Food with Karakter

Roasted aubergine with curried yoghurt - Ottolenghi

Travel

Austria - The Colorful Innsbruck

Innsbruck is a colorful, picturesque city nestled in the Austrian Alps.

#innsbruck

Dessert & Sweets

Portokalopita - Traditional Greek Orange Cake

I learned to make this recipe in Crethe from a greek lady who introduced me to their tasty local cuisine. It is an easy recipe, with easy to find ingredients and absolutely delicious. I recomend preparing it one day before you plan to serve it.

#portokalopita

Dessert & Sweets

Upside Down Rhubarb Cake

Delicious, playful and easy to bake!

Dessert & Sweets

Gluten Free Rhubarb Strawberry Crumble

This is your recipe for a classic crumble for an easy, sweet sour dessert that involves two powerful ingredients : rhubarb and strawberries. Rhubarb mixed together with strawberries provide the perfect balance from sourness to sweetness.

#rhubarb

Dessert & Sweets

Chocolate dipped cherry cake

This is a very special and delicate cake and I can say is not as complicate as it sounds :) I saw this cake first at a romanian foodie and then got inspired by the recipe from BBC Goodfood and adjusted a bit as per my liking.

#bbcgoodfood

Lunch & Dinner

Green Veggies Tart with Ricotta

Your new favorite summer tart : green, fresh, tasty and beautiful!

#greentart; vegetarianrecipe

Dessert & Sweets

Apricot Vanilla Custard Tart

My favorite summer tart! Easy, tasty and fresh!

#custardapricottart

Lunch & Dinner

Cheesy White Asparagus Tart

This tart is absolutely delicious! A must try during the white asparagus season.

#whiteasparagus #witteasperges #wittegoud

Lunch & Dinner

Ricotta and oregano beef meatballs - by Ottolenghi

Just found the most fluffy and light meatballs and Anastasia just can’t have enough! For sure my new favorite recipe.

#ottolenghi #ricottandoreganomeatballs #ottolenghisimple

Appetizer & Soup

Roasted aubergine / eggplant with anchovies and oregano

This combination from book Simple of Ottolenghi of anchovies and aubergine might sound like an unlikely combination, but it is one that really works! It keeps well in the fridge for up to 2 days - no heating needed though, just bringing them back to the room temperature.

#ottolenghi #ottolenghisimple #roastedaubergine

Lunch & Dinner

Ottolenghi`s Beet , Caraway and Goat Cheese Bread

Recipe from the book Simple. The bread that requires no yeast and no kneading has got to be the definition of simple, tasty and fulfilling bread! Once baked it will last for 1 week in an airtight container and for up to 1 month in the freezer.

Travel

Poland - Krakow

Kraków is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland, full of history, beautiful streets and buildings, friendly people and many restaurants with great food. I will share in this article with you the restaurants that I was and liked, in the order of preference.

#krakow

Lunch & Dinner

Ottolenghi’s Chicken Marbella

My most cooked dish of the year for both my husband and my meat lover friends. Since I do not eat meat myself, I needed a dish that is for sure tasty for my guests that love meat. And Chicken Marbella saved my life! They say it is tasty, full of flavor and brings the chicken taste at the next level!

#ottolenghi

Dessert & Sweets

Your new favorite winter cake

Marinated dried fruit for 24 hours in vanilla rhum, orange juice and a sweet sour grated apple! A combination to crave for that will make your cold days warmer.

#driedfruit

Lunch & Dinner

Cheesy Artichoke Tart

This is my new favorite tart! If you are my guest, for sure you will try it out ;) Artichokes are nutritious, an excellent source of fiber, vitamin K, folate, vitamin C, magnesium and potassium.

#artichoketart

Dessert & Sweets

Fritters (Tocinei) from Bucovina - Apple version

This is one of my favorite recipe of easy snacks or dessert of my childhood! It is very specific for the area I grew up in (Bucovina) and I have not met someone that does not love them. There is also savory version - made from fries and cheese.

Dessert & Sweets

Knedle with plums

Knedle or plums dumplins is an autumnal dessert that for sure will become your favorite! In Romania is cooked mostly in Transylvania and it has his roots in the german dessert Knödel. My grandma from Cluj used to cook it for me often. She loved it because it was a traditional dessert in her family, who was a sachs family so they would often cook german cuisine.

Travel

RO - Rimetea

Rimetea is an idyllic hungarian village at the foothills of Piatra Secuiului, Apuseni Mountains. It is based in Alba County, Transylvania. Here you can hike or just wander around and absorb it`s preserved unique history.

Travel

RO - Clujing around

Many of you might not know, but Cluj is the 2nd city in Romania where I spent a big time of my life. First during the summer holidays visiting my family and later for my studies . It is a lovely city. It is a vibe!

Appetizer & Soup

Hasselback beetroot with lime leaf buttera la Ottolenghi

Recipe from the book Flavour by Ottolenghi. Flavour-forward, vegetable-based recipes are at the heart of Yotam Ottolenghi’s food. In this stunning new cookbook Yotam and co-writer Ixta Belfrage break down the three factors that create flavour and offer innovative vegetable dishes that deliver brand-new ingredient combinations to excite and inspire. Preparing vegetables hasselback involves slicing them thinly, but not all the way down so that the slices remain held together at the base. This makes them look great, but also adds a delicious crispiness of the edges.

Lunch & Dinner

Super Green Spaghetti by Jamie Oliver

Recipe from the book 5 Ingredients by Jamie Oliver

Also link to the original recipe at Jamie Oliver`s website : https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/pasta-recipes/super-green-spaghetti/

Travel

USA - New York, Baby

The city that never sleeps welcomed us again!

Dessert & Sweets

Raspberry Oreo Cheesecake

Cheesecake heaven!

Lunch & Dinner

White Asparagus with Salmon, Ham, Eggs, New Potatoes and Hollandaise Sauce

During period April - June our favorite ingredient is : white asparagus.

The mild and delicate flavor together with all the nutritious benefits make the white asparagus a great choice for your meal. Asparagus is rich in antioxidants and a good source of B vitamins and copper.

Below I will present you a delicious dutch recipe on how to prepare and enjoy your white asparagus. Ideally it is paired with some good white wine - recommended to choose from Grüner Veltliner, dry Riesling or Sauvignon Blanc.

Lunch & Dinner

Charred Cherry Tomatoes with Cold Yoghurt by Ottolenghi (Simple)

A beautiful dish of contrasts : hot, full of flavor and juicy tomatoes with the cold plain yoghurt. Recipe from the book Simple by Ottolenghi.

#ottolenghi;ottolenghisimple

Healthy Snacks

Raspberry Chia Pudding

Health in a cup!

Lunch & Dinner

Quiche with Butternut Squash

There are so many variants of a quiche! My favorite one is the Butternut Squash Quiche, but will be sharing with you also other examples soon - all very tasty! Until then, I hope you will try and enjoy this one!

Appetizer & Soup

Roasted Peach and Blue Cheese Salad

A salad of contrast : juicy sweet peaches combined with spicy salty cheese, making it a perfect combination of flavours.

Healthy Snacks

Açaí Bowl

Did you know that acai berries are one of the best sources of antioxidants ? Presenting you a simple, healthy, nutritious and delicious recipe - perfect for breakfast!

Dessert & Sweets

Orange Cake (Gluten Free)

A simple, tasty, dense, moist and fresh cake for everyday occasion !

Appetizer & Soup

Baked Camembert with your favorite topping

A fantastic brunch idea or appetizer before dinner! There are so many ways to enjoy it, but this version is my favorite. I like following versions : with grapes and rosemary and balsamico, with grapes and figs and honey or with nuts and cranberry sauce! You should definitely try them all out :)

Lunch & Dinner

Ratatouille

Ratatouille is a French Provençal stewed vegetable dish. It is wonderful both hot or cold and can be served as a main dish, side dish or even as an appetizer.

Lunch & Dinner

Puff Pastry Salmon with Spinach and Mustard

Easy and tasty! And best served with a green salad next to it!

Dessert & Sweets

Pavlova

Such a delicate dessert that melts in your mouth!

Appetizer & Soup

Stuffed Avocado with Shrimps, Mango and Tomatoes

Light and healthy!

Dessert & Sweets

Brownie with Sour Cherry

A love story at the first tasting!

Lunch & Dinner

Sweet Potato in Tomato, Lime and Cardamom Sauce

Vegan Sweet Spicy Dinner Recipe by Ottolenghi

Appetizer & Soup

Beetroot Soup (Romanian recipe)

This is a traditional soup recipe from my area, Bucovina! Hope you will enjoy it! It is very fulfilling so can be enjoyed during both lunch or dinner.

Lunch & Dinner

Romanian Leek and Olives Stew

Classic romanian recipe prepared mostly during the fastning period - vegan, healthy and easy to prepare.

Appetizer & Soup

White Asparagus Soup

A delicious and delicate soup based on the recipe of my mother in law. One of my favorite dutch recipes & a definetly must try!

Lunch & Dinner

Zucchini / Courgette fritters

Grandma’s recipe : tasy, easy to prepare and crispy.

Appetizer & Soup

Pumpkin Soup

In mood for a tasty soup in a special bowl ? If yes, this is the perfect recipe!

Dessert & Sweets

Chocolate Raspberry Cake

Raspberry and chocolate, the combination that makes everyones heart melt.

#raspberrychocolatecake

Lunch & Dinner

Red Mullet with Orange and Fennel - cooked en papilotte

This fish recipe is very fresh, subtle and light - perfect for an easy lunch or dinner. Ideally it is to be paired with a nice glass of Sauvignon Blanc.

En papillote is a method of cooking in which the food is put into a folded pouch from perchment paper and then baked. By steaming the fish in its own bag, the ingredients are being cooked in their own juice. Also, you are sealing all the nutrients so nothing is wasted!

Healthy Snacks

Chocolate Cherry Energy Balls

Perfect raw vegan healthy snack to start the day with!

Dessert & Sweets

Best Carrot Cake Recipe

Presenting you the recipe of a dense, but delicate carrot cake.

Dessert & Sweets

Peanut Butter Banana Bread

The perfect recipe if you have some " old" & ripen bananas in the house and not only in this case! This healthy gluten-free banana bread is the perfect recipe for every day : simple, easy to prepare, nourishing and extremly delicious! Ours was finished in less than 1 hour :)

Lunch & Dinner

Chaat masala potatoes with yoghurt and tamarind by Ottolenghi

Recipe from the book Flavour. A well balanced, fresh, full of flavor and fulfilling combination for lunch or dinner as a main or side dish.