Chocolate Tartelettes with Pistacchio

Today, I made these little heart shape chocolate tartelettes with pistaccios. I used heart shaped silicon moulds, but you can also use a lined muffin tin as an alternative, this will, of course, leave you with round mini-tartelettes instead of hearts, probably somewhat like my dark chocolate tartelette recipe with a white crust, which you…

Quick and Easy Chocolate Chip Cookies

These are my favorite quick and easy chocolate chip cookies. I have baked them hundreds of times and they never fail me. So here’s my go-to chocolate chip cookie recipe: Ingredients (for about 30-35 cookies): 300 gram bitter sweet chocolate, chopped into coarse pieces 250 gram of butter, room temperature 125 gram of coarse brown…

The Best Hummus Ever!

Yes, the title says it all: Today, I made the best Hummus I have ever made in my life! I finally did it – smooth and silky with just the right touch of garlic and tahini, this Ottolenghi inspired Hummus recipe hits all the right spots! To save time, I used canned chickpeas – so…

Easy Twister Bread Recipe

Crispy, warm bread – that’s how we all like it best. And is there a better time to bake bread yourself than now, when on the one hand it’s not so easy to get fresh bread in the morning at the bakery and on the other hand an additional activity at home might come in…

Wild Garlic Pesto

It’s probably the weirdest start into spring one could think of – but if you still can and live near a forest I’d suggest taking a walk alone and picking some wild garlic, it surely lifted my mood! Once back home, take a deep breath – and make some pesto. And here’s the recipe for…

Carrot Fritters or Rüebli-Tätschli: A Seasonal Vegetable Delight

Yes, it’s still kinda winter. And sometimes that means that we don’t have the largest variety of vegetables at our disposal. Mostly, there are carrots. Carrots. And more carrots. But don’t despair, if you don’t want to do any more roasted carrots or carrot soups, this is an easy way to change it up a…

Caramel Sauce

Lately, I have been practicing my caramel sauce and this Swissmilk recipe variation I had the best experience with. It also is immensely variable; depending on how long you let it simmer at the end you can use it as a sauce topping on ice-cream or dessert or as a bread spread topped with banana’s…

Crispy Oven Roasted Chickpeas with Curry

Do you like chickpeas? If yes, you will not be disappointed with these: Crispy chickpeas seasoned with curry – a recipe ripe for vegan snack heaven! Ingredients: 1 can of chickpeas (ca. 240g) 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil 1 teaspoon of salt 1/4 teaspoon of curcuma 1/4 teaspoon of powdered ginger 1 teaspoon of curry…

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…

Öpfelchüechli – or Swiss Apple Cake Bites

This is – literally – the easiest baking recipe I’ve ever made. And it’s delicious, moist and full of warm apple flavor – so let’s get right to it! Ingredients (ca. 20 Apple Cake Bites):600g Apples, peeled and chopped into ca. 1 cm sized pieces1 tablespoon of lemon or lime juice120g Butter, roomtemperature1 packet of…