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.
Tag: plantbased
The pumpkin and it’s many possibilities!
To make a long story short, she handed me two pumpkins, a Kabucha pumpkin and a small Hokkaido pumpkin and told me to prepare them and then maybe write about them
5 Reasons to use banana flour.
I stumbled upon a brownie recipe and it needed banana flour. So I decided to give it a go and did some research along the way. I found out some interesting facts about banana flour and why it is such a great alternative to wheat flours:
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.
Noodles topped with mushrooms in soysauce. Minimum effort, great result!
quick and easy plantbased recipe to noodles with mushrooms.
Creamy vegan tomatosoup. Because a great soup is always a good idea!
Easy recipe for delicious and creamy tomato soup.
Apple crumble on a layer of coconut yogurt.
Apple crumble on a layer of coconut-yogurt. A delicious plantbased treat.
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!
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…
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…
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…
Vegan Pumpkin Brownie
Pumpkin as main ingredient for a delicious brownie. Here is how to.
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…
Salted caramel and chocolate cheesecake. To celebrate a new season. New beginnings with plant based food.
For many of us summer is a time to let go, to celebrate summer, being free for a while from our daily obligations and routines. It is also the time where we often indulge ourselves with bbq’s, cold beers, fresh rosé, ice creams etc.. This “letting go” has an important function. It recharges your “battery”,…
Braised fennel with garlic, capers and olives sauce
I found this recipe in one of Ottolenghi’s cookbooks (Plenty more) and although it is a long list of ingredients and preparation instructions, I decided to give it a go. It was definitely well worth the effort and the amount of work was not at all to bad or of-putting. In fact I had enough…
