Category: Vegetables

Malas Green beans

A lovely fresh bean dish. You’ll need: green beans garlic little ginger onions butter curry- and rampa leaves milk salt & pepper Heat the butter in a clay pot. Add finely cut garlic, onions and ginger. Fry till golden. Add the leaves and the beans…

Malas Aubergine, Okra and cashews dish

This is an absolute outstanding dish. The coconut milk, the palm sugar and the fried aubergines are a combination made in heaven. Here our notes … we tried it once so far and were not yet convinced – we will have to improve. You need:…

Kale chips

Kale is supposed to be one of the healthiest vegetables there is. Loads and loads of iron. It’s also a very tasty vegetable. Thing is, as nice blanched kale is , when I eat it I suffer big time ( wind ). I also like…

Cucumber Cazpacio

We have 3 different types of cucumbers in the garden this year. Nostrano, cute small green ones and our all time favorite round pick-nique cucumbers. Nothing better to come home after a day in the garden and make a lovely cazpacio with the days harvest.…

A pan of summer vegetables

Inspired once again by Nigel Slater, I brought home plenty of baby vegetables from the allotment. The pinched out carrots, the first tiny summer squash and the last asparagus of the season, some peas and some cherry tomatoes. The secret to this recipe is that…

Hot rocket with baked eggs

My new favorite comes from ottolenghi. It’s dead simple and extremely delicious. You’ll need: 300 gr rocket a little olive oil 2 eggs Greek yoghurt salt and pepper 50 gr butter 1/2 garlic glove 6 sage leaves chili flakes Fry the rocket for 3 minutes…

Potatoes fennel casserole

Please excuse this crapy picture but this dish took us by surprise. It was one of these sunday evening fridge leftover dishes that turned out to be a star. Very unexpected flavors for a casserole but totally delicious. You’ll need: some baby patatoes some fennel…

Grilled Mackerel and caramelized beetroot

This is a new favorite in our home. Mackerel is one of the few fish not endangered by overfishing – theres so many of them –  but it’s also a very tasty fish with a delicious taste. It goes perfect with the caramelized beetroot. We…