13 July 2016

Homemade muesli with seeds, nuts and fruit

Sandra breakfast/brunch, quick & easy fruit, homemade muesli, nuts, seeds, vegan 0 Comments

Summer holidays have started! I’m enjoying the prospect of six weeks of getting up without haste and starting the day with the lazy breakfasts we usually reserve for the weekend: lemon and ricotta pancakes, quinoa with walnuts and banana, oatmeal with almonds and cherry compote… The children are always up for experiments, so who knows […]

22 June 2016

Creamy strawberry and banana semifreddo

Maaike cooking with children, quick & easy, sweet banana, healthy, homemade ice cream, semifreddo, strawberries 1 Comment

I have come across recipes for homemade banana ice cream for quite a while. Last week I finally tried to make it, to the delight of my sons. This healthy dessert, with no added sugars, was a real treat. The texture of my ice cream resembles a semifreddo: a creamy half frozen strawberry banana mousse. […]

15 June 2016

Risotto with fried courgette flowers

Sandra main dishes, mains courgette flowers, risotto, round courgette 0 Comments

To my delight, I have a new plant standing in full bloom this week between the jasmin and roses in our garden: a courgette plant, which I grew out of three little seeds. Yesterday we turned the first vegetable harvest of it into a salad with pine nuts and currants. As much as I love […]

8 June 2016

Pad thai made with root vegetables and courgette

Sandra main dishes, mains, salads carrots, courgette, parsnips 0 Comments

Pad thai is one of the most popular Thai street food dishes. Its full name, kway teow pad thai, apparently means “stir-fried rice noodles, Thai style”. These noodles are usually prepared with shrimps, tofu, omelette or meat and dressed with a sweet and sour soy and lime sauce. Restaurants, street food vendors and well-known cookery […]

1 June 2016

Easy elderflower and lime cheesecake

Maaike quick & easy, sweet cheesecake, elderflower, lime 0 Comments

It takes only a few ingredients and little time to make this easy no-bake cheesecake. The result: a delicious creamy cheesecake with the fresh, summery flavours of elderflower and lime. I served this cake at a birthday party last month and it was one of the favourites among my guests! Easy elderflower and lime cheesecake Ingredients 150 […]

18 May 2016

Parmigiana di zucchine with cottage cheese

Sandra main dishes, mains, oven dishes/one-pan dishes 0 Comments

This dish is sunshine on a plate. It’s an Italian classic: a casserole built up like lasagne, but using layers of courgette instead of pasta sheets. When you take a look on Italian cooking sites, you can see it being prepared in roughly two ways: red, using tomato sauce, and white, using béchamel. Since I’m […]