September 2010

Patisserie lesson 2….

by Simone (junglefrog) on September 26, 2010 · 18 comments

in Desserts & other sweets, Food and Drink, Recipes

Yesterday we had our second lesson in Amsterdam at Douglas Delights and because of the fact that the highway is being worked on around Amsterdam we were up at a ridiculously early time. We had to check wether we had to go by train or if we could still go by car. We went for [...]

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Green peas with feta

by Simone (junglefrog) on September 23, 2010 · 27 comments

in Food and Drink, Recipes, Salads

I know there have been several occassions that I complained to you about my weight and the eternal struggle to get back to a healthy weight. Well, let me tell you that I am still nowhere near that goal at this point in time. It appears that I just love food too much, but as [...]

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Plum & almond crumble slice

by Simone (junglefrog) on September 20, 2010 · 22 comments

in Desserts & other sweets, Food and Drink, Recipes

Finally…a day for doing “nothing” which for me tends to translate in being able to bake and cook. I still had some plums that I urgently needed to use before they would go bad, so I searched the internet for a recipe using plums. Obviously this particular recipe can be used with whatever fruit you [...]

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Delightful patisserie lesson 1

by Simone (junglefrog) on September 18, 2010 · 19 comments

in Desserts & other sweets, Food and Drink, Recipes

We first met Carle during one of our courses at the Kookstudio Amsterdam, where we were very impressed with the way he teaches. His knowledge of baking, dessert and pastry is enormous and he is very good in transferring that knowledge to other people, so when we found out that he is giving patisserie courses [...]

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Toast with white beanspread and mozarella

by Simone (junglefrog) on September 8, 2010 · 23 comments

in Bread, Food and Drink, Recipes, Sandwiches

Sometimes, when I’ve been away from the stove for too long I get ‘cooking withdrawal’ symptoms… I am sure you did not know that those existed now did you? I get cranky and feel a very urgent need to go and make something fun, anything will do really. Now this particular lunch that I had [...]

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Kuaytiaw phat sii iew sai moo

by Simone (junglefrog) on September 5, 2010 · 19 comments

in Asian, Food and Drink, Recipes

O, haha… in case you think I have lost my mind… it’s not so bad really. I just couldn’t resist to name this post after the official Thai title. Probably not so weird sounding if your Thai (I hope not at least) but if you’re anything like me you have no clue what this recipe [...]

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First cookbook entry!!

by Simone (junglefrog) on September 2, 2010 · 23 comments

in Current Affairs

Whoohoo!!! I made it!! It’s now official. One of my recipes will be featured in the Foodista Cookbook! I just received the email confirming that I was one of the 100 lucky winners out of about 1500 entries. Now how cool is that? I just think it is fabulous.. The winning recipe is one of [...]

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