This is one of those dishes that if you know a few basic cooking techniques you don’t really need a recipe. You just need to keep looking and tasting and adjusting along the way. A few tips:1. For the creaminess in this recipe I don’t feel it’s necessary to use…
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Continue ReadingChicken and pepper, these 2 are made for each other, and especially the charred flavour if you stir fry them in a hot wok. I actually thought I bought sugar snaps, which I would usually just stir fry as is, but it turned out they were peas in the pod.…
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Continue ReadingAlthough the Netherlands isn’t really known for it’s haute cuisine dishes, there are quite a few traditional dishes that I absolutely love, like raw herring, kroketten or pea soup with smoked sausage for example. Another one of my favourites is stamppot, which literally translates to ‘mashed pan’. It’s mashed potatoes…
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Continue ReadingI love the word Scallion, but of course it just means spring onion. Flakey, crispy, charred and savoury spring onion pancakes with a spicy dipping sauce, what more could you want! To be honest, the rolling of the dough was a bit more work than I had anticipated, quite a…
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Continue ReadingWe’re extending our balcony into a terrace and I can’t wait for it to be ready so we can start growing some of our own vegetables. We’re already growing a lot of herbs but for the rest we’ve only manages to grow a few tomatoes. We won’t be in time…
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Continue ReadingWow this stuffed aubergine packs a punch! Although in the picture it looks a bit black and dry, the stuffing itself was juicy and rich and scrumptious. We were just too hungry to wait for another picture, so you’ll just have to take my word for it ;-). Recipe will…