Korean food

Bibimbap is a popular Korean dish often served in a real hot stone recipient. Meat is optional, egg is optional, rice and vegetables are the main ingredients. The first step is the sweet and sour mixture to marinate the vegetables. Mix 250 ml of rice vinegar with 125ml of water, ½ table spoon of sugar … More Korean food

A rainbow dinner

Healthy cooking, tasty cooking-of course-, and colorful cooking are important, not only for special occasions, but for our daily menu. The real artistic presentation is not really one of my qualities, that’s more for outdoor eating. The purple red of red cabbage, the soft green of cucumber, the dark green of arugula, the bright red … More A rainbow dinner

Arrival in our lovely appartment to explore Cinque Terre

While our visitors are on their way back to Belgium, I make everything ready for our trip to Cinque Terre. How lucky are we to live in the central part of this lovely country. After 2h and 40 mins drive we arrive in our lovely appartment outside Pignone. The kitchen is small but so complete. … More Arrival in our lovely appartment to explore Cinque Terre

Salmon and mango?

Boil 750 grams of peeled potatoes in salted water. Drain the potatoes and make a puree. Cool down. Mix with 400 grams of chopped fresh salmon, 40 grams of chopped dill, 2 chopped spring onions, 1 table spoon of curry powder, pepper, salt and 1 egg. Make cookies with ‘oily’ hands. Cover them with panko … More Salmon and mango?

Fresh artichokes on a parmigiano cookie

The first time I made this recipe (Really in love with Italian sausages 😉 I struggled making little baskets of parmigiano. Certain people prefer sophisticated recipes, I prefer the simple versions. Prepare the baby artichokes as mentioned in the blogpost. Spread 60 grams of grated parmigiano on baking paper in circles of approx 10-12 cm. … More Fresh artichokes on a parmigiano cookie

Weckjars

When we moved to Italy I tried hard to empty the cupboards as much as possible , but still we moved 8000 kilo of stuff!!!! Old weckjars moved with us and I never really used them (shame on me) until today. For 2p boil 400 grams of peeled and cut new potatoes for 2 mins … More Weckjars

Dinner 5 : No waste, even not in New York, or especially not in New York

Last dinner in this great city. My daughters can finally say they have been in New York. Remember the chicken of yesterday? A good portion of chicken meat is still waiting to be eaten. For 3p, chop and fry all the garlic, 3 bunches of radishes, 500 grams of mushrooms and 1 spicy little pepper. … More Dinner 5 : No waste, even not in New York, or especially not in New York

Roasted cauliflower could become the star ingredient of the decade

‘The Green Kitchen at Home’ is a perfect inspirer for vegetarian cooking. The middle eastern salad with cauliflower and lentils is fabulous. For 2p,  roast 1 medium sized cauliflower – cut  in little roses (no waste, so please, cut the stem in small cubes) and mixed with 3 table spoons of olive oil, 1 teaspoon … More Roasted cauliflower could become the star ingredient of the decade