
Gazpacho
Sunny weather calls for something light and refreshing... gazpacho! If you're enjoying a lazy summer day and you don't want to stay...

Bulgur spring salad with fresh herbs
Less than two weeks ago I came back from a long holiday on Sardinia, where me and my boyfriend enjoyed drawing and painting en plein air....

Eggplant pilaf with raisins and pine nuts
Yesterday I got back from a short holiday to the Cotswolds, England, where I have tasted a few English classics. Though they were very...

Kasha and Basmati salad with roasted peppers and rocket
My bowel has been sensitive since as long as I can remember, but is wasn't until I left high school that the gas and cramps in my belly...

Broccoli affogati
Since I have a new painting studio in the city my daily rhythm has changed, for I cannot be at home to cook lunch. Therefore, yesterday,...

Lebanese Red Lentil Soup
Last week I made a different version of the red lentil soup I posted before and my boyfriend really loved it, for it reminded him of...

Butternut squash and red onions with Za'atar and tahini sauce
This is an adaptation of an Ottolenghi recipe which I make quite often, because it is easy and it has the right balance of sweetness and...

Green lentil soup with kale
Wednesday evening I really didn't know what to cook when I came home from my painting studio. I browsed through my collection of...

Oven tagine with potatoes, fennel and sumac
When I think of a tagine, I picture a juicy stew, slowly cooked and covered with a lid. But this tagine recipe from one of my mother's...

Casarecce alla puttanesca
Since these last few days have been quite hectic, I haven't been able to find time to share some recipes with you or to make anything...

Cozze alla marinara
When my boyfriend and I do the groceries together and we walk past the fish department in the supermarket, he always asks, hopeful:...

Rice salad with quinoa and turnip greens
Usually, when my boyfriend and I do the groceries, we try to buy everything we need for the entire week, making sure we have vegetables...

Black-eyed pea soup with wild fennel
Yesterday evening I came home late from work and feeling I had to do something useful instead of watching a movie, I decided to make soup...

Little oat pancakes for breakfast
During the winter getting up in the morning is hard, because it is still dark outside at 7am and it seems rather unnatural to leave my...

Quick red lentil soup
A couple of years ago, I lived in a student house in Groningen and occasionally my friends would come over to dinner in my humble room...

Two Lebanese dips: Muhammara and Baba Ghanouj
Two weeks ago my mother and I had a special dinner to make for a group of clients in my family's restaurant at the railway station of...

Easy beetroot salad
I can never have too much beetroot. I like them raw, in a soup, roasted or in a cake... in every single way! Each time I use them in the...

Spaghetti with cockles
If you think this picture is a bit too summerish for this season, then you're right, because it was taken two years ago in September. We...

Spinach and mushroom pasties
If my boyfriend would have to choose one thing to eat every week, then it would be this addictive snack! Of course, if you would have to...






















