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Salmon-iridescent shark rolls with shrimp
Iridescent shark isn’t actually a shark, but a catfish. It is normally sold as swai, striped catfish or pangasius filet. These fish are grown on fish farms, so they are a good choice for the environmentally conscious consumer. A good, also farmed, alternative would be Tilapia. Ingredients: 2 pangasius filets 1 salmon filet White wine [...]
Tomato bread
This week is tomato week at A Way to Garden.com. Our tomatoes have been growing quite well and the tomatoes just keep coming, so I have more than enough of them to try out some new things. I have baked some tomato breads these last couple of days and they just keep getting better with [...]
Ofenschlupfer
I recently received an e-mail from Lakshmi, a fellow food blogger, who runs the Kitchen Chronicles blog, to inform me about the A.W.E.D (A Worldly Epicurean’s Delight) German event taking place this month. A.W.E.D. is a food blogging event that focuses on the traditional culinary delights of a different country each month. This month: Germany. [...]
Homemade tomato ketchup
We have been harvesting quite a few tomatoes from our greenhouse these past few weeks. Yesterday I decided to give homemade tomato ketchup a try and it was a great success! As with many nice foods, it took a lot longer to make than to eat it. I only made a fairly small batch to [...]
puff pastry with strawberries
We have a lot of fruits and vegetables growing in our garden. Strawberries are currently ripening and we can harvest some almost daily now. One can only eat so many strawberries with whipped cream, so I tried something different: puff pastry with strawberries. Ingredients: Puff pastry sheets Strawberries Sugar Butter Powdered sugar Wash your strawberries [...]
Spaghetti spiders
Today I made some spaghetti spiders with the girls. This dish is very simple to make and the kids love it, the perfect combination! The kids can also help preparing it, which they love to do. Ingredients Dried spaghetti Hotdogs Your favorite pasta sauce (sans the meat) Cut up the hotdogs in bite sized pieces [...]
Pancakes with maple syrup
The best way to start your day is with a good breakfast. One of my favorite breakfasts is pancakes with maple syrup, lots of maple syrup! Ingredients 40 grams butter 2 eggs 230 ml milk 210 grams flour 1 heaped tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 2 tbsp sugar Melt the butter in a sauce [...]
Pita Bread
One of the easiest breads to bake is probably pita bread. It doesn’t take hours and hours of rising and there isn’t much that can go wrong. They taste good and can be eaten in many different ways. I really love pita bread filled with kebab or gyros, lettuce, tomato and lots of garlic sauce. [...]
Chicory with ham and cheese
Chicory, also called Belgian endive or witlof, is a slightly bitter tasting vegetable that is grown indoors or under ground to prevent sunlight from reaching the plant. The lack of sunlight prevents the plants leaves from turning green. The whiter the leaves are the less bitter they taste. Chicory can be eaten both cooked or [...]
Basic fresh homemade egg pasta
Fresh pasta is very easy to make and it tastes a lot better than the dried pasta you can buy in stores. Making pasta only requires a few basic ingredients and it doesn’t take very long to make fresh pasta. You can use any type of flour to make pasta, but the best pasta is [...]
