For Dinner

Cooking dinner, these days, is sometimes the only creative moment of the day. One I really enjoy. I have been in a very practical 'getting-things-done' state of mind lately. A state of mind that unfortunately doesn't go well with the dreaming & creating. My soul now feels a bit malnourished but it's nonetheless very usefull. There is a time for everything, right?

ps Thanks for your sweet comments on my previous post!

The last things I've learned..

How to make indian carrot soup * How warm days are a bit of a creativity-killer for me( so hello autumn!) * A bit more about lomo-photography* Some new French words.

I'm really a sponge when it comes to learning; always looking for new skills, new languages, new life-lessons..somehow learnig new things keeps life fresh and inspiring. What is that you'd love to learn?

(The last thing I learned is this weeks theme of 'corner view')

Kitchen Stills

Before & After. (Can you guess the dish? It's one of my favorites)

Soup, Soup & eh...Soup

I was ordered by the oral surgeon (the pain in my jaw unfortunately got worse) to go back to liquid food again. I'm trying to make the most of it! From top to bottom: beet soup, cucumber soup, Tomato-cream soup. For the coming days I have sweet patatoe and avacado on the menu, any suggestions?

Give away coming up tomorrow!

(@ cv-friends: sorry have to let this weeks cv pass)

Corner View: Anything Goes

Thanksgiving is not a widespread tradition in Holland (yet), but I love everything about it! I think being thankfull (sometimes really easy & sometimes with some effort..) is such a big part of being happy. And there is no better way to celebrate that than with good food! What do you think that I should serve? Any tips? Please share!

x

(Conrner View is a weekly theme all around the world. This weeks theme 'anything goes'is from Ninja, want to see more? Start with Theresa! )

Peanut Butter & Jelly

Monday Morning

It's probably the best smell in the world.

(1. morning light2. super simple homemade bread: dry yeast,water, sea salt, carn sugar, flower.)

The Best Ingrediënts

Somehow I didn't wake up with the best mood this morning. So I decided to cheer myself up with the best ingrediënts I know: food & art! This salade is the perfect saturday treat, it's inspired by a receipy I found in an old summer magazine: Rocket mixed salade, raspberries, goat cheese, chives, roasted hazelnuts, radish, lemon, sprinkled with walnut oil and raspberry vinegar.

The last three photos I took at the library and are from the photographer Hendrik Kerstens.

P.S.Thank you so much Roos for the stylish blog award!, I'll get back to it :)

Corner View: Bliss

Not thinking about serious stuff tonight, but just enjoying

Good food

Good friend

Good inspiration

and cooking in style!

Bliss...

Catching Sun

My big friend mr. Sun is showing up a lot lately. I love to have lunch with him in the Park. With a backpack with books, pens and pecils, my camera and homemade Ginger Beer.

Tonight's Desert

From top to bottom: Choclate, Frozen Raspberries, Greek Yoghurt, Sugar, Choclate milk mix. Shake before use.

Have a yummie weekend!

Winter Food

(winter tea, spice cake, stew, beets)

On hold

It just keeps snowing. I love it when nature takes over a bit and everything is put on hold. I'm staying in today!

1. View from my kitchen window

2. Dutch weather report yesterday evening

3. Cooking in my pj's

4. My footsteps

5. Bambi's first confrontation with snow, I wish we could hold on to that feeling (prinstscreened from you tube)

(@AM: Hoe is Chicago? Morgen naar Madison?x!)

Menu del dia

jane suggested to tell about a typical local dish. I know 'girls of Arnhem' doesn't sound like something you can eat (Arnhem= the of name my city), but you can. Roald Dahl discovered them when he was signing books here in the eighties and called it: the best cookies in the world.

Its probally too far away from you to buy one at the shop (my favourite) above, so you'll have to make them yourself :190 gram flour* 1 dl milk* 4 drops lemon juice* 5 grams fresh yeast* 105 grams unsalted butter (divided into five blocks)* Pinch of salt* Handful of granulated sugarMix flour, milk, lemon juice and yeast. Beat with an electric mixer the butter pieces into the mixture. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and let stand overnight in the refrigerator.Preheat oven to 140 degrees (position 1). Cover the baking tray with greaseproof paper. Sprinkle work surface with granulated sugar, roll the dough with a rolling pin to thin out. A (oval) shape cutter cookies sticking, put cookies on the baking sheet, sprinkle some sugar over it. Approximately 35 minutes baking.Recipe from: Roald Dahl: The Cookbook

Corner View: Favorite Dish

This keeps you warm on a cold day like today:

(cooked) Rice, flower, milk, sugar, eggs, butter, cinnamon. bake them like little pancakes. you can serve them with extra sugar or honey. Simple as that.

In stead of cinnamon, you can use lemon zest or vanilla.

(the recipe coms from a cookbook from 1910!)

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What's cooking?

Slowly I'm getting rid of the boxes. It's literally a tower of boxes in my livingroom (it's actually not seperate but that's how I call it) that's getting smaller and smaller. I'm finally feeling better, now I realy start enjoying the place. Especially having a kitchen of my own.

1. I had my sister over for the weekend, fun fun :)

2. Inspiration on the coffee table bought with C. (@ C. I don't regret buying them!)

3. Great base: Green pepper, red pepper, garlic and ginger

4. What's cooking? curry!

In seven minutes

summer 2009 is officialy over :(. At least we said good bye in a proper way: with Mexican food.