Pho Bo (Vietnamese beef soup)

Uh, after posting the link to my blog on Facebook, the number of viewers increased drastically – obviously you would say. It was still a very positive surprise and motivates me to continue… In the hope that the number of you checking out the recipes will stay high! Today’s recipe is Pho Bo,...

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Olive and tomato tapenade

My grandmother makes this really good olive and tomato tapenades - and for these warm summer evenings, crunchy bread with some delicious olive or tomato spread is just all you need! Ingredients for the olive tapenade: 200g black olives (or if you prefer, green olives), without stones 2-3...

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Banana times two

It was festival time in Bern so please excuse the delay in posting new recipes! I have realised that it has been a while since I have posted any dessert recipe. In order to make up for the long silence and the absence of any sweets, here come two recipes (Asian of course) with banana – both...

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Ham croissants

This is one of my favourite apéros… Homemade ham croissants are just ever so slightly better than their supermarket colleagues. My mouth is watering just from thinking about them now… Maybe I should make some today! Ingredients (for about 20-30 croissants): 2 puff pastries (octagonal ones...

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Cauliflower-Prawn Curry

As promised, I am moving away from the salads. But not from the Asian ;-). This recipe of a prawn curry is very simple and delicious! If you don’t like cauliflower, just exchange it with another vegetable.   Ingredients (for 2 portions): 300-500g prawns 1 lime 1 tbsp. peanut oil 2 tbsp. yellow...

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Summery Salads - N°5: Glass noodle salad

I think this will be the last one of the series for a while since maybe you got a bit tired of just reading about salads. To remain true to myself, it’s yet another Asian salad. Very easy and quick to prepare. Ingredients (for 1 bowl of salad): 150g glass noodles 50g raw cashew nuts 300g cherry...

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Summery Salads - N°4: Malaysian papaya salad

So, number two in the series is, surprise surprise, an Asian summer salad! I don't think it needs much more introduction, so here comes the recipe: Ingredients (for 2 reasonably big portions): 50g green beans and/or  50g sugar peas 1 small (unripe) papaya ½ cucumber ¼ Chinese...

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Summery Salads - N°3 - Tabbouleh

Now, this is the Lebanese version of Tabbouleh (i.e. based on a lot of parsley rather than a lot of bulgur or couscous as is the Moroccan version). Yet, you still need a bit of bulgur for the Lebanese version too. In case you don’t know what that is, let me explain quickly: “Burgul” is the...

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