Citrus salad, with pomelo and pink grapefruit. Unusual but packed with flavour and worth a try!
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Pumpkin-Rosemary soup
Pumpkin-Rosemary-Sage soup. A soft, delicate warming soup with a hint of fresh orange, a bit of summer and autumn in one. I guess you could call it a ‘transition soup’.
Spiced up Ful of dried Fava beans, comfort food at its best!
Ful (which actually means Favabeans) is creamy, tasty and satidsfying. A popular Middleeastern dish which is easy to prepare. It takes only a small portion to get you through until the next meal.
Hot and spicy pepperspread!
A spicy jam made of chilipeppers. An excellent condiment which you can use it warm or cold. It’s great in a pitah (with falafel), it combines perfectly with couscous, rice, bulgur etc., on a pizza but also on a regular sandwich.
Examples of meat substitutes and what to do with them.
There are several ways to substitute meat with a plantbased alternative. I’ve tried a couple and here you can read about them.
Chicha Morada, cool and healthy stuff from Peru!
A cool refreshing drink for summer made of purple corn, being one of the Superfoods because of its high level of antioxidants. The whole family will enjoy this lovely juice!
Hummus conquers the world!
Hummus is conquering the world in a rapid pace and I think that is a good thing!
Roasted lemon with sage, to give that salad an extra touch of summer!
Roasted lemon with sage recipe. An excellent and tasty condiment to add to a salad or pasta.
Cauliflower rice with fennelcrisps and beetroot in various ways. Full of colour, full of flavor!
Cauliflower and beetroot are a great combination. Flavours and colours that work well together. Delicious plantbased recipe!
Lentil-leek curry with ginger rice.
I promised my son to prepare a curry, because he likes rice with sauce and he loves onions and leek! As you can see, I definitely used those, but also sweet pointed pepper and green turkish peppers.
Avocado club sandwich.
Usually I have oatmeal for lunch, but today I decided to make myself a sandwich. Not just any sandwich… this is special bread, made of wholegrain rice and sourdough, so it is really nutritious and satisfying. I toasted the slices of bread, sliced half an avocado, four cherry tomatoes and spread some humus on one…
Eggplant, chickpeas and sticky dates salad
This week there is a heated discussion going on in the Netherlands about a “50 day green diet”, a company started by a bunch of girls. The so-called experts (dietitians, culinary journalists, people who work for governmental subsidized company’s related to food etc.) claim that eating only plant based food is dangerous(!!!). Needless to say…
Spicy Gingery Cucumber and Sweet peppers salad
Nothing more refreshing than cucumbers I think. It is also the most favorite vegetable for many children. They do not see cucumber as being a vegetable, often they eat it as a snack. Whenever I serve my kids a meal I feel slightly guilty about (fries, pizza, that kind of stuff) I always serve cherry…
Mexican fiësta food: Chili sweet potato fries with eggplant-avocado-corn and lime salad!
The Dutch people experience an unprecedented September summer with local heatwaves. Temperatures can reach as far as 32 ℃. To me and my family that is something to celebrate, we relish the warmth and the sun. One of the type of foods that fits this kind of weather is definitely Mexican food! So we had…
30 minutes salad. Chard, baby kale leaves, roasted sweet potato with pomegranate seeds
Too warm today to spend much time in the kitchen? Prepare yourself this easy salad of chard and baby kale with a dressing of fresh lime juice, olive oil and black pepper. Add sweet potato chunks roasted with a mixture of mustard-, caraway- and fennel seeds. (if you really do not feel like too much…
Greek choriatiki vegan style
The Dutch summer season is utterly disappointing. We suffer from a serious lack of warm sunny days. So I decided to create a little bit of summer myself. In the form of this lovely vegan stye Greek choriatiki. I replaced the feta with avocado, added also grilled bell peppers and some rocket lettuce. A simple…
Baby kale leaves and fried mushrooms with a mango-ginger-lime dressing
In general I have a lot of self-criticism. There is always something I could have done better, I tend to be not easily pleased with myself. But not today, today I am extremely pleased about myself. The reason for this contentment is the food I prepared today. Baby kale leaves with a dressing of fresh…
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…
Pickled lemon – the ideal condiment.
A must have condiment in the Middleeastern cuisine, pickled lemon. Easy how to recipe.
