Hello fellow foodies! I've been living in New York with my boyfriend Chris for over a month now. We live in a cute apartment in Manhattan's East Village, and there is a lot of cooking going on! Not just by me...Chris is also a foodie. Yeah! He cooks a lot (and recently discovered his love for pickles!)... I mainly bake burgers, New York cheesecakes,
Viola from my office, who has a amazing atelier there where she makes yogabags, gave me a few strawberries the other day. Natures candy, that what they are: super tasty, sweet and juicy.
This salad! Another one of Ottolenghi's surprises. Not that you wouldn't expect any thing less from this great chef... he continues to blow me away with new flavor combinations. I've made this salad so many times by now. It's one in the quality range quick, easy, and like I said, wonderful flavors. A brilliant combination.
Blog swop time! For the blog swop, I choose a recipe from Dutch food blog FoodAholic. I love anything with chocolate, uhhh who doesn’t?! I make so many choco recipes lately. Here is another one!
Last month I participated in the blog swap again! I was matched with Katrins Favorite recipes and choose something from her blog. And that was certainly not easy! Firs of all: there are just too many good recipes on
Recently I bought a small ice cream maker. But uhh do I really one?! I'm sure I'll discover the benefits, but so far: you can make delicious ice cream without one. Even with only 2 (!) Ingredients!
It's Juicy Tuesday! - Celery. Not the most exciting veggie. No, not on its own, but a super vegetable (extremely healthy!) to mix with other tasty goods.
During a party or dinner, I often have a glas bottle of water on the table. Sometimes lemon or cucumber. Other times with herbs, for example mint or thyme. During the last dinner at my house, I had a slightly different version: water with ice cubes & fruit!
Make this jam with fresh strawberries or strawberry juice pulp
I've been making pulp- and/or carrot cakes for a while now. Especially pulp cakes... Focussing on zero waste by using the left over pulp from juicing