Black rice, pumpkin with a orange-tahin dressing

Don’t you just love pumpkin? I do, in all its forms, baked, roasted, cooked, raw even, in soup etcetera, etcetera. And to think that a couple of years ago I did not even know that you could actually eat pumpkin! I thought that they just served decoration purposes. The fact that I did not know…

Mexican Cauliflower and Blackbeans

Ever since the kids returned to school at the end of August, live has been very hectic. One of the main reasons that I did not meet my goal of posting at least three times a week. However, the fact that I manage to post only once a week does not mean at all that…

Falafel of Hazelnuts, chickpeas and favabeans

When you are a parent of teenagers, like I am, it can be a challenge sometimes to prepare a family dinner. Not only does each and every one of them prefer different kinds of food, they also have their own activities to go to. Like soccer practice, swimming practice, theater class, jobs etc. Usually those…

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…