Behold my latest concoction! It’s by far the best beet recipe you’ll ever find. I know, perhaps I sound a wee bit haughty in asserting that my recipe is the best ever, but try it… you’ll see! Your Thanksgiving or Christmas table will be empty, less glamorous and almost boring without this side dish. You need this side dish! [...]

 
I’ve been harassed, solicited, stalked and followed by numerous people demanding a Speculaas spice recipe. Oh, you know who you are! Now I could either go in hiding—wait for them to get bored with me and find another Dutch blogger to badger—or I could suck it up and try to come up with something to get the [...]

 
I bought a new cookbook. Pure India. I’m not sure if it’s sold in the US as well. It’s rare for me to buy a cook book—I prefer coming up with my own recipes—but with Indian food being pretty far outside my comfort zone, I figured I was better off starting with tried and true recipes.
The first thing I noticed was the sheer amount [...]

 
It’s almost weekend, guys! For us that means pizza time! Or in this case: pizza snack time. These are fast, fun and unlike pizza, you can prepare them ahead of time and eat them warm as well as cold. One side note: you might as well stick ‘em on your thighs straight away, because that’s where [...]

 
One of the things I found most difficult in my years as a low carber was having to come up with dishes that were great for low as well as high carbers. Food that’s not only flavorful and looks good (yup, that really matters to me) but is low carb and (relatively) low fat is not always the easiest [...]

 
I can be short about this. Really short. Internet, meet our new favorite sandwich.
A few weeks ago—after an afternoon of hardcore shopping—we needed a quick bite to eat. That’s when it happened; I found my fridge pretty much devoid of fresh stuff. The only edible things I did find was some grilled chicken from the night before, a lonesome red bell pepper and an [...]