Yesterday I was cleaning my kitchen and noticed to have to many dried beans. 500 grams of dried white beans end in a pan with water to soak for 24 hours. During those 24 hours I will find a way to prepare them. Drain the beans. Put them back in new water, add some salt, … More Bean burgers
Again, a recipe based on the latest Ottolenghi, pizza bianca. Iris is waiting for our future ‘cinema’-room to be ready. The boxes with DVD, CD and old video tapes will be unpacked soon. The red velvet sofa (also sleeping chair for guests) may soon be freed from its removal packaging. This pizza bianca will be … More Pizza bianca
Buy a small good tasting pumpkin of approx 1.5-1.8 kilo. Cut in 2 halves. Remove the seeds. Put both halves in an oven dish. Spread a large drizzle of good olive oil. Cover with aluminium foil and bake in the oven at 180-200° until the meat is almost soft (approx 1h). Use the oven at … More Pasta with pumpkin, chestnuts and gorgonzola
Gnocchi alla romana are prepared in the oven and therefore my prefered gnocchi. The recent magazine of the supermarket Coop inspires for a version with pumpkin. Remember the pumpkin of last week? This recipe is ideal for the 400 grams of ovenbaked pumpkin meat stored in the freezer. Defrost the pumpkin (or prepare fresh pumpkin) … More One huge pumpkin gnocco (singular of gnocchi) or better ‘polenta pumpkin gratin’
Boil 400 grams of frozen large white beans in salted water with a few sage leaves for approx 15 mins. Drain the beans and cool down. Mix in the blender with 1 table spoon of savory, 1 egg, 2 table spoons of bread crumb, pepper and salt. Put the mixture in the fridge to become … More Vegetarian balls
Tomorrow the ‘busy’ summer starts for real. I need to be prepared for a lot of cooking, for familiar and not so familiar guests, I love it (although not all the time ;)). What to eat today? Or what to prepare with the fridge leftovers? A round radicchio, 8 large carrots, shallots..all prepared in tasty … More Trio of side dishes as main dish
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
I re-use the same idea as in the post of April 13th of 2017 but with some different ingredients (thanks to cooking magazine Libelle Lekker). Clean and blanch 1 kilo of broccoli for 2p (3 bigger or 4 smaller pieces) in salted water for 2-4 mins. Drain and cool down. Remove part of the stem. … More Hasselback broccoli, hasselback potatoes
For 2p, mix 2 chopped sweet potatoes, 3 chopped normal potatoes and 1 chopped little taste pumpkin of 800 grams, 1 chopped spicy little pepper, 4 garlic cloves unpeeled, 3 bay leaves and a drizzle of olive oil in a large flat oven dish and bake for 40 mins at 180°. Remove the oven dish … More In a cold season, warm colors on your plate
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
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