Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising. This is a spontaneous soup. I mean I had the idea in the morning before shopping – so I was spontaneous. Most of the ingredients were already in my pantry resp. fridge. All I had to buy were the sweet potatoes. So I set up my private cooking show after shopping & prepared the soup & took photos & made notes – then we had lunch. (You’ll see…
Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising. I always prepare tomato sauce during spring and summer w/ lots of fresh tomatoes roasted in the oven until a really soft mess. This tomato sauce is best for any pasta as well as vegetables or meat. You may produce quite a lot & store it in containers in your fridge for some days or even put to 2-3 weeks – be sure: it won’t last so long. What…
Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising. What happened? I opened my fridge & learnt that there were some leftovers … vegetables to be correct. Carrots & spring onions. Also in my pantry there were some potatoes … & in my freezer I had some frozen peas. In each case it wasn’t so much … not enough for whatever … So I decided to make a real big batch of mixed vegetables! Next morning when…
Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising. Pizza or quiche? I love pizza & I love quiche. So suddenly an idea grow in my mind: Why not combine pizza & quiche? The outcome? In certain way it’s a mess, however, a delicious mess. Soft & juicy. Totally Italian w/ the texture of a quiche. I made 2 approaches which differ mainly in the amount of tomato pulp I spread onto the pizza pastry.…
Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising. I’m still in my sandwich phase. I still have leftovers from my baked vegetables. Especially there is a batch of Spanish green peppers. Today I try a toasted sandwich. … & I don’t use the sandwich maker which I adore sometimes when I need something warm & filling at once. In a sandwich maker you can just pile up slices of toast, vegetables, bacon … cheese. On top…
Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising. I told you about Mastering Spice, a new book in my library. So I made the next try to recreate something out of the book. I stumbled over a recipe for an olive oil based loaf cake. The book is so organized that there is a main recipe & following there are some variations. I found the recipe for the olive oil cake loaf & a variation w/ additional…
Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising. Eoy 2019 … to clarify from the very beginning: I won’t try to predict any future by reading in tea leaves or – like here – watching boiling orange sauce – if the photo above may suggest anything like that to you. This post … well, there is only 1 (!) photo which I took in between my cooking adventure – because I never planned to cook any…
Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising. My better half & I had friends invited for dinner – & it was about 30° C & more. What to do? BBQ – well, yes, but somebody (i. e. my better half) would have to be on the deck, managing the BBQ for some hours while the sun would burn merciless. (Our terrace is south/south-west bound!) We skipped this approach & opted for a French evening w/…
Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising. I found a recipe for baked Greek meat balls on the food blog The Mediterranean Dish, however, I thought: Isn’t it more Greek if there is also some feta involved? So I started my own version w/ additional feta sealed up in the meat balls. When starting you’ll need some onion, some garlic & a bay leaf to be fried in some olive oil until soft. (It’s…
Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising. I got another idea when roaming Giulia Scarpaleggia’s cookbook about Tuscany based on her food blog Jul’s Kitchen. It’s this absolutely delicious & substantial tart you may serve together w/ green salad or any mixed salad as well as cheese platters or a cold meats selection or any roasted meat… When planning a buffet think of such a tart – it’s more interesting than only plain bread… well:…
Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising. How to start? In one of my new cookbooks I found a short recipe. It’s Giulia Scarpaleggia’s cookbook from her food blog Jul’s Kitchen about the markets of Tuscany. The recipe describes a nice snack for happy hour or as a side dish for dinner… The main ingredients are bread, wine & cheese. So I remembered this approach when thinking about a light dinner. I had…
Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising. Last weekend I made sauces. My better half & I indulged in homemade sauces: top left: yoghurt based mayonnaise top right: sauce hollandaise bottom left: remoulade bottom right: mayonnaise. It sounds a little too much (at 1st sight!), but I had planned our weekend meals ahead & thought it would be nice to have home-made sauces for brunch & dinner. So I started to prepare the sauces –…
Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising. Here is another example for using my loaf baking tin… This time I remembered quiche & made a quiche loaf. The basic idea comes from one of my cookbooks (Sophies Cakes by Sophie Dudemaine). What to do w/ a savory cake? It’s best to combine it w/ a fresh green salad, a simple green salad… It’s a perfect dinner treat especially when you have been busy all day…
Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising. For a breakfast w/ friends I decided to do a frittata. At first I thought about scrambled eggs or baked eggs… however, these have to be prepared fresh from the scratch. If you try to enjoy a breakfast w/ friends (or a brunch) as a host it’s always better to prepare everything in advance. A frittata can be prepared 1 day before – no problem at all. You…
Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising. I went shopping & I came back w/ vegetables. Before starting for my weekly shopping adventure at my trusted food store I remembered a recipe for a vegetable curry on Chocolate & Zucchini – and decided to give it a try. At 1st there were vegetables… Generally I’m no friend of leftovers concerning bare ingredients – I always try to use everything I buy especially when buying for…