Ice-cream and coke = Spider

October 20, 2010
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What makes the spider so attractive to kids? I used to love this as a kid, my kids do too and will beg for it when ever they hear the word spider. It must be the bad is good element that makes it appealing. They always ask for more ice-cream and coke too… How do [...]

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Katiescookies.nl

October 18, 2010
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“All cookies are homemade and handmade with only simple ingredients. No preservatives or colors are added and I use zero grams of trans fat.” Would you believe me if I told you that we didn’t share one crum of each cookie we tasted? That is how good these little pieces of heaven are. My favourite so [...]

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Jelbena ala Rouissi

October 18, 2010
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200gr minced beef 1/2 tsp dried mint 1 tsp tabil spice 1/2 tsp salt freshly ground black pepper Ingredients 3 tbsp olive oil 1 onion finely chopped 2 tbsp tomato paste 4 carrots sliced thickly 2 cups frozen peas 1 red pepper bell chopped 1 tsp tabil spice 2 cups water 1 tsp salt freshly [...]

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Bring on the Pumpkin

October 15, 2010
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The Pumpkin Roundup: Make a cupcake filled with pumpkin pie Bakerella’s Pumpkin Pie Bites Jamie Oliver’s Chilli Lime Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Pumpkin gratin Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Biscuits Tunisian Pumpkin Soup Roasted Pumpkin Salad Recipe Thai-spiced Pumpkin Soup Recipe Pumpkin Sesame Fritters with Maple Syrup Pumpkin Bread What is your favourite pumpkin recipe? image credit: flickr.com/kams_world

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Food blog: Don’t Eat This

October 13, 2010
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  DO NOT EAT THIS are dedicated to uncovering food fraud and exposing edible imposters before they sneak past your innocent taste buds and sabotage your body. The donoteatthis blog has already complied some breathtaking images of food that we all should really avoid. The “Canned Whole Chicken” is one of the most disgusting things I have seen [...]

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Hanting Cuisine Top Restaurant in The Hague

October 12, 2010
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HanTing Cuisine wins top restaurant in The Hague in the SpecialBite guide 2011. It is no surprise that Chef Han’s newest restaurant has become one of the top 10 restaurants in The Netherlands. We ate there last year when it had just opened it doors and it was a real food lover treat. Chef Han is [...]

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Vegetarian Butcher opening in The Hague

October 11, 2010
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“Supermarkets and health food stores offer a growing variety of meat substitutes, aimed at vegans, vegetarians, flexitarians and everyone else who has decided to eat less meat. What we hadn’t yet spotted, however, was a store dedicated to meat substitutes in the same way a butcher is dedicated to meat. Filling that gap is De [...]

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Tunisian Djerbi Rice

October 8, 2010
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Looking for something else to cook in that couscous pan you bought last summer besides couscous? Rice djerbi is the perfect dish. Easy to prepare and worth the wait. Ingredients 400gr basmati rice 200 gr beef, thinly sliced 4 tbsp olive oil handful chickpeas 3 finely chopped onions 1 pack fresh spinach or frozen spinach [...]

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A Chick Pea Delight

October 4, 2010
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Indian cuisine can be as exotic or as light hearted as you want it to be. I love playing with flavors, giving traditional recipes a twist and cooking up something new. Ingredients 1 small tin chickpeas 1 small red onion  finely chopped 1-2 boiled potatoes finely chopped (tends to crumble when chopped, so needs a bit [...]

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Creme de Caramel au beurre sale

September 30, 2010
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  WOW if you ever see this in anybody’s kitchen claim it just like I did, it was love at first taste. Recipe links: Caramel au Beurre Salé (Homemade Sweet Caramel Salted Butter Sauce) Macaron Caramel au Beurre Salé  

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Crumpets, a small piece of butter heaven

September 25, 2010
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Crumpet is a savoury/sweet bread snack made from flour and yeast. It is eaten mainly in the United Kingdom and other nations of the Commonwealth. via: wikipedia Crumpets always remind me of Australia. Comfort food that I can not resist when I go to the English supermarkets here in The Hague. I almost didn’t buy them [...]

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Tunisia, traditional cooking

September 15, 2010
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“I can’t bear to taste a tagine that has been prepared in an electric oven,” Majeda al-Turki, a local resident of about 60, told Magharebia. “Different meats have a special flavour when cooked on a coal fire.” A Ramadan tour in old town Tunis gives a brief insight into traditional Ramadan cooking. The streets of [...]

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