Diversen - Met groenten

Beginning to long for warmer days and fresh greens my appetite is also dreaming of springy summery flavors. Happily I have many cookbooks to read or just look[...]

Another pickle! Pickling, I like the word; it reminds me of picking fruits from trees or plants, but also refers to the sensation when you put a piece of[...]

I am in an experimenting mood, in my mind that is; although I cook every day, I am mainly thinking about, rethinking, rereading, planning, organizing, writing,[...]

Soup, the best afternoon snack there is. Healthy, hearty and heating in wintertime! You know it, I make a lot of soup, almost every day; instead of tea and[...]

Ribolitta is originally an Italian dish, which comes from the cucina povera, the poor kitchen. I love cooking from scratch and from my pantry, which is mostly[...]

Some recipes simmer in my head for quit a long time, they have to ripen, to form, from idea to substance. I love savory tarts, make them not too often, but[...]

What a great side dish this is!! I eat it at last once a week now the season of pumpkins has started. Again I adapted a recipe from Plenty into a gluten free[...]

Today I give you my recipe for a rich and dark vegetable broth, made of left-over vegetables I have left in my fridge. It is a very nice earthy broth, you can[...]

Ok, there is Arborio rice in this dish and it’s made à la mode de risotto, but a true Italian will shoot me for calling this dish a risotto. Why? Because[...]

From the super tasty book Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi I cooked my adaptation of Tamara’s ratatouille. I left out some ingredients, including the sugar, I[...]

With the temperature dropping dramatically, my body is screaming: warm me ! Fall is round the corner, mornings are dripping wet with dew-drops and in the parks[...]

Rome was great, in 1 word. It was very, very hot, but that added to the feeling of being in the south of Europe in the middle of summer. I loved it. I enjoyed[...]

Every day we had a special celebration dinner this week. Why was that: my son is finishing his exams, so to keep the spirits up we ate his favorite food:[...]

The bright deep orange soup I made today is filled to the brim with beautiful vegetables and full of fibers and with a taste from heaven. After a very, very[...]

Leftovers, we all have them from time to time . No problem when you keep them cool and eat them for example next day for lunch. You can also be a little more[...]