One of my all time favourite fish recipes is this one: a whole trout roasted in the oven and filled with herbs, lemon, onion, and garlic. It reminds me of lovely summer evenings, when the sun is still shining, the temperature is still warm, and the white wine is cold.Go to your local fish shop,…
Tag: summer
Broccoli Salad with Sun Dried Tomatoes and Pine Nuts
Summertime means salads. Light and fresh meals or side dishes that are quick to make and even quicker to eat (because they’re so delicious). One of my favourites is this Broccoli Salad with Sun Dried Tomatoes and Pine Nuts.
Zucchini Mint Soup with Smoked Salmon
I don’t know about the rest of the world but it’s been abnormally warm in The Netherlands this week, with the temperature reaching 35 degrees in some places. It’s lovely though if you have vacation (like me) and can go to the beach with friends when you want (like me). When it is as hot…
Healthy Chicken Burgers
Nearly there! It’s almost weekend again! What makes it even better for me? I am going on a holiday! Together with the whole family, I’m going to Corfu, an island on the west coast of Greece. Hello sun, sea, Retsina, and Feta. Goodbye, weird weather in Holland. As I’m trying to pack for the trip,…
Beet Soup
The weekend is here! A very warm weekend that is. It’s been hot here in The Netherlands for about two weeks now, which is something us Dutch cherish as we are not always this lucky with the weather. Last Sunday I shared a recipe for Blueberry Nectarine Soy Popsicles that’ll help you cool down in…
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…
Basil and Oil 