Diversen - Vegetarisch

When I was younger I didn’t appreciate it much, but spinach has become one of my favourite veggies. It’s packed with vitamins - K, A, C, B2,[...]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE risotto. And I love it creamy, so creamy that it feels like it melts in my mouth - with lots of veggies, with meat, with fish; you can go[...]

When I visited the Turkish store yesterday, I was looking for Israeli couscous (also known as pearl couscous). Instead, the shop owner gave me a package of[...]

You know those days when you just don’t feel like dinner in the traditional sense, but would rather fork in snacks all evening? Yeah, I was having one of[...]

This is a dish that came back over and over as I was growing up. And while it’s not particularly spectacular in any culinary sense, it’s wholesome[...]

The secret to a good curry, our Thai cooking teachers repeatedly emphasized, is in the curry paste. A curry paste can make or break a curry - which would[...]

What with a Christmas vacation in Thailand this year, I haven't had time to write any holiday blog posts. That is not to say I haven't been eating well -- Thai[...]

One August afternoon in Bilbao, I made creamed spinach - for the first time in my life. As a kid, I loathed creamed spinach; the thought alone could inspire a[...]

When I was experimenting with Indian cooking, I was still living in Bilbao and preparing for my upcoming move to Nepal, figuring I'd give myself a heads up on[...]

Ingredients (serves 4): 4 fresh ripe, purple figs 200 ml balsamic vinegar 1/2 vanilla pod 2 tbsp lemon juice 1 tbsp orange juice pinch of salt Cut the 1/2[...]

As I was lazing around, browsing through a textbook on Classic Hindu Law, the thought of vanilla crept into my head. Try as I did, it wouldn't leave and soon I[...]

Almost without realizing it, I've been living in Bilbao for nearly 10 months. Even so, since I got here I really haven't done much Spanish (or Basque) cooking.[...]

There was one lonely, last packet of pumpkin sitting in the vegetable aisle of our local supermarket this afternoon. Feeling that it deserved to be a meal[...]

Temperatures in Bilbao reached 35°C today, and it didn't take long to figure out what to do with the passion fruit pulp I still had sitting in the pantry.[...]

This recipe was a staple when I was growing up. Given its tasty simplicity and the added benefit of recycling the bolognese sauce for another meal later in the[...]