Indonesian cuisine has had a big influence on Dutch cuisine, so expect to find Dutch traditional food dishes based on Indonesian cuisine. Indonesian beef rendang doesn’t have a place among Dutch traditional food, but you can get it at every Chinese-Indonesian restaurant in the Netherlands. It’s not that hard to …
Potatoes are the best. I love serving them in different ways, this time as crispy potato wedges. They are simply delicious and easy to prepare. They come with a sauce you can whip up in minutes. These crunchy potato wedges are a perfect side dish. I served them with cauliflower, …
Don’t you just love to eat French fries at home? We do at our home. Usually we buy a bag of frozen fries to prepare in our deep-fryer, but making the fries ourselves is even yummier. There are so many delicious ways to serve potatoes, but fries is definitely one …
Broccolini is the less famous sister of broccoli. It’s a crossing between broccoli and gai lan (Chinese broccoli). Broccolini with anchovy is a perfect combination and a great side dish. Broccolini is also called baby broccoli. It’s a green vegetable which looks like broccoli, but with smaller florets and thinner, …
Potatoes are a good side dish. If you want a variation on the regular boiled potatoes, mashed potatoes or potato slices, then crispy potato skins are a good idea. Serve them with parmesan cheese and you have a perfect side dish. So how to make crispy potato skins? The potatoes …
We’ve road tripped across the US several times and on one of our last trips we had a Thanksgiving like dinner, which included stuffing. This made me curious to make it at home, so I used an easy recipe for stuffing and prepared it at home. We loved this easy …
We don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in the Netherlands, however I was curious to try out traditional recipes made on that day. So I tried out Baked Sweet Potato Casserole. The combination of sweet potatoes and marshmallows sounded odd, and candy in a main dish was new, but we loved it. Although …
You either hate it or love it: chicory. It can be really bitter, hence why it’s not everyone’s favorite. Today we’re making Chicory with Egg Mimosa. This time the chicory isn’t cooked and doesn’t go in the oven, no you stir fry the chicory shortly. This way it’s not soft, …
Feta is a cheese I find very delicious and I love puff pastry. So this Broccoli and Feta Puff Pastry is the perfect dish for everyone that loves feta and/or puff pastry. It’s a perfect side dish or if you make small broccoli feta turnovers from it, you can serve …
A different way to serve red beets. I wanted to present red beets in a non-traditional way, normally it’s just cooked red beets. In comes this sweet and sour red beets recipe. A totally different, but delicious way to serve red beets as a side dish. Presenting a veggie in …