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Winterfood tarte tatin with orange confiture and onions
8 years ago

Winterfood tarte tatin with orange confiture and onions

At our recent visit to the Netherlands, we took the time to meet up with friends and family. People prepared tasty food for us in return and amongst those great …
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Vegetarian spinach and legumes winter stew
8 years ago

Vegetarian spinach and legumes winter stew

It has been a while since I last posted a recipe here. You know how things go with moving and the holidays, time flies by. I also consciously didn’t set …
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Caramelised coffee honey sauce on banana kasha
9 years ago

Caramelised coffee honey sauce on banana kasha

A few days ago I stumbled into a recipe on the beautiful blog of Apples under my bed. It came exactly at the right time as I was searching for some …
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Healthy and easy to make banana shake for breakfast
9 years ago

Healthy and easy to make banana shake for breakfast

By  •  eat, breakfast

Breakfast rituals. A lot has been written about it, by myself included. I have told you earlier that I have a few breakfast templates that I rotate during the week to …
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Yellow pistachio kasha – turmeric porridge
9 years ago

Yellow pistachio kasha – turmeric porridge

By  •  eat, breakfast, sweet

A few days ago the strangest thing happend. Eduard put in a request for a kasha breakfast. I never expected that to happen, as Eduard isn’t too fond of breakfasts. And …
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Winter breakfast kasha – buckwheat porridge
9 years ago

Winter breakfast kasha – buckwheat porridge

The word kasha /каша. I know it, but it doesn’t bring up very defined memories of a specific dish. I can only link it to texture and consistency. In my …
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Appeltaart, dutch apple pie
10 years ago

Appeltaart, dutch apple pie

Appeltaart is the dutch word for ‘apple pie’. I know I’ve complained earlier about the dutch cuisine, but I have to admit that the dutch apple pie is a masterpiece …
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Neskafe ice coffee from the Balkans
10 years ago

Neskafe ice coffee from the Balkans

I like to start my day with coffee and then during the day I drink one more coffee in the early afternoon and sometimes take another one somewhere in between. …
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Ajvar, a-jar-full (of comfort)
10 years ago

Ajvar, a-jar-full (of comfort)

Ajvar [ajвар]! Or Ajver – whatever you prefer – is one of those terrific foods from my youth. Back then it was a real comfort food, since I didn’t have …
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Unripe green walnut preserve and confiture
11 years ago

Unripe green walnut preserve and confiture

The harvesting season for green unripe walnuts began nine days ago for me this year. A bit late, but summer came late this year and everything moved on a bit. …
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