Easy Healthy Banana Bread

During the Corona quarantine period I started to bake more just like many others; at some point my supermarket even run out of flour! To avoid unhealthy snacking during my working from home, I wanted to make something that is still sweet but not too much sugars. Banana bread is perfect for that, the natural sweetener are the bananas and … Read More

Shakshuka with Spinach and Feta Cheese

Shakshuka is a delicious vegetarian dish with the combination of eggs, tomatoes, and spices popular across the Middle East and North Africa and it literally means “a mixture”. Shakshuka comes in many shapes, food combinations and sizes. When I was in Tel Aviv it was standard on the breakfast menu, but I prefer to eat it for dinner to be honest. The traditional … Read More

Easy Vegetable Tortilla

I don’t make that much lunch dishes. I lunch at work were they offer a broad range of healthy options, so no need to bring my own salad. In the weekend I like to make a vegetable tortilla. This tortilla is without the traditional potatoes but with sweet potatoes! I think they have more taste than the regular potatoes. I … Read More

Blueberry Oatmeal Pancakes

Sunday morning again and I was in a baking modes but I was not prepared at all. I looked at my ingredients in the refrigerator and fridge. I always keep frozen fruits in the fridge and the eggs, milk and oatmeal at hand, so I came up with Blueberry Oatmeal Pancakes!! Defrosted the fruits I needed; banana, blueberries and raspberries. … Read More

Cauliflower Pizza Crust with Tuna

After my 10 days of Sport Fasting I want to eat all healthy again, with a lot of veggies and low in carbs. Days are getting colder and shorter, time to get into the kitchen and prepare myself some healthy comfort food: PIZZA TIME!!! But not with normal wheat dough, that will too much carbs at the moment, but with … Read More

Veggie Style Gado Gado

I love Gado Gado!! This Indonesian vegetable dish is inspired by my Balinese cooking class; which I did when I was there on holiday. I love Indonesian food soooo much!! Back home I made the Bumbu Bali paste recipe and used it for many dishes (check here). I used the Bumbu Bali paste basis for the homemade peanut sauce and tempeh. … Read More

Healthy Salmon or Tuna Poke Bowl!

I love Poke Bowls!! Poke is pronounced poh-keh and the word means to cut in Hawaiian. All the ingredients are cut in eatable portions and include raw fish marinated in soy sauce. I order a Poke Bowl now and then for lunch, but now it was time again to prepare one myself for dinner. Poke Bowls are healthy, delicious and very … Read More

Chestnut-Mushroom Soup with Pancetta

As a tradition we organize a Christmas dinner every year the weekend before Christmas with five girlfriends including their partners. This year we decided to prepare the dinner ourselves instead of going out to a restaurant. That was a perfect decision; we all prepared the perfect Christmas dinner with six tasty courses!! Many restaurants would have been jealous of the … Read More

Nori Omelet Wrap with Salmon

I don’t make lunches too often. During the week I have a salad for lunch at work, so pretty easy. In the weekends I normally go out with friends for a coffee and lunch at our local lunchrooms and cafeterias. But during the Christmas and New Year’s I had to make myself a healthy lunch. I found this nori omelet wrap … Read More

Pumpkin Soup with Chicken and Goat Cheese

It’s autumn and for me that means: Pumpkin Soup! I love to make soups, it’s so easy to make, healthy and you have food for a couple of days. One hour in the kitchen and you have six meals; that is what I call efficient. You know I’m Dutch, but love the orange color of this so tasty filling dinner soup. I … Read More