Easy and quick holiday dinner

No matter how luxurious or basic, adventurous or conservative, far away or close to home, sunny and warm your holiday is, there is no place like your own place. In fact, one of the great things about traveling is going home! If you ask me my own bed, worn out mattress included, is the best….

Moroccan style sweet potato with fried parsley-mushrooms

I think everyone will agree that cooking in a kitchen that is not your own can be somewhat of a challenge. Cooking in a kitchen in a holiday home however, were the inhabitants change on a weekly basis if not more frequent, proofs to be even a bigger challenge. You have to deal with other…

Seaweed-ginger-shiitake salad

When I opened the package of seaweed spaghetti I must confess I was a bit put off by the smell that came out of the bag! But I put my small disgust aside and boy oh boy was that a good decision! This salad is stunning! It is based on the original recipe of Ottolenghi…

Summer sauerkraut of kohlrabi and fennel

I know I don’t have to, but I would like to explain a little why I have not been posting much these last couple of weeks. As I told you before I was suffering from an inflammation and they gave me a shot of Prednizon to take away the pain. Well it took the pain…

Truffle risotto with stuffed Portobello and green asparagus

Who would have thought you would be doing something involved with cooking?” was my husbands remark yesterday over dinner. Nothing could be more true! While the kids were growing up these past years, I started thinking about “my career” other than being a mother. Those thoughts went in the direction of interior decorating, restoring old…

Coconut-ginger rice with spicy mango and zucchini

I have a weak spot when it comes to coconut, in all its forms. As soap, as creme, as shampoo, as lotion…..but most of all as food. I absolutely love its taste, its smell…. just everything about it. As to the why…is it really necessary to explain? Ok, for those of you who insist, it…

Roasted cauliflower with roasted hazelnuts and puy lentils

I have a sort of love-hate affair going on with cauliflower and I am not the only one in our family. None of my kids like it and my husband always objects when I suggest to prepare something with cauliflower in it. He does eat it though and usually likes the end result. All of…