Living abroad for 1 year and getting more familiar with the language, it’s the right time to invite a few neighbours for a dinner. It’s not easy to decide what to cook for people who you do not really know well, but Ottolenghi’s cookbooks never disappoint to create a colorful buffet. The advantage of a … More Invite your neighbours
Certain traditions are so important to pass to the following generations. One of those traditions is ‘cauliflower with white sauce’, a typical Belgian daily side dish. This white sauce is bechamel, but this blog wouldn’t be mine if I would do it a little bit different to save a few kcal. Blanch 1 cauliflower cut … More Traditions to cherish
Start with frying 250 grams of mushrooms and put aside. Use the same pan to fry 4 chopped garlic cloves and 2 chopped leeks in some olive oil. Add 1 table spoon of dried thyme. Add 120 ml of light cream when the vegetables are al dente. Boil pasta for 2p. Add some pasta water … More Simple pasta
Babi pangang is the name of various Asian dishes made with pork meat.To try to get the right flavor put 250 grams of pork (I prefer low fat pork meat) in water (the meat has to be completely covered). Add 2 chopped garlic cloves, 1 teaspoon of sambal, 1 table spoon of ketjap, 1 tea … More Babi pangang
It’s time to organize a small dinner for a nice international group (US, Venzuela, Germany, France at the table; love it :-)) of people visiting the Siena division of the company Iris is working for. For 6 p- for sure really tired from the hard work of the last 10 days and ready to go … More Busy week, lots of guests: Menu
I always try to respect the wishes of our guests. Elodie is staying here a few days and dislikes the whole cabbage family and squid, but loves eggplant and lentils, thus the following version of a moussaka will surely be a perfect menu for her last dinner this week. For 3p slice 1 kilo of … More Veggie moussaka
Elodie brought me some unknown spices from Indonesia, the rendang mixture and the typical curry mixture which is completely different from the mixtures from Madras or the ‘normal’ supermarket mixtures. A good recipe to try them out! Boil 18 quail eggs for approx 4-5 mins. Prepare 600 grams of minced meat (chicken, pork, turkey, or … More Indonesian curry balls and courgettini
The natural flavor of North Sea ‘crevettes ‘ is not really comparible with pink shrimps or any other creature of that family. Our Belgian visit by car made it possible to bring some. There are a lot of traditional dishes with that lovely ingredient,and the following dish is a bit of a unusual combinition but … More One of my favorite combinations with grey shrimps
Since autumn is in the air, although I really hope this is not the real start, certain food will warm us up. Lentils (1 can of 400 gram or 200 grams of dried lentils) are a perfect alternative for meat. For 2p, fry 1 chopped onion, 4 garlic cloves, 1 chili pepper, and 1 bell … More Chili sin carne
Last week was really intense. While Iris had to work, I had a lot of ‘social’ appointments and travelled from one place to another. So nice to see some friends and family (it’s always difficult to make a ‘list’) and so nice to be back home. Let’s start with a tasty, quick and real Italian … More Back home in Siena, scaloppine al limone
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