Ceviche…. for the name alone you should be liking this dish! I think it sounds exotic and fun and people look at you like you know what you’re talking about when you pronounce it correctly.. I had heard about this dish before, read about it but never actually tried it. I have to be honest [...]
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A slight panick broke out when I saw the challenge of this month for the Daring Cooks. We had to make souffles…. Now the souffle itself was not the reason for my panick attack; I mean I have made souffle before, but only in a dessert version. But the first thing that sprang to mind [...]
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There are certain things in life that I simply cannot seem to like. One of those things is stuffed vine leaves or more specifically dolmades. I first came across this green “cigars” when we were on holiday in Greece and Tom ordered them. I took one bite and decided I did not like them at [...]
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I am nuts about nuts… Love them all, although I have a slight allergy for them. Ever heard of the most common allergy which is apple, raisins and walnuts? Well, I have it.. Really nothing serious; but whenever I eat a raw apple or walnut (once used in something I’m fine) my throat, ears and [...]
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When I read what the challenge for this month was going to be I got all excited. I totally love Mexican food!! The original challenge called for making Stacked Green Chili and grilled chicken enchiladas. Sounded like fun and while reading through the ingredients I figured I should be able to get them, if not [...]
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Aha! That was sort of my reaction when I read about the Daring Cooks challenge for this month. The challenge consisted of two parts; first making your own chicken stock from scratch and two, making your own risotto with that stock. Now to be honest; making risotto is not really a challenge as I have [...]
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I almost didn’t have time to make this lovely challenge for the february Daring Cooks, but thanks to the lousy weather I had to stay at home today instead of going to Belgium… So I guess that was a lucky coincidence to otherwise nasty weather… The 2010 February Daring COOKs challenge was hosted by Michele [...]
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When you receive an email from Ivonne and Lis asking if you would like to host the Daring Cooks for december, you just don’t say no! So I happily said yes and I thought it was an honour to be even asked, but as soon as the email was send; panick set in! O noooo, [...]
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I was pleasantly surprised and a little fearful when I learned that Jaden of Steamy Kitchen would be the host for this months Daring Cooks assignment. I have been reading Jaden’s blog for quite some time now and totally love it!! She is funny, writes great stories, makes beautiful photographs and well, the recipes are [...]
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This month Daring Cooks challenge was hosted by Olga from Las Cosas de Olga and Olga’s Recipes she chose a delicious Spanish recipe, Rice with mushrooms, cuttlefish and artichokes by José Andrés, one of the most important Spanish Chefs at the moment. Ok, can I just start by saying “eeewwwhhh”? Nothing to do with the [...]
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I was quite happy to read that the new challenge for june for the Daring Cooks was Chinese Dumplings. The challenge was hosted by Jen from use real butter, who is a master in making these! I had made those once before during a chinese workshop although we did use the premade wonton wrappers to [...]
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