This is the quick, easy and authentic recipe for the classic pasta carbonara. If you plan well, you’ll have it on the table within 30 minutes. I’ve had pasta carbonara in all its variations, from the silky subtle to the heavy creamy and cheesy or worst the completely curdled cooked to death kind. Done well,…
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Detox before X-mas: Fennel, Celery, Pear & Cucumber Juice
Detoxing before Christmas, what? why? Usually people start detoxing & well… de-everythinging after Christmas. But the December month is so full of treats and parties that I felt completely out of balance before Christmas even started. In The Netherlands the festive season starts early with Sinterklaas on the 5th of December. I can’t tell you…
Chicken with Walnuts and Pomegranate
This is a Persian recipe called Khoresh Fesenjan. Admittedly, it is not the prettiest sight, but it is low effort, healthy and very tasty. I discovered this recipe about 2 years ago, as I was changing jobs. As part of my goodbye, my colleagues bought me all sorts of food stuff (knowing the foodie I am)….
Aubergine and Spinach Gratin
Another recipe for the Sinner and Saint collection. This is an oven dish loaded with vegetables, such as aubergine, spinach, tomatoes, onion and celery. It is also loaded with a creamy and cheesy bechamel sauce. The healthy and unhealthy are married in the oven till golden perfection. I am making this on a weekday, which…
Vegetable Curry with Brown Rice
This is a no guilt, yummie and healthy recipe that you can get on the table within 30 minutes. It contains three types of vegetables, creamy coconut milk and a hint of lime. We still had some leftover curry paste in the freezer that we used for the Malaysian Laksa. When I make my own…
Salmon en Croute
I just love things en croute. Doesn’t everything taste better in a bit of (buttery) puff pastry? For me it does. Salmon en croute is my sinner&saint recipe. On the one hand the salmon is very healthy, but it is topped with herb cream cheese and tugged into buttery puff pastry…very unhealthy…though I think it…
Rainbow Carrots with Coriander Seeds and Maple Glaze
I noticed a pack of rainbow carrots in the vegetable isle of our local supermarket today. They looked so pretty and I could already hear them calling out my name. Of course I needed to buy them. Carrots are a delicately sweet vegetable and I wanted to prepare them in a way that brings out…
Crispy Indian Crepes (Dosa)
We travelled to India last year for a 3 week holiday across the south of India (Kerala and Karnataka). We started our trip in Cochin, Kerala. This is where we discovered this amazing crispy and healthy dosa, which is eaten across the South as an all day snack, for breakfast and for a light dinner….
Ottolenghi’s Lentil Tomato Soup
A few weeks back Stijn surprised me with a lovely present: Yotam Ottoleghi’s new cookbook Simple. Ottolenghi’s previous cookbooks Plenty and Nopi are wonderful, though the recipes are often very complex, requiring lots of out of the ordinary ingredients and multiple stages of preparation. So not very suitable for the weekdays. His new cookbook, Simple…
Miso Salmon with Ginger & Sesame Bok Choy
This is a very healthy and easy recipe for the weekdays. It is said that Dutch folks don’t eat enough fish (or vegetables). This recipe ticks both boxes. And if you eat fish, they recommend you to eat a fatty fish once a week. As salmon is a fatty fish, it ticks the box again…so…
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