What you want for soups of any kind are really ripe vegetables – so late summer is where you will typically get the best tomatoes – savour them! Also, while the recipe below can be followed as is, I really can’t stress enough how easily variable soup recipes are: basically, you can throw in there…
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Salsa Verde: Make Summer Last!
Summer is slowly but surely coming to an end here in Switzerland and I am looking for ways to make it last just a little longer – and especially make use of all of the herbs that have growing on my balcony the last couple of months. So this is my take on a classic…
Overnight Flaxseed Chocolate Pudding
Start or end your day with this (vegan) overnight high fibre chocolate pudding! It just takes 5 minutes of work the night before and you’re ready to go! Ingredients (4-8 portions, depending on hunger and portion size): 90g ground flax seeds 2.5dl oat milk (or any kind of milk you like) 2-3 tablespoons of maple…
Homemade Gnocchi: The Basics
Homemade Gnocchi! The way to win anyone’s heart, at least if you ask me. Those little potato goodies are actually quite simple to make, you just need a little bit of time on your hands – and they are so worth it. This easy gnocchi recipe is taken from my favorite basics cookbook (in German), TipTopf. The…
Risotto alla Milanese: A Saffron Classic
This is a lovely Italian classic I crave for ever so often. You can serve it as a course in an Italian inspired meal (primo piatto) or as an entire meal in its own. Traditionally, risotto is served without any side dishes and also not as a side dish itself. However, you can also combine…
Simple Puff Pastry Christmas Stars
Those are ridiculously easy to make – and yet, they will lighten up your guests when served with a good sparkling wine. In any case, this first appetizer “course” – some type of nice beverage and a savory snack – is what we in Switzerland call “apéro” and it is (at least to us) without…
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Maybe some of you noticed by now that I am Swiss. However, I did grow up in upstate New York, thus – although with Bagels and Cream Cheese instead of Donuts – some childhood memories stuck. And well, unless you go to Starbucks, which in Switzerland is endlessly expensive, one particular childhood craving is hard…
Home-Made Elderflower Sirup
The scent of elderflowers really is, to me, a herald of summer. So I always try to preserve it in as many ways as possible. One of my favourite products that can be made out of elderflowers is a home-made sirup. I’ve tried a myriad of recipes and they all work more or less, however,…
Tarte flambée or Elsässer Flammenkuchen
When we talk about French cuisine, we think of technically outstanding, fancy food in more or less expensive restaurants. However, there is also simple, delicious food that is easy to make. One of my favourite examples is “La Tarte Flambée” or – in German – “Flammenkuchen” (a literal translation to English would be “flamecake”). It…
Say Quesadillas! Delightful Leftovers
Summer is coming – and with it the balcony season. And what is better than a late afternoon on the balcony with good company and a glas Rosé? Right, an afternoon on the balcony with good company, a glas Rosé and delicious, freshly made food. So that’s what we did yesterday. I love Quesadillas,…