Diversen

Every season there are some dishes coming back in my kitchen again and again. Socca is one of them. It’s a traditional dish from Nice, made from chickpea[...]

I like to share with you my basic gluten-free cruesli recipe. I use this recipe for years now and the nice thing about it is, that it’s easy to make and[...]

Although there is a lot of cooking in my house, there is not much writing, sitting at my desk and blogging going on. Due to some serious shoulder, wrists and[...]

I am very happy my sage and thyme plants survived the long and rather cold winter so I can use them in this great soup. I started sowing only 2 weeks ago, some[...]

I often make this beautiful spice paste or bumbu. The best thing about it is the taste, obviously, but after that it is so easy to make and it’s so[...]

At last the rain has come and the temperature is rising slowly! Immediately nature is reacting: a week ago the common coots were almost nowhere nesting, but[...]

Nature is holding its breath. It is too cold and too dry after the long winter for the new sprouts to grow; everywhere I walk in nature I see just tiny little[...]

This banana bread is so good; sometimes I am even tempted to buy extra bananas so they can turn brown before I could eat them all and I have to bake it again.[...]

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,[...]

As promised: This wintery pesto is a delicious alternative for the classis one with basil. I don’t bother to buy basil in winter, because it’s not[...]

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[...]

The best remedie in winter: ginger-lemon tea! Ginger is the root of the ginger plant (Zingiber officinale); it can be used fresh or dried or juiced. In India[...]

Before taking a blogging break I give you this recipe for lovely small breads, full of dried fruits and warming spices. They are a typical Dutch luxury bread,[...]