A great appetizer for all year round!
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Watercress Salad with Roasted Asparagus, and Peas
A quick, healthy, and delicious salad with green asparagus, pea, and eggs, tossed in a refreshing yogurt-based honey-mustard dressing.
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Eggless Banana Bread
Our kids are intentionally leaving bananas to go overripe, just to have me make this banana bread.
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RIJKS* x Manu (March 2020)
A memorable vegetarian lunch event at RIJKS* (and also the last time eating out in quite a while, I am afraid…)
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Restaurant Foer – Amsterdam (February 2020)
Dinner at Restaurant Foer provided a superb fine dining experience.
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Pasta with Sous Vide Leeks and Pancetta
An interest sous-vide experiment with leeks turned into a creamy pasta sauce!
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Carrot Salad with Harissa, Feta, and Mint
A fantastic salad is based on an old recipe I found over at Smitten Kitchen and my own recipe for harissa which is inspired by Franck Dangereux.
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Garlic Mushroom, Cavolo Nero and Red Rice Stirfry with Avo and Eggs
The past week, we have been cooking some delicious vegetarian dinners from Nina Olsson’s cookbook Feasts of Veg.
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Bistro Bord’o – Leiden (January 2020)
We started 2020 well, catching up with friends at Bistro Bord’o in Leiden.
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‘Cook like a Chef’ Food Box – Review
A food box that enables you to recreate dishes from some of the best Dutch chefs at home!
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Happy New Year!! (Top 15 posts of 2019)
I wish you all the best for 2020!
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Around the World – British Columbia Roadtrip (2019) – Burnaby
Our final day and a half in Canada: Driving from Victoria to Burnaby, near Vancouver International Airport, for our flight back home.
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Around the World – British Columbia Roadtrip (2019) – Victoria
The last part of our road trip through beautiful Vancouver Island: from Salt Spring Island, via a very scenic route, to Victoria.
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Around the World – British Columbia Roadtrip (2019) – Salt Spring Island
The next stop on our road trip was a super relaxing 3 days on Salt Spring Island!
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Around the World – British Columbia Roadtrip (2019) – Tofino
Next stop on Vancouver Island: 3 days to explore BC’s surfer’s paradise Tofino, and the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve.
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Amber Garden Restaurant – Amstelveen (October 2019)
A new high-end Chinese restaurant in Amstelveen has officially opened late September. I checked it out for a quick dinner with my brother last month, and it is really, really good!
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Around the World – British Columbia Roadtrip (2019) – Courtenay
The next destination of our British Columbia road trip was Courtenay, one of 4 stops on Vancouver Island.
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Aan de Poel** – Amstelveen (October 2019)
A special truffle dinner!
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Restaurant Olivijn* – Haarlem (October 2019)
3rd Friday fancy lunch in a row was at Restaurant Olivijn* in Haarlem.
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Restaurant De Burgemeester* – Linschoten (September 2019)
The very recent restyling of Restaurant De Burgemeester* was a reason enough to revisit them for Chantal’s birthday.
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Around the World – British Columbia road trip (2019) – Sunshine Coast
The next leg in our road trip of British Columbia was from Whistler along the Sunshine Coast with stops near Sechelt and in Powell River.
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