Summery Salads - N°2: Quinoa-pomegranate

Yep, you might think that I have a newfound addiction to pomegranates... But actually, I am just trying to use my rests in an intelligent way. So here comes a semi-self invented summery salad with pomegranates, radish and raisins. Enjoy! Ingredients (for 1 reasonably filling portion): 150g...

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Summery Salads - N°1: Ebly-strawberry salad

I thought that over the next days, I would put a series of summery salads. Technically, the beef salad with pomegranate could have been the first one of these salads. But well. Now this - own creation - Ebly salad with strawberries will be! Enjoy (and let's hope the weather will play along!). Ingredients...

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Gazpacho (cold tomato soup)

And because it was so hot these past days, here comes the recipe for cold tomato soup, i.e. Gazpacho – a very refreshing starter or main dish for a summer evening. When in Mallorca a couple of years ago, I discovered in a restaurant that they put strawberries on the table to add into the soup: very...

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Family birthday cake

I have an excuse for this blogging silence. I didn’t have Internet when in Amsterdam. And the weather was just too nice to be spending time indoors. Oh, and it was my birthday too, so I was busy cooking and baking. But this week, I intend to be back on schedule… To appease you all, here comes the...

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Afternoon Tea

Inspired by the many cold and rainy spring (now almost summer!) afternoons, here comes the recipe for a true English Afternoon Tea - with finger sandwiches and scones. Ingredients (for 25 small scones and 30 smoked salmon and cucumber sandwiches in total): 350g flour 15g baking powder 1 tablespoon...

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New title layout

Today, according to my schedule (I told you that I would try to make an effort at keeping up the posts) there should have been a new recipe. But instead of writing down some yummy new culinary discovery, I created the collage for the new title layout - part of my other summer project. Next recipe tomorrow...

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Korean dinner (Namul and Bibimbap)

I have mentioned in my introduction post that I have this weird love for Korean food. I think (if I remember well) that it started some years ago in Abu Dhabi where my host family introduced me to the Korean version of Sushi (Gimbap) and my first Korean restaurant (where you sit on the floor around...

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Aubergines Szechuan

This dish is a very tasty starter or side dish and very easy and quick to prepare! Not much more introduction is needed, hence let’s get started immediately: Ingredients: 2 tbsp. peanut oil 800g aubergines 1 tbsp. raw cane sugar 2 tbsp. ginger 3 cloves of garlic 1 red chilli (or dried chilli...

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Risotto with pomodori secchi

Normally, when winter doesn't last until June, it would be way too hot to still be eating risotto at this time of the year. But lucky us, it’s still cold and rainy and so we can experiment a bit more and come up with fun new combinations for this Italian rice dish. Here’s today’s version: with dried...

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