My family and friends know I am a big fan of squash, the real good stuff with lots of flavor. Tonight’s recipe is an experiment. I had 2 little ones ( green skin and orange meat) in my storage. One showed some signs of ‘necrosis’ so I decided to bake them in the oven. Remove … More No carbs tonight
Remember : fabulous, delicious, colorful, fusion, healthy, preferably vegetarian = docV style. I love organizing dinners which includes : decide the menu, make a shopping list after checking the storage, plan the preparation in order to be completely ‘ready’ before the guests arrive and to enjoy the evening with them around the table. Once we … More I love to cook for the ‘funky ladies’😉
I love my life and I’m so grateful to be conscious of that feeling. Cooking for others is a way to express my feelings and certain ingredients make you smile even more. I often have a few small sized tasty pumpkins waiting for a recipe. The one of today is approximately 1,2 kilo total weight. … More Grateful
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?
I could have waited until Christmas, but I decided not to 😉. Two lovely cookbooks will inspire me for the following weeks, and probably for much longer. Jamie Oliver and Ottolenghi know how to reinvent themselves and how to stimulate creativity in our daily menu. Let’s open ‘Ottolenghi test kitchen’ first. Leen, one of our … More New cookbooks 🙂
Every season has a color, even on your plate. Orange is definitely a color connected to this season with as ingredient number 1, the squash. During our road trip through a part of Italy we discovered local specialities. We had lunch on several different places as in Mantova. There we tasted the amazing ‘tortelli di … More Autumn orange
The first pumpkins are available. Although the original recipe uses a butternut, I use a a small local one which is probably a bit dryer. Heat the oven at 220°. Mix 1 sliced pumpkin with 2 sliced red onions, 4 chopped garlic cloves, a handful of sage leaves, salt, pepper and 2-3 table spoons of … More One more
Whenever I see a good tasting pumpkin I buy it and store them cool. Almost weekly I inspect my little collection because once they show weak spots, they quickly deteriorate. Today’s one has a green skin and a deep orange colored firm meat. Those are the best😍. Remove skin and seeds. Chop in cubes. Spread … More A tribute to pumpkin
Pasta, butternut, spinach, sage and gorgonzola in an ‘all in one’ ovendish😋. For 2-3p, remove the skin and seeds of 1 small butternut ( 700 grams total weight). Chop in small cubes. Put in an oven dish. Add 1,5 table spoon of olive oil, pepper, salt and 2 bay leaves. Bake in the oven at … More Comfort food is not always a bomb
I can’t repeat it enough but the Dutch delicious magazine is fantastic, and the recent edition of december is superb. One chapter is dedicated to pies. If you start from scratch, it’ll be a lot of work and for a small sized pie for 2-4 portions ( 3/4 for today and the leftover as lunch … More Vega wellington
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