nice with coffee

I need to check my Gipsy supplier of spices
next to the cathedral

Hum...not in a very good mood this morning


look, I found a new fashion accessory...

Oui madame, this is called
cooking in style



My plans for tomorrow's dinner
are perhaps too ambitious

Spinach lasagne with hot chili tomato and tuna sauce
Manchego cheese
Almond and orange cake

Monchéri thinks I have great ideas
but need to be more practical
as I will have actually 1 hour
to get dinner ready

So, hasta luego Spinach lasagne
and hello
PIZZA !

photos by your devoted blogging hostess

Plaza Romanilla, spices market next
to the Cathedral