Sweet Sunday – Banana Walnut Muffins

Hurray! It’s Sweet Sunday! And with that little rhyme, I’ll now bring you the new recipe for this relaxing summer (!) Sunday! Gorgeous banana walnut muffins. Aside from the sugar -but who cares about that anyway?- this is actually a positively healthy recipe. It substitutes the normal use of butter for oil. Also, I have…

Strawberry Avocado Smoothie

The weekend is over. Those lovely relaxing couple of days are finished. Back to reality it is. To me Monday is an absolute hell. I can get no sleep whatsoever on the night from Sunday to Monday. Resulting in me being only semi-awake all day. Which does not make me or anyone around me very…

Sweet Sunday – Cranberry Ripple Cheesecake

It’s Sweet Sunday! Time to indulge in some sinful baked goods! The recipe for this week is a  delicately smooth Cranberry Ripple Cheesecake. I know it’s not really what’s in season at the moment, but the fresh flavours of this cheesecake are actually more suitable to be tasted in Summer than in Autumn. The cheesecake…

Panzanella

As promised in my last recipe post, here I’ll provide you with the ingredients and instructions to prepare the gorgeous, flavourful salad called Panzanella. This salad is an Italian staple dish, originally created by the poor inhabitants of Tuscany, who had to use all available ingredients to its utmost. The main ingredient, as the name…

Balsamic Glazed Chicken

Too be honest, I always try to avoid cooking with chicken. Though I have no problems eating it when it’s been cooked by someone else. It’s just that once I know that there is some danger involved, I immediately get scared and back out. Which is plainly ridiculous, since I am missing out on so…

The Making of Jam

So it has come to my attention that there is this kind of wooly, gray image hanging around jam making. Which I find to be completely incorrect. There is so much you can do with jam, and the jam variations are endless. To me, that actually makes it quite contemporary. By using new ingredients, or adding…

Zucchini bread

I’m introducing an idea that I hope will please my 9(!) followers. Thank you so much for following me, guys! Appreciate it loads! So, the idea is to post recipes, facts, anything, by using the days of the week. Right now, I’ll just start doing the Sunday, which is the easiest for me to begin…

Cucumber Gazpacho

The time has come to publicly publish my first recipe ever. It’s kind of a big deal for me actually… So if you’d like, please leave a comment and let me know what you think 🙂 As it is getting warmer and warmer, even here in Holland, I am starting to crave veggies and cold…