Another Indonesian dish! This time sajoer beans. These are green beans with a bite. Paul, my husband, loves them. He loves green beans, but he especially loves it when I prepare them this way. It’s a perfect side dish to serve with rice and some meat or tofu. The recipe …
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 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 …
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 …
After the broccoli with coconut, another recipe from the cookbook ‘Sri Lanka Food’ from Sarogini. And again another perfect side dish, this Aromatic Ghee Rice. I simply love rice, especially when prepped with a good seasoning or other flavors added. This Ghee fragrant rice can be perfectly paired with the …
The Sri Lankan cuisine is less known compared to the Indian cuisine, but equally delicious. A few years ago I got an Sri Lankan food cookbook as a present and I’ve already made some fabulous recipes from it. The cookbook is called ‘Sri Lanka Food’ from Sarogini. Broccoli with coconut …