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Coconut Macaroons
I have cook so many coconut macaroons in my life, it was a huge success when I was in charge of the breakfast in a boutique hotel a few years ago. Sometimes, I could cook 800 per week! So I didn’t cook them anymore when I stopped this job and what a shame. It is so easy to do and so delicious… Here is my recipe for 15 little bites. You will only need the egg white so with the egg yolk, you can cook Hélénettes. Ingredients: 2 egg whites 115 g dry coconut powder 100 g sugar 1 teaspoon liquid vanilla extract Recipe: Pre-heat the oven at 190°C. In…
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Vegan Poke Bowl
I really wanted to create my own poke bowl full of veggies and colors. So I began to think about the colors, tastes and textures I could pick and step by step, this beautiful bowl was created. Here is my recipe for a tasty, colourful and full of vitamins vegan poke bowl! Ingredients for 4 bowls: 530 g lentils 140 g corn 110 g palm heart 10 fresh peas (without pod) 6 radishes 2 carrots 1 cucumber 1 beetroot 1 turnip 1 shallot 1 tablespoon black sesame seeds chives 4 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon cider vinegar 1 teaspoon Maggi liquid seasoning 1 teaspoon black pepper Recipe: Pod the peas.…
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Yellow French Beans Colombo
This summer, we have plenty of Yellow French Beans and Zucchini Flowers in our garden. There is so much that we can eat full meals of them every 3 days! Because of that, I have made a lot of different recipes with them like this delicious and super easy Colombo from the west Indies. Ingredients: 800 g Yellow French Beans 20-30 Zucchini Flowers 1 Yellow onion 12 cl liquid cream 12% 1 tablespoon Maggi liquid seasnoning 10 g butter 1 tablespoon Colombo 1 teaspoon black pepper 1 tablespoon poppy seeds fresh parsley Recipe: Remove each end of the Yellow French Beans. Put them in a sauce pan and cover with…
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Scandinavian Summer Salad
Since a few days, I have been eating a lot of fresh food from our garden without taking pictures, just enjoying the moment of cooking my own food. I realised that I totally forgot to publish a new article since 2 weeks so all my apologize. Here is a new salad recipe that I have cooked for yesterday’s dinner with fresh food from a local market gardener. It was so good that I really wanted to share it with you… Ingredients for 2 people: 4 smoked herring fillets 4 potatoes 1 big tomatoe 1 sucrine salad 1 spring onion 6 chives pieces 2 eggs 6 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon…
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Radish Asian Salad
If you are gardening, did you ever missed your radishes? I mean, you had radishes but only greens and no roots? This is one of the problems I am facing in my garden, I have been trying to cultivate radishes since 2 years and I always harvest very thin roots and a lot of greens! Sometimes, I have a baby radish or a normal one, but it doesn’t really work for me. So I have been searching for different ways to cook their greens and here is one of them. You can also turn them into a delicious soup (here is the recipe, just replace the carrot tops by radish…
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Spring Salad
Spring is one of my favorite seasons for food, there are a lot of green veggies fresh from the market and the weather is always changing from cold to hot, so you can cook delicious soups or salads! With good fresh ingredients from the market and my garden, I have decided to prepare a tasty Spring salad. Here is my recipe… Ingredients for 2 people: 1 small Romaine lettuce 1/2 cucumber 2 purple plum radishes (or easter egg radishes) 1 mozzarella cheese 1 spring onion 1 garlic clove 4 chives flowers 150 g snow peas 50 g fresh peas (without pod) 4 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon cider vinegar 1…
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Radish Greens Pesto
In my last post, I shared with you a delicious recipe to cook radish greens because I had plenty in my garden and didn’t want to waste them. Here is another one that is super easy and quick to cook: radish greens pesto. The taste is delicious and this is the perfect recipe if you are in a hurry. You can eat it with pastas or as spread, it’s up to you! Ingredients: 1 bunch radish greens 1 garlic clove 4 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons pine nuts 2 tablespoons grounded parmesan cheese pinch of salt pinch of black pepper Recipe: Peel the garlic clove. Wash your radish greens and…
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Pea Pods Velouté
In the Spring season, I really enjoy to cook peas! But since a few time, I have been looking for recipes that I have never done before because I didn’t want to waste a part of my vegetables: carrot tops, radish greens and now, pea pods! We have been facing rainy cold days since a few days so I have decided to cook a delicious pea pod velouté. Here is my recipe… Ingredients: 150 g pea pods 2 potatoes 1 onion 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons crème fraîche (use a vegetable crème fraîche the vegan version) 1 chicken stock cube 1 L water black pepper Recipe: Wash and cut…
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Tunisian Mint Tea with Pine Nuts
I will always remeber the tea I used to drink while traveling in Tunisia: a delicious mint tea with roasted pine nuts! This is partly why I have planted mint in my garden, to be able to do it at home. Here is everything you will need to make your own… I prefer to grill my pine nuts than to roast them but you also can roast them if you prefer. Ingredients: 4 fresh mint branches 60 g sugar 80 cl water 1 green tea bag 4 tablespoons pine nuts Recipe: Boil the water and wash the mint. Place the mint with sugar and tea bag in a teapot. Add…
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Beetroot Verrine
Something great about Beetroots is that you can eat them all year long. They are perfect for salads and starters but can also be used for main courses or even cakes! Here is my recipe for a delicious starter or aperitif. Ingredients for 2 verrines: 250 g beetroot (2-3 beetroots depending on their size) 1/2 shallot 10 ml olive oil 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar 1/2 teaspoon Maggi liquid seasoning 2 tablespoons fresh parsley 1/2 tablespoon black pepper Recipe: As a reminder, it is way better when your beetroots spent a fex hours in the fridge before doing this recipe (it will be really fresh). Peel the shallot and use only…
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