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Monthly Archives: May 2011
A wonderful weekend in Skåne, Sweden
I’m back in London after a long weekend at home with my parents and friends. Despite the weather (windy! and freezing) we had a lovely time. On Saturday we prepared for the wedding the same evening, enjoyed the ceremony, dinner … Continue reading
And a little dessert…
The vegan dessert I had planned was almond biscuits with rose water buttercream wedged in between. But that didn’t happen. Apparently it is very difficult to make a vegan buttercream that involves rose water. Ifailed. Three times. So I had … Continue reading
Posted in Cakes/Cookies, Dessert, Vegan
Tagged almond discs, butter cream, cardamom, rose water, sesame
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A weekend at home
Christopher and I are going to Sweden tonight, to the southern part, for a long weekend. Monday is a bank holiday here, so we get an extra day without taking a day off. The reason we’re going home is because … Continue reading
Mezze: amazing lamb scewers and Damascene lentil salad
Another recipe courtesy of the carismathic Syrian chef is this phenomenal lentil salad with pasta. Unfortunately my stomach does not allow me to eat lentils, but I still wanted to make this for my friends. Pasta is actually quite common … Continue reading
Posted in Pasta, Salads, Vegan, Vegetables
Tagged gastrogeek, lamb scewers, lentil salad, vegan
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Mezze: Fatoush and Maroccan carrot salad
At least one salad is compulsory when having mezze, and the most common one is probably tabbouleh, but I chose to make fatoush instead, the same way we made it in Syria when cooking with the chef. I completely forgot … Continue reading
Mezze: Baked aubergine with pomegranate and stuffed courgettes
As always when I go on holiday, i filled my bags with groceries when I was on my way home from Syria. Soon thereafter I bought the fabulous cookbook Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi and he uses alot of the things … Continue reading
Posted in Starters, Vegan, Vegetables
Tagged aubergine, courgette, mezze, Ottolengi, Plenty, pomegranate seeds, The New Vegetarian
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Mezze: Hummus, chilli dip and flatbread
I have grouped the recipes from Friday’s dinner, so this is the first lot. When eating mezze it is a must to have a few dips for the bread. The most common one is of course hummus, and here is … Continue reading
Posted in Bread, Canapés/nibbles, Vegan, Vegetables
Tagged flatbread, Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, hummus, mezze, muhammara
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Mezze
Since March, when we went to Syria, have I been dying to try some Middle Eastern recipe and to invite some friends over. But sometimes it can be really difficult to get six people to be in the same place … Continue reading
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Granola
I made my own granola the other day. When you have a sensitive stomach like me, it is great to create your own breakfast cereal, because there are only a few storebought ones you can have. I can’t have seeds … Continue reading
Sponge loaf with egg whites
On Monday I had the intentions of baking something to take to work the next day. But after cooking, eating and clearing up, I was too tired to. So instead I curled up in bed and watched the new The … Continue reading
