Saturday morning I start my course in the afternoon. Thus, in the morning there is still some time to prepare our Sunday evening meal. Iris will take care of meatballs covered with grated coconut. I take care of the side dish. Remove the skin of 600 grams of beetroot. Slice and put in an oven … More Another pre-prepared dinner
While running on the treadmill I watch series or cooking programs. Recently Julia Child joined me and inspired me for this recipe. Mix 120 grams of selfraising flour with 2 table spoons of coconut powder, 300 ml of coconut milk, a pinch of salt, 2 eggs and 2 teaspoons of sugar. Mix and store in … More Coconut pancakes in layers
My kitchen is small but over-full with material. A lot of the tools are exposed to the air and need a wash before use. The cataplana hasn’t been used for a while and is not essential but ideal for this recipe. Two guests left us today and one of my daughters is still around. For … More A fish curry in a Portugese cataplana
The monthly magazine of COOP supermarket costs 1 euro and is a perfect source to discover local ingredients. It’s also noticable that Italians gradually allow other cookings influences on their table. Remarkable is that when we first arrived in september 2016 a few ingredients as fresh coriander were hard to get. Everybody who visited us … More Tacchino al latte di cocco e curcuma
Fennelseeds and almond powder in a cake which you can serve with caramelized pears….delicious.nl, March 2018 turned into…. Mix 250 grams of self-raising flour with 100 grams of almond flour, 100 grams of sugar, 8 grams of vanilla sugar, 50 ml of olive oil, 120 ml of milk, 100 ml of coconut milk, 2 table … More Where is this Spring?
For 5p chop and fry 1 red onion, 6 garlic cloves, 4 cm of ginger in some peanut oil. Add 500 grams of cut chicken filet. Bake and add 2 teaspoons of yellow curry paste (normally much more for people who like spicy). Add 1 chopped large bell pepper. Stir. Add 300 grams of frozen … More Training with chopsticks
For 3p, wash and soak 100 grams of sticky rice for a few hours. Drain and rinse a few times. Put the rice in a bamboo basket and steam for 20 mins (basket 5-6 cm above the boiling water). Turn the rice and steam for another 5 mins. In the meanwhile heat 150 ml of … More Sticky rice as dessert
Thanks to Lisbet, my oldest daughter, I received the latest magazines of Libelle Lekker, one of my favorite cooking magazines. One of my ‘deviations’ is to read cooking magazines during breakfast (since I started working as family physician in 1988 buying magazines also became one of my deviations ;-)). This morning I decided to prepare … More Meal soup = cosy food
While cooking for a large dinner for tomorrow…. Chop 4 cm of fresh ginger, 1 onion, 4 garlic cloves and 1 cucumber. Put everything in an oven dish with a drizzle of peanut oil. Bake at 180° for 20 mins. Stir now and again. After 20 mins mix with 300 grams of cherry tomatoes and … More Yes, fresh coriander!
Blanch shortly 300 grams of thin green beans, 300 grams of green bell pepper, 3 spring onions (all cut in pieces of approx 3 cm). Marinate 300 grams of chicken breast in 4 chopped garlic cloves, 1 chopped lemon grass stem, 4 cm of finely chopped ginger, 1 chopped spicy little pepper, 2 table spoons … More Lemon grass, peanut butter, coconut milk….delicious Indonesian dish.
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