It’s still cold, but the sun is so making everything bright. The blossoms are gradually appearing. Yes, the most wonderful moment of the year, the explosion of Spring. I know, asparagus is avalable during the whole year, but the local ones taste different, are more crunchy. Green asparagus is easy to clean. Just remove the … More A simple pasta to celebrate spring
Certain dishes will be more frequently served on a Sunday, in Belgium for sure. Fish stew is one of them. For 2 p chop and fry 4 garlic cloves, 1 white onion, 2 carrots, 1 leek, 2 stems of white celery in 1 table spoon of butter. Bake and stir. Add 1 table spoon of … More Fish stew on a Sunday or on a Monday?
Janneke Philippi writes every month a delicious weekmenu in my favorite magazine, delicious.nl. The following recipe is inspired by her and is so good. Start with the potatoes. For 2p, cut 2 big potatoes in wedges. Put them on baking paper. Add a drizzle of olive oil, pepper and salt. Bake in the oven a … More Scallopine all’ arancia
Chop 1 large fennel. Cook in salted water until al dente. Add 160 grams of macaroni during the last 10-12 mins of cooking time. Drain and keep some of the cooking water. Chop and fry 4 garlic cloves and 1 spicy little pepper. Add 100 grams of grated old pecorino and a few spoons of … More Macaroni and cheese sounds like real comfort food!
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?
Squash pre-baked in the oven with some olive oil always taste better. Pre-prepare the squash preferably the day before (to save energy while cooking another dish in the oven). Chop and fry 2 onions, 6 garlic cloves and 4 cm of fresh ginger in some olive oil. Add the pumpkin, 4 chopped tomatoes, 1 table … More More squash!
There are many variations on vegetarian lasagna. ‘The Green Kitchen at Home’ inspires me for a delicious version of the classical tomato lasagna. The recipe serves 5-6p. Home made pasta is a little extra effort with the great advantage to create the perfect shape for the oven dish of choice. Put 250 grams of fine … More Vegetarian lasagna
Put 400 grams of salted cod in fresh water, 24h before. Refresh the water regularly to remove the salt, 5 times is normally advisable. For 2p cut 1 cauliflower in pieces. Boil in salted water until soft. Drain, but keep some fluid and make a smooth puree. Add 2 chopped garlic cloves, pepper, salt, nutmeg, … More Salted cod on a cauliflower mousseline
Use a mandoline to slice 2 fennels. Keep the green part of the fennel. Clean 1 lemon thoroughly or use a biological one of our first harvest ;-). Keep the zeste. Mix the juice with 2 table spoons of good olive oil and salt. Mix with the sliced fennel and marinate for at least 1h. … More Awesome combination of fennel, pear and chicken
While opening the doors of the car, our two cats, Roquefort and Berlioz, are immediately there to welcome us. Incredible, how we manage to stuff our car so full, every time again, in both directions ;-). Anyway, after unloading, we need some real easy food before we fall into a coma. Cut and fry 6 … More A long drive, a big reunion in Siena and ‘Aglio, olio e peperoncino’ as ‘cherry on the cake’
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