I always try to respect the wishes of our guests. Elodie is staying here a few days and dislikes the whole cabbage family and squid, but loves eggplant and lentils, thus the following version of a moussaka will surely be a perfect menu for her last dinner this week. For 3p slice 1 kilo of … More Veggie moussaka
The cookbooks of Jamie Oliver remain a wonderful source of inspiration. The last one my daughter Katrin gave me as a Christmas gift last year, to give me more inspiration for the following Christmas dinners. Not that I am already looking forward to next Christmas ( 😉 Sofie), but you cannot be too prepared. A … More Jamie Oliver’s cookbooks
Even if you are not a fan of pumpkin, this recipe is so beautiful, just try! I found a perfectly shaped cute (I think Japanese) pumpkin, ideal for this recipe. For 2p, knowing that I need some pumpkin for one of my following recipes, a piece of 1,2kg is perfect. Cut the upper part of … More Autumn colors
Moekenik, the day care mother of Iris, is associated with a lot of positive memories. One of those is her carrot puree with a poached egg. Sorry, Moekenik, but I will probably offend the original version and do it my way, knowing that puree reminds me of the afwul hospital meals which I had to … More Bringing back old memories, old flavors
After 1 year visiting the same supermarket at least once a week they probably recognize me (hopefully in a positive way). It’s fun to observe people while shopping for food. My attention tends to drift in the direction of the people who inspect food in many different ways. Since last week the fresh porcini have … More Observational study in the supermarket 😉
Thanks to being addicted to cooking magazines I get familiar with other cooking styles. This recipe is originally made with rocoto, a spicy pepper which needs to be cooked in a sweet and sour (vinegar and sugar) liquid before filling in. I use normal bell pepper instead, which doesn’t need to be cooked in advance. … More Peruvian cuisine ?
An oven, an oven tray and baking paper cannot be missed anymore in the daily kitchen to avoid burning ;-), to save extra kcal by reducing oil or butter, and often to intensify the taste of lots of vegetables. Marinate 250 grams of chicken filet in juice of ½ lemon, 2 chopped garlic cloves, a … More Baking paper, what a tool
Cut a tasty pumkin in cubes of 3 cm. Put on baking paper. Add 4 table spoons of coconut oil and bake in the oven at 180°. Stir now and again. After 20 mins remove the pumkin out of the oven and mix with 1 can of drained chickpeas, mangochutney made of 1 mango ( … More Orange is today’s color
Don’t wait until november to prepare squash. There is only one condition : find tasty squash. The squash family is enormous. The butternut is probably the easiest to find, with a flavor to prepare something else than only pumpkin soup (although also a huge variety in recipes). For 2p as main course, or for 3-4p … More The first summer squash on our plate
For 2p boil 70 grams of quinoa al dente. Mix the quinoa with 2 table spoons of sliced black olives, 1 finely chopped onion, 2 chopped garlic cloves, 1 chopped spicy little pepper and zeste of 1 lemon. Empty the belly of a seabass and make some oblique incisions at both sides. Put the fish … More Courgettini, quinoa : fancy food
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