Iris managed to find a parking spot to explore Oslo. We arrived yesterday afternoon and started our visit with the Astrup-Fearnley museum and the Vigeland park (near our ‘home’ for more than 24h). The park is an incredible open air museum with more than 200 statues made by Gustav Vigeland. I’m still figuring out what … More After more than 17 kilometers of walking through Oslo
Severine and Bert are enthusiastic after visiting Siena. We start our evening dinner with a simple first course, awesome local melon seasoned with pepper, topped up with roasted pine nuts, grated pecorino and/or parmesan, arugula, olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Sabrina Ghayour’s vegetarian cookbook ‘Bazaar’ is a real treasure, as are her other cookbooks. Our … More Second dinner with Severine and Bert
Clean and chop a small watermelon and an orange sweet melon, type cavaillon, in cubes. Add 1 table spoon of mint leaves and a drizzle of olive oil. Marinate in the fridge. Spread some of the melon on a plate. Finish with a drizzle of olive oil, black pepper and salt. Serve with fresh cheese, … More Mixed melon salad
Verbena is a real summer herb. It’s famous for its use in tea, it has an anti- mosquito effect, it’s adds a fresh flavor to water and today is adds also flavor to a melon salad. A lunch on a real hot summer day is preferable light and fresh. Cut 1 melon ( type cavaillon) … More Lunch under a tree
Since I discovered the combination of melon in a salty salad ( Fruit in a salty salad, ideal lunch!)I try to create variations on that theme. Certain people will never eat fruit at the same moment as the rest of a dinner, for many probably good reasons, but in this case you have a wonderful … More Fruit as a starter
For 2p cut a sweet melon in slices of 1-2 cm (remove skin). Cut 1 orange in smaller pieces. Spread the melon and orange on a plate. Grind 1 table spoon of red pepper balls and 1 table spoon of walnuts. Add 2 table spoons of lemon juice, the zeste of 1 lime, the grinded … More Fruit in a salty salad, ideal lunch!
*Fruit as sweet end of a meal : Chop 2 fresh melons. Add a few leaves of chopped mint and 1 teaspoon of rose water. Put in the fridge until serving time. *moroccan cuisine is known for real sweet pastry. I always try to find the best of two worlds, sweet but not too much … More cookies and fresh melon salad to finish a Moroccan meal
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