Rode vruchten siroop!

Na een tijdje te zijn weg geweest ben ik nu terug met verse nieuwe recepten. Om te beginnen een heerlijke siroop om de zomer door te komen.

nodig voor 1 liter:

1kg rode vruchten zoals aardbei, framboos, rode bessen, blauwe bessen gemengd en gepureerd

1kg bruine suiker of een suiker vervanger bij agave

1/2 liter water

een lepel kardemom

 en om het langer te kunnen bewaren 35g citroenzuur opgelost in een beetje water.

Alle fruit moet heel erg goed worden gewassen, het liefst in lauw water. Doe de fruit, water, suiker, en kardemom in een pan en laat alles langzaam koken tot het de kookpunt bereikt. Doe de pan uit het vuur en laat het koud worden in een bak met water. Als het koud is de citroenzuur toevoegen en in een gesteriliseerde fles bewaren.

Heerlijk aangelengd met water of met groene thee en munt als ijsthee! Ook niet slecht als saus bij een citroentaart.

Got to love food!

Going Indian with badji and more!

Spinach goat cheese lasagna my way!

Tomato cured goat cheese spaguetti my way!

Polenta with parsnip and watercress!

Carrot pate!

Hummus!

OK! There are various ways of making Hummus it's even a competition between country's such as Lebanon and Israel's competition for whom makes the best hummus. I had the privilege to have tried both and I prefer the Lebanese hummus. But I will share with you the recipe I've been making for the last years and I can tell you that both Lebanese as Israeli friends  like it. So make it and try it yourself! Enjoy!

Ingredients:
1 can of chickpeas of 250g
1 full spoon of tahin (sesame paste)
2 garlic pieces
1cm of a Spanish pepper
sea salt
olive oil

Remove the add paper from the outside of the chickpeas can, hen open it and put the peas in the can on a small fire and let it cook until it starts to boil. Remove the can from the fire and take the water out and put the chickpeas into a blender together with the pepper, garlic, tahin and a pinch of salt. Add slowly in to the mixture while mixing it some olive oil until the mixture is like a thick yogurt. Remove the mixture from the blender put into a bowl pour a little bit more of oil on it and a branch of coriander. Serve it with some flat bread!

Enjoy!

Specially for Frank R! Indian puri bread! (picture will follow)

Ingredients:


1 1/3 of a cup of wheat flour
1/2 spoon of sea salt
2/3 of a cup of water


Put the salt and flour in a bowl. And mix it very well. In the center of the mixture make a hole and add the water bit by bit until you get a good dough. If necessary add more water.
Mix the dough until it's soft and elastic. Form a ball with the mixture and leave it covered for 15 minutes.
Then cut in 10 equal balls and with a kitchen curler make little circles out of the 10 balls.
In a fry pan pre heated with sunflower oil, fry the circles one by one. Make sure the oil is very hot. It takes just a few seconds. Then take of and put on a plate covered with kitchen paper to absorb the extra oil.


Enjoy!

Kasha with grilled brie!

Sweet potato pear soup!

Ingredients:
1 small chopped onion
750g of chopped and peeled orange sweet potatoes
2 pears peeled, cleaned and chopped
7.5dl vegetable bouillon
2,5dl of cream
handful of coriander
olive oil
salt
Spanish pepper 1,5cm chopped
1 chopped garlic piece
a bit of mint for garnishing

In a soup pan add the olive oil, garlic and onion. Let it fry a bit until it's brown and then add the bouillon. Then add the potato, pear and coriander and let it cook for 35 minutes at a low fire. When cooked blend the mixture in a blender. Then put back in the pan let it cook for 10 minutes. Take out of the fire and add the cream and mint and ready it is.

Enjoy your soup in this cold winter weather!

A bite of prawn!

Ingredients:

200g of chopped prawn

1 handful of fresh chopped coriander

1cm of fresh chopped Spanish pepper

salt 

olive oil

1 egg

puff pastry

Mix all the very fine chopped ingredients in a bowl with the egg and one spoon of olive oil. Put little teaspoons of the mixture on the pastry and then cut it out with a small glass or something else with a diameter of 1 to 2 cm. Put this little circles of prawn in an oven plate covered with baking paper. Let it bake for 10 to 15 minutes in a pre-heated oven of 170 degrees.

Enjoy!

Feta mint pastry!

Ingredients:

200g of feta chopped in blocks

1 handful of chopped fresh mint

2 garlic pieces chopped in little pieces

half spanish pepper chopped

olive oil

salt

ready made puff pastry in squares

a spoon of milk

In a bowl mix all ingredients together! Then prepare the ready made puff pastry as described in the box. Put an amount of the mixture is about one small spoon in the pastry then close the pastry careful with your fingers. Make as much as your mixture allows you and then put them in baking paper and bake for about 20 min in a pre-heated oven of 170 degrees (ovens work different it may take you longer or shorter. When the pastry is brown it's ready.). 

Enjoy your Feta pastry with a bit of thick yogurt!

Veggie cookies with sweet potato chips and red chicory salad! (recipe will folllow)

Wishing you a healthy and yummy New Year!

After having a Christmas break in Poland I'm back home and back to my lovely, fresh and made just for me kitchen. To celebrate this find above a healthy after holidays meal. People often ask why I don't have meat recipes on my blog. The thing is that I'm not really a meat eater sometimes I may cook it for friends that love meat but me I prefer veggie and vegan food. So I wish you the best year ever! May you find the love of your life, have the kids you wish for, eat good food, have the greatest job, make the trip of your life.

xx

And don't forget, you got to love food!