basil

As I’ve already told you when I did a guestpost for Ben from What’s Cooking Mexico? a few weeks ago in his series What’s Cooking World? I am a big big fan of his blog which is all about Mexican cuisine. Ben and I started blogging at about the same time way back in 2007 [...]

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Let’s just do another easy one, I thought to myself when going through one of Donna Hay’s cookbooks. It should be a simple recipe but enough of a challenge in getting it right. Well… if only I had thought about that a little better.. I failed, I failed miserably in recreating the original that you [...]

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Green herbs and pea salad

by Simone (junglefrog) on November 4, 2011 · 10 comments

in Food and Drink, Recipes, Salads

As soon as I arrive in the small street in Amsterdam I frantically start looking for a parking spot and luck seems to be on my side as I find one within 200 meters of my final destination. I park, put on my parkline parking thingie, grab my bag from the passenger seat and run [...]

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Trapani rigatoni

It was time… It had been too long ago that Charlotte and myself (and Winfried) cooked up something fun together.. Well actually that is not even entirely true as Charlotte is also part of our cooking club so it’s not really that long, but cooking with more then two/three in this case does not count.. [...]

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Caprese sandwich

by Simone (junglefrog) on August 18, 2009 · 29 comments

in Current Affairs, Food and Drink

Caprese sandwich

Why is that the last days before you leave on a trip are always so hectic? And I don’t mean with packing stuff or arranging those last minute things. I’ve travelled enough that I have gotten quite efficient in the packing area, but for some reason people always want to all of a sudden meet, [...]

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Couscous salad with feta and basil

by Simone (junglefrog) on February 18, 2009 · 2 comments

in Food and Drink, Photography, Recipes, Salads

Couscous salad

Can anyone tell me what Bulghur is? I was supposed to make the above recipe with Bulghur but – ofcourse – could not find it, so had to exchange it with couscous. My feeling is that the two are a lot alike, as it tasted quite good with the couscous. I was actually really really [...]

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kruidenricotta2

Ok, I have to confess this wasn’t really a challenge I had set myself upfront, since we were merely trying out new recipes for Christmas buffet… We are having people over for both days this year, which means a lot of cooking is involved! Instead of making more of the same we figured we try [...]

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Delicious potato dish with prosciutto and creamcheese

See in the title where it says “young” potatoe? Well.., let’s just say that if you are planning on replicating this recipe, then make sure that you pick young potatoes and not just any old potatoe you have lying around in the house..:) It’s been a while since I have tried out some new recipes [...]

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Pasta salad

Not my favorite subject… but the fact is that I have to lose weight. Losing weight and loving to cook, can be an advantage or a disadvantage and I haven’t really figured out which one would best describe my situation..lol. I am not a fanatic dieter and I believe in the values of a good [...]

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Italian sandwich

Tom was out for work last night, so that is always my chance to make something to eat that he doesn’t like. I happen to live together with a guy who is not too fond of cheese… Unfortunately one of the things that I totally love! Most of the time it’s quite easy to solve [...]

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