I bought a blender. Yes, I really did. I know it was pathetic: a food blogger without something as trivial as a blender. But, the blender came with a spice mill. It’s really a serious spice mil...
With the hot weather we’ve had here (up until today), I tried to come up with a new marinade for our steak skewers. One that is loosely based on the well-known Vietnamese lemongrass marinade th...
For reasons unknown, I was craving a Cajun chicken sandwich. I didn’t want to just slap Cajun spicemix on my chicken, grill it, and call it a day. No, that would’ve been be too easy (and ...
Much faster than expected, my plants were a whopping 1 foot and ready for their last transfer. These transfers make me nervous. I had bought some buckets, and decided to transfer only one or two a da...
And here’s another super easy ‘what to do with ranch seasoning mix‘ recipe: Ranch Roasted Potatoes, even though I think the name doesn’t fully cover the load. You see, I found...
I had way too much fun making this recipe. We were trying to create milkshakes for grown-ups. You know; something easy, tasty and colorful to serve on a hot summer’s day. A fun way to enjoy lif...
They’re growing alright. Perhaps a bit too fast, seeing as they are already developing flower buds. Technically I was told I could leave them on if the plant was at least 4 inches tall and chan...
You can never have enough cauliflower recipes, right? Here’s an easy, vegetable and potato curry that was born out of necessity when I wanted to make a cauliflower casserole one day and found m...
Some time ago someone told me I needed do a posting about my favorite kitchen utensils. I wanted to, I really did, but somehow I never got around to it. Until my new lens arrived today and I needed a...
When I think of life’s little luxuries, I envision coming home from a long day of work to my family, prop my feet up and relax while eating a pint small bowl of ice cream with my son and watch ...
If there was one thing I didn’t expect from this project up ’til now, it was that ever single seed I planted would germinate. That every single seedling I so carefully transferred, twice ...
Just to show you how versatile the ranch mix I posted earlier this week really is, I used it as the starting point for this wonderful fish dish. I kinda like the sound of that, fish dish. Anyway, if ...
And so came the day that our babies grew up to be strong, healthy toddlers. They were almost bursting out of their 4″ pots. Some were already growing their sixth set of true leaves, so it was t...
After scouring the internet on a rainy Sunday afternoon, I was so happy to run into this copycat jewel. Ranch dressing isn’t a condiment but a staple in our house, so I’m always eager to ...
Next one in line for a canvas was one of the most fragrant and beautifully star-shaped spices in the world: Star anise. Highly photogenic.
Not in a million years could I have come up with such a novel idea: a crock pot potato soup—my all-time favorite soup—so easy you’ll never have to peel as much as a single potato. A...
I was inspired by Donna Hay when I came up with this simple and fast recipe. While flipping through a handful of Dutch channels, I ran into one of her shows where she whipped up a different, more sim...
This was an earlier batch my son had planted. He just spread them all in this big, blue propagator I had bought him. There must have been 40 seeds in there, at least. I felt he was entitled to making...
Making the perfect roasted potatoes isn’t always easy for me. You have to strike a balance or you’ll find yourself biting into a charred potato with the inside still crunchy. Not good. Ro...
Had a rare free moment today and wonderful light to work with, so I started working on a series of natural-light food photos for my home. Something I’d been planning forever but somehow never g...
Have to show the failures, too, right? It’s raining off and on here today, the weather is kinda crazy for this time of year anyway, and J-man had the afternoon off and was bored. Now, my son lo...
There are umpteen coleslaw recipes spread across the world, and you have 534672 different ways to go about making it. Here’s just one of them. And the story behind it. For a short period (I gue...
Here’s one for your recipe box! Slavinken. Oh boy, I’d pay good money to hear some of you trying to pronounce that right, that’s for sure! What are they? They’re a typically D...
So, there I was… stuck with a window sill filled with containers. How charming. Everything for the cause, right? Things got nice and warm in there, so all the conditions were right for my seeds to ge...
Came down with the flu and feel like a major bag of not-so-good-ness, but do have to share this recipe! Oh, the things you can make with a simple and cheap cucumber. This is your perfect BBQ side dis...
Never wondered about the lack of jalapeños in my recipes? Let me tell you why: we can’t buy them here. It’s okay, no really, I’ll wait for the shock to wear off. But seriously, they...
Woke up with a sore throat this morning. Not good… not good at all. Too much to do and no time to get sick. Chili peppers seem to relieve the pain of a sore throat for me, so a spicy dish was in orde...
I’ve been on a meatball binge all week, no idea why. Must be hormonal. Now, don’t give me that look… there are worse things to binge on! I’m Dutch… trust me, there are far worse thi...
As I glanced around my living room, hallway and bedroom, it became exceedingly clear to me that my abiding love for Buddha statues might have reached an all-time high. It’s not for design purpo...
Your last meal on earth: what would it be? I can now safely say that, along with my Big Green Egg Ribs, these peppery Asian ribs are right at the top of my list. We need a food bucket list, people! I...
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