Gnocchi can be a very boring pasta, but I’m growing to love it more and more. This dish certainly helped with that. You make the gnocchi from scratch. Making something from scratch, totally homemade, makes you appreciate a dish more. Add pistachio paste to the mix and you have gnocchi …
With the hot weather we’re experiencing right now, a latte is welcome. And this isn’t just any latte, it’s a blue latte! You can drink this latte warm or cold, whatever suits you best. It’s without coffee, so you can drink it even if you don’t like coffee flavor. Like …
On April 27th we celebrate Kingsday in the Netherlands. This year I made Kingsday cupcakes for the occasion. A favorite normally to sell on a jumble sale, but sadly there weren’t any ‘vrijmarkten’ this year. But we had a Koningsdag cupcake at home to celebrate the day. The cupcakes are …
No Easter breakfast without an egg recipe. I prepared these Pulled Pork Egg Muffins with homemade pulled pork. They were good. Especially Yuri liked them. These muffins are perfect for breakfast on any day, to make up for left-over pulled pork or at a brunch table. These egg muffins would …
We love pancakes in our household and especially pancake rolls. This time I stuffed the rolls with smoked salmon and cream cheese, thus serving pancake rolls with salmon. I served this with Easter, but they also make a good breakfast on a Sunday or an appetizer before dinner. The salmon …
For Easter I made this super delicious Blackberry Mascarpone tart. Easy to prepare and topped with fresh fruit. We loved this tart. I showed a whole lot of recipes of cakes and tart I could make to Paul, and he picked this one. The crust of this blackberry tart with …
A few months ago in March I followed the online Aviko Spring Workshop. We prepared a 3-course dinner with spring ingredients, a dinner which would also be suitable for Easter. Aviko, a seller of frozen potato products, was the host of the event. Aviko Spring Workshop The potato seller had …
Cooking or baking is such a fun and rewarding thing to do. Especially when you master a new recipe from a place you’ve been to or want to go to. With recipes from around the world you can recreate memories or prepare yourself for new places. I’ve asked fellow food …
This year for Mother’s day, I prepared a cake for my mom. She got it a week early and loved it. It’s a happy mother’s day cake with whipped cream and strawberries, in the shape of a heart. A simple, but delicious cake. Easy to surprise your loved ones with. …
For Easter, and a lot of years also for Pentecost now, I prepare a brioche. A luxurious bread which gives us a festive feeling and which we all love. This Easter I made us a brioche with seeds, and it was again a delicious bread. All kinds of seeds went …