Posts by: Valerie

Chicken masala

By On May 5, 2010 · 33 Comments

I’ve fallen behind on my updating a bit. It’s been a strange week, with a funeral service on Saturday, the actual funeral on Monday, the Dutch National remembrance day and today our Dutch liberation day. In between there was work and general chores at home. So busy and weird, and not so much time to [...]

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Let them eat (coffee/almond crumb) cake!

By On April 27, 2010 · 3 Comments

Remember a couple of weeks ago? I found this recipe in my local newspaper. It sounded amazing and I posted it so I wouldn’t lose it. Last Saturday I finally came around to trying it out. We were invited for dinner at friends and I offered to bring cake for dessert. Since everyone loved [...]

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Zebra cake

By On April 26, 2010 · 17 Comments

Sometime last week, on Foodblogs, I saw a zebra cake. It looked very very impressive, so I opened the post to see if I could figure out what kind of insanely difficult process was needed to create it. A few clicks of my mouse later, I found that it was a pretty simple system [...]

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Risotto

By On April 18, 2010 · 4 Comments

Risotto in it’s original form is simple. It’s just the rice, onion, broth and some seasoning. It’s generally eaten as a primo, the first course (not to be mixed up with a starter) like pasta. The way you often see risotto served in restaurants, as a side or even mail dish, is far from the [...]

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Cream cheese, chicken wrap

By On April 17, 2010 · 37 Comments

My hair appointment yesterday ran late. Way late… The result of this was that the grocery store was closed by the time I had the chance to pass by. Now I did have dinner material in my fridge, but no breakfast. I usually go for a sweet or savory bread or roll on saturday. Maybe [...]

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