Posts by: Valerie

Happy spring! (oh yeah, and Easter too…)

By On April 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment

And it’s spring!!! Flowers are in bloom, trees too. Almost exactly to the day 2 years ago flowers and trees were in bloom as well. And I went to ‘de Keukenhof’ with my friends A,A and MG. It’s not a place I usually go to. It’s too overcrowded with tourists and such, but the flowers [...]

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Coffee and almond crumb cake

By On April 1, 2010 · 39 Comments

While reading through a couple of newspapers I ran into a seemingly wonderful cake recipe. I could’ve just copied it and taken it home, but what the heck, I have this site now, and saving recipes on here is far more fun than copying them, right.

This cake seems like one that”ll be a [...]

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Brussel sprouts

By On March 31, 2010 · 31 Comments

One of the most hated dishes I can remember from childhood was probably brussel sprouts. I didn’t know any other kid who did like them. And just the sprouts still aren’t one of my favorite vegetables. However in Dutch ‘stamppot’, I do like them.

Stamppot is a traditional Dutch dish. It’s basically any vegetable [...]

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Fried fennel

By On March 30, 2010 · 19 Comments

So after the crappy crappy basil butter picture I posted yesterday, L took today’s picture again! Yay! Today’s dinner was Tuscan sausages, pommes duchesse and fried fennel. Now usually I make fennel baked, in a casserole, but I figured I’d change it up a little today. (That and I didn’t have all the ingredients for [...]

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Basil butter

By On March 29, 2010 · 18 Comments

With a whole bunch of basil left I decided to read through the index of the Silver Spoon. They have an index by recipe title, as well as an index by ingredient. The same dish might come up 6 times that way, but it’s really helpful when you have an ingredient and need ideas. By [...]

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