This salad is inspired by the Thai cuisine, maybe my favourite after the Italian one for the fresh, pure and tangy flavours. Give me a bowl of Tom Yam soup or a Thai curry (vegetarian or not) with rice and you’ll make me happy! Sweet potatoes are almost always eaten cooked and that makes them incredibly sweet. If you eat…
This Summer pasta is delicious, light and fresh, so it’s perfect for a warm day. It’s great also eaten cold, as a pasta salad, for example during a pick-nick. In this case make sure you cook the pasta REALLY al dente because it will keep on absorbing moisture from the sauce getting softer as it does. Raw cauliflower…
Follow my blog with Bloglovin “What do I do with sun-dried tomatoes from a bag?” is question I hear often. The ones preserved in oil are quite straightforward, but what do you do with plain dried tomatoes? Did you get or purchase some and would you like to prepare something nice with them? For example, a tasty antipasto for dinner…
Hurray! It’s World Pasta Day! And therefore today we eat this delicious. incredibly easy to make spelt pasta with broccoli and lemon. Light, healthy and full of taste and fibres! As an added bonus, this dish is super fast and thus perfect for any working day. If you prefer a vegetarian/vegan version don’t add the anchovies. Buon appetito! Pasta di…
My love for mushrooms continues to grow day by day and I am enjoying more and more the challenge of trying new dishes with these wonderful products. I love the fact that they need very little to grow, they’re so rich in nutrients, fibers and minerals and so fast to grow. Moreover, they are the perfect replacement for meat due…
Italië Magazine presents the sixth edition of the Italië Magazine Restaurant of the Year election. This year I’m part of the jury together with Paul van Eijndhoven, editor-in-chief of Italië Magazine, Pieter J. Bogaers of Culinary Close Encounters and Roberto Payer, General Manager of the Amsterdam Hilton hotel. You can find the list of nominated restaurants on Italië Magazine’s site.…
Good morning with this simple and delicious breakfast: goat yoghurt with blueberries, blackberries, home-made red currant jam sweetened with thickened apple juice and a sprinkle of ground cardamom and powdered lemon grass. A great and healthy way to start the day. Add a bit of honey if you prefer it less tart. Goedemorgen met dit simpel en gezond ontbijtje: geitenyoghurt…
PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR DUTCH It’s Summer and if you have a veggie garden Summer means one thing: TONS of courgettes (zucchini for our American friends). My friend Claudio Varone is lucky enough to have a big patch of ground at his disposal for planting veggies, flowers and fruit and he knows what I’m talking about. Lucky him! It’s a…