We are almost near the end of our amazing trip. The last 12 days are reserved for Albania, North Macedonia and a small part of Greece. We spend a second night at the Albanian side of the Ohrid lake on a beautiful peaceful spot. With carrots, sweet bell pepper, courgettes, soy sprouts, onion and garlic … More Asian style in Albania
We love oven fried polenta as a side dish or even as an appetizer. I have some whole wheat polenta in our camper storage, but no oven. Let’s try. Cook 160 grams of polenta, following the instructions of the package ( mine is a quick one). Add salt and some dried oregano to give the … More Let’s prepare a dinner with polenta
Cooking recipes in a campervan cannot be too complicated, as you can imagine. We, or is it mainly I, prefer warm dinners, even in summer (especially when the outdoor temperature is between 5 and 10 degrees). I think this recipe is already more than 20 years on my list. Originally it’s from Nigella Lawson. I … More This is an old one
Remember older shakshouka recipes mainly prepared in the oven? This time I will ( have to) cook in a more traditional way, but still my way. After a rather long drive, a short visit of Dijon, we found an amazing spot, 15 minutes outside of the city, to spend the night. We only hope the rain … More I love shakshouka
Temperatures are going down, grass growing back since we have regular thunderstorms, finally I can harvest some courgettes of my little yard. It’s always remarkable how one season shifts into the following one. In Italy you can follow the seasons also in the offer of vegetables, but this week I found green asparagus 😋 from … More Gradual change of seasons
A plate filled with a diversity of starters is my top choice. It’s more work in advance, but more pleasure at the table. I love to spend time in the kitchen, especially on a Sunday morning. Our weekend dinner is probably more ‘elegant’ than a meal during the week. Cookies or keftedes with courgettes, grilled … More Antipasti, mezze,tapas, starters, ….😍
The ‘One Pan Perfect’ cookbook from Donna Hay is a topper. The following recipe is awesome and contains Italian ingredients only. The following dish is for sure more than enough for 3p ( or 2p if you’re really hungry). Clean and wash 500 grams of fresh spinach. Chop 4 garlic cloves. Heat a pan with … More Prepare yourself for a superb vegetarian lasagna
Ignore the outside weather. Enjoy an awesome dish with lots of crispy vegetables. Green local asparagus, courgettes, fresh peas, fresh artichokes and some fennel are ready for a fabulous salad. Start with the artichokes. I bought 4 medium sized ones. Remove stem, outer leaves. Chop off the points. Fill a pan with the juice of … More Insalata primavera😍
Strolling through the last edition of delicious.nl I was immediately attracted by a few dishes. Chickpeas pumpkin pizza with shrimps is one of them. Of course I will give the recipe a little docv twist. Mix 400 grams of pumpkin puree ( prepared in the oven) with 100 grams of chickpea flour, 30 grams of … More Is this a pizza?
As reader follower you know that we really eat an incredible amount of vegetables, preferably cooked in the oven. Today’s dinner starts with a combination of 2 eggplants, 2 courgettes, 1 bell pepper, 1 red onion, 4 garlic cloves and 1 chili. It’s cold and wet outside, thus some comfy cheese and pasta is exactly … More Old recipes, new version
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