I tend to enjoy creating new dishes only when both my boys Julio & Gio are around the house, for they really show their appreciation. I would hate to create something new and eat it behind their back. That really leaves me with only the weekend, for during the week Julio has school lunches, and after he's collected from school they all hole up at their grandma's for dinner.
But when they're both around I go for dishes inspired by traditional Seychelles cooking, or concoct some modern healthy colourful dishes. The doctor said Julio needed more Iron in his body so I rustled up some common but highly nutritious spinach from the garden, known locally as "Bred Paryater", and mixed it with fresh baby tomatoes, some extra virgin olive oil and some parmesan shavings, et voila!!
After all the Italians are latter-day colonisers of the islands and there's quite a crop of Seychelles girls married to Italians and living in Italy!!(where they also stay in touch with island recipes).
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