After talking about the kroket last month, now I will tell you about another traditional Dutch food: erwtensoep or snert (Split Pea Soup). We usually have this a couple of times during the winter period. In this blog I’m going to cover the history of erwtensoep, how it’s made and …
A few days back I wrote about testing different cookies that are for sale, but this isn’t the only product I’ve tested several different recipes for over the years. For example I’ve tried different mayonnaises over the last 5 years. I’ll discuss them all and give my absolute favorite mayonnaise …
The Dutch have several typical food items. I’m going to write about all of them. Kicking the series off with the kroket. Every time we return in the Netherlands after a road trip, the first thing we get at the gas station is a kroket on a bun. They’re so …
The update on week 5 2021 is just like the one from week 4 2021: late. We had a baking day this week and ended our week with a snowstorm. Week 5 2021 Monday On Monday I again made a burger from my cookbook ‘Heerlijke Hamburgers’, the beefburger with mushrooms. …
So the update on week 4 2021 is a little bit late, but hopefully still fun to see what we ate that week. I made a few delicious recipes and at the end of the week we stayed at a hotel. Week 4 2021 Monday Paul loves lamb meat and …
Paul and Yuri pretty much loved every recipe I made this week. Not that they’re complaining that much usually. Yuri said to a friend last week, I never remember the name of the recipe, but it’s always delicious. So here’s week 3 2021. Week 3 2021 Monday Our weekdays are …
We finally had a bit of snow last week. It arrived here in Utrecht late in the afternoon on Saturday, but I loved watching the world turn white. Sadly, it was all gone again by Sunday afternoon. The week wasn’t that full with elaborate recipes, I made some easy comfort …