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Strawberry feta salad

by Simone (junglefrog) on May 18, 2012 · 16 comments

in Healthy, Recipes, Salads, weightloss

I’m a moron, you know that right? A downright idiot sometimes, if you will. I am impulsive. Act before I think about what I’m doing on many occasions. I change my mind often and radically too. Not to fear though, it usually effects only myself, so any harm done, is usually only done to myself [...]

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We have funny friends, did you know that? Friends who come up with these crazy ideas…. And it seems that our new kitchen is sort of bringing it out in all of them. It could have something to do with the fact that everyone all of a sudden wants us to cook dinner, and hey, [...]

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Carrot cake

by Simone (junglefrog) on April 10, 2012 · 24 comments

in Desserts & other sweets, Food and Drink, Recipes

I’ll let you in on a little secret; up till not so very long ago I always thought that carrot cake wasn’t real. That it didn’t really exist other then in a stupid joke that I heard when I was a kid. The joke was about a bunny going to a bakery asking for a [...]

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Cauliflower fennel gratin

by Simone (junglefrog) on March 7, 2012 · 23 comments

in Food and Drink, Recipes, sidedish, Vegetarian

When you talk to people about fennel, they are either in the pro or con camp. There doesn’t seem to be some sort of middle way when it comes to fennel. Granted the flavor of fennel is quite distinct. I love it in all it’s forms; seeds, fresh or dried (come to think of it, [...]

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Delicious rhubarb tarts

Those of you who know me a little better or those of you that have followed me a little longer, might know that I have not always been in the same profession. Lord knows I have had just about as many different jobs as anyone wants to have when I was younger. I made it [...]

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While I think some of the last couple of challenges where… well quite challenging… I think I may have picked a very easy one this time..:) So I would almost say that there is no reason not to participate this month! For the new Donna Hay styling and photography challenge, number 7 already, I picked [...]

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Beetroot quinoa with feta and tomatoes

by Simone (junglefrog) on March 1, 2012 · 12 comments

in Food and Drink, Healthy, Recipes, Salads

Quinoa and beetroot dish

I can still remember the very first time I came upon Bea’s blog La Tartine Gourmande. I was awestruck to say the least. Those gorgeous airy photographs! Delicate, flowery and with a clear style. I was hooked. We’re literally talking years ago. It must have been 5 years ago, I think. I honestly don’t know. [...]

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Baked penne with eggplant, tomatoes and cheese

by Simone (junglefrog) on February 24, 2012 · 27 comments

in Food and Drink, Italian, Meat, Recipes

baked penne dish

Did you know that the Dutch are known as ‘cheese heads’ (kaaskoppen)? I’m quite sure it is not a term a Dutch person would use for themselves but it is an internationally known term. I wasn’t entirely sure how we got to be called that, other then the fact that we sure do eat cheese [...]

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Party food for any occasion

by Simone (junglefrog) on February 19, 2012 · 33 comments

in Appetizer, Food and Drink, Snacks

Skewers with sesame and pumpkin

I guess for most part it is my own fault that people expect food if they visit us. And I do not mean the regular bowl of peanuts or olives, noooo, they expect me to have made something new and something exciting! My dad is one of the worst as I have told you before [...]

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Sourdough bruschetta

by Simone (junglefrog) on February 16, 2012 · 18 comments

in Bread, Food and Drink, Recipes

Delicious sandwich

I think I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again; sometimes the best things in life are the simplest things… Now take for example this delicious bruschetta. Made with some of the leftover contents of our fridge and voila, you have a perfect lunch sandwich. Not sure how the weather is in your part [...]

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I was madly in love. Madly in love with a tough biker guy called Paul. He was blond, tall and handsome and every time I looked into his eyes I sort of felt my butterflies dance. I had met Paul through a mutual girlfriend called Agnes. At the time I was still working as a [...]

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