Don’t follow the recipe. It may seem strange to you that a man who writes recipes gives you this advice, but that’s what cooking is all about. That is, it is good to have a guide, a map, but you also have to give work to your imagination.

When I suggest, for example, a cream of asparagus, I also leave you the ingredients and preparation, but I also recommend that you look in the refrigerator or pantry and think about how you could give it your personal touch.

A handful of cashews? A little sliced ??and lightly toasted garlic as a decoration? A spoonful of pesto that gets boring in the fridge? Always think about that “something” that will help you use what you already have and achieve a tastier result.

After all, the best recipes were born from occasions when there were two or three very basic ingredients and someone, with imagination and a lot of initiative, decided to give it their personal touch.

This week’s menu includes, of course, some vegetable creams, but also three servings of legumes, two of fish and the

Baked preparations

Preparations with sofrito

(find the recipes for each preparation below)

Fire preparations

Cold preparations