I guess we call them “zandkoekjes“, because they’re crispy and crunchy like sand. The American version tends to be a softer cookie, but I like crispy cookies better and everyone I served the “zandkoekjes” absolutely LOVED them. It’s December, the busiest holiday season of the year and  I thought it would be nice to do a series of [...]

Entertaining for the holidays? How do you keep your food warm? In the beginning we started using sternos, but even though it was handy at a picnic, the big aluminum pans were not very appealing when having a smaller, more intimate gathering. So when we received a gift album with a beautiful chafing dish as [...]

It’s almost Thanksgiving and everyone is getting ready for turkey again! There are tons of tips on “how not to overcook your turkey”, but this is one of those situations where you usually don’t know until it’s too late. You can’t cook the turkey a day ahead; you can’t cut in the turkey while it’s cooking [...]

If you’re a frequent visitor to this blog, you already know that we LOVE vegetables. We eat them 7 out of 7 days .  Here’s a colorful and tasty vegetable side dish that will be a pleasure to look at and eat! You can use fresh vegetables, but I usually get the frozen kind. Not [...]

Lately I have been experimenting a lot with turkey, trying original recipes (besides the traditional stuffed turkey for Thanksgiving), but also using common recipes and substituting the meat. In this recipe I substituted ground beef with turkey for a healthier alternative, and it became a favorite of my family and friends. Unfortunately I forgot to [...]

Post 101. That means we have posted 100+ entries on this blog since I started two years and 9 months ago! It’s been a fun way of sharing food adventures and recipes, and the plan is to continue until I run out of inspiration, which will probably be: never! So here’s something I want to [...]

This is a simple recipe to dress up asparagus with bacon and a drizzle of garlic butter to complement your steak or grilled chicken dinner with a festive look. It is a favorite in my family and works as well with green beans (haricot vert). Bacon gives the vegetables a smoky flavor and garlic just [...]

Cooking is a language to express the human culture… I have not posted for months, but not because I haven’t been cooking. On the contrary, I have been cooking and experimenting a lot! I have so many recipes to share, but wanting and doing something are two different things. My time has been gobled up [...]

Brown chicken with mushrooms and chinese noodles, served on steamed rice… another one of my favorite dishes. My Mom would always cook something special for our birthday and this was on my list of favorites. Mushroom chicken with chinese noodles 1 lb chicken, cut up 1 lb mushroom, sliced 1 pk beanthread or rice noodles [...]

New Year, new products! I hope your new year started of well and that you have plans and dreams like we do.  We have plans (big ones and little ones) and creating our own products is one of those.  Although you can find the recipe on this site, knowing how timeconsuming the preparation can be, we wanted [...]