[Advertising: Affiliate Links] It’s cherry season! I love sweet cherries. Especially the dark, almost black ones, that remind me of my childhood with smudgy mouths and “dirty” fingers. I used the birthday of my sisters to turn some cherries into…
Yesterday, my sisters celebrated their birthday and had a garden party. I brought this Mediterranean potato salad with white beans, grilled vegetables and pesto for the barbecue. I prepared the vegetables at home in my contact grill. Because with so…
[Advertising: Affiliate Links] I am usually not that big of a fan of quiches and tarts, but when I brought two beautiful and thick stalks leek home from grocery shopping, I wanted to make something else but soup. Something “to…
[Advertising: Affiliate Links] There’s a thing with vegan lemon cake… Without eggs and with the acid of the lemon juice the raising agents tend to “go off” before baking, leaving the cake dense or collapse while cooling. You might want…
Out of curiosity, I bought a pack of vegan mascarpone a couple of months ago and had it in the fridge, since then. Now, that it was overdue for two month, I finally turned it into a tiramisu. The combination…
[Advertising: Affiliate Links] I found an eggplant in the depth of my fridge which was past due. Is there anything better to do with such an eggplant than a delicious caponata? I could take a bath in this delicious, sweet…
I recently spent an evening with my friends playing games and brought some little empanadas as a snack. To make these delicious empanadas you need a yeast dough and one or two delicious fillings. I chose a spicy filling with…
[Advertising: Affiliate Links] Oh, my colleagues were happy when I brought three different cupcakes instead of simple cake to a meeting. I made simple chocolate and vanilla cupcakes and these cinnamon and plum filled gingerbread cupcakes with a mulled wine…
The easiest way to turn a lot of fruit into a dessert without just eating raw fruit is probably making a crumble. And it is also the most delicious, if you ask me. You can make crumbles with all kinds…
[Advertising: Affiliate Links] It is plum season again!!! Oh, how I love those little things and how I missed them! I like them best on cakes, but also sautéed with some cinnamon on rice pudding they are to die for……
[Advertising: Affiliate Links] The heat is gone and today is a grey day. And I love it. I am an autumn child and I love rainy days walking in the woods and getting blushed cheeks. When I come home, there…
[Advertising: Affiliate Links] We can’t complain about this year’s summer. I can’t remember when it was the last time we had such sunny summer holidays. But I am worried, too, because we will have a lot of these summers in…
Last weekend I was invited to my sister’s birthday party. And there is no invitation going by, where I don’t bring something to eat. Since it is still very hot here, I was looking forward to something fresher than a…
[Advertising: Affiliate Links] When it comes to all things with chocolate, you don’t have to ask me twice. If there is fruit involved, too, there is no holding back. So I turned on the oven this weekend and created something…
[Advertising: Affiliate Links] Yesterday I was at my sister’s wedding. Because of a great organization, a fantastic garden and the perfect weather it was a great celebration. To have something vegan at the cake buffet, my sister asked me to…
