An easy and surprising dessert with only three ingredients.

I love the keeping things simple. I can be a bit picky with fish at times, which is why I love this easy Cod recipe. It takes just 30 minutes and is gluten-free too.

Recipe by: Country Boy “Salmon works best in this citrus-flavored dish.”

Smoked brisket is one of my “go to” comfort foods. There are some days though where I don’t have twelve hours to tend to my smoker and I smoke a small brisket flat instead. You can smoke a 3-4 pound brisket flat in just a few hours and have some pretty amazing barbecue on your […]

Stuffing a flat iron steak with mushrooms, shallots and blue cheese is an easy way to make a simple steak into something extraordinary. If you want to make a great impression on your guests then this is a recipe worth trying!

Tri Tips are one of my favorite steaks. They are super tender and really affordable. I paired these tri tips with some bold and powerful dry rubs then smoked them for 45 minutes to create an AMAZING meal!

The smell of a pork shoulder slowly smoking over hickory is intoxicating! This recipe takes about ten hours but the result is worth every single second!

How to make kofta with lauki What is kofta– Kofta is a deep-fried ball of minced vegetables or grounded meat. Kofta is found in the Indian subcontinent, Middle Eastern and Central Asian cuisines. Indian recipe of kofta includes different vegetables like potato, bottle gourd, paneer, and banana. Meat kofta includes mutton, chicken, and lamb. Fish […]

This delicious summer smoked mackerel salad was the starter for the Easter menu. The summerly weather was perfect for this refreshing starter. It is a combination of smoked mackerel with apples. I brought them to taste with pickles, capers, lemon juice and mayonnaise.

Mascarpone pancakes with red fruit compote are creamy and fluffy, with a sweet and sour topping of red berries. A delicious breakfast for a Sunday.

I was looking for creative recipe inspiration to make with a polenta leftover I still had in my kitchen. On Homemadeandyummy I found a vibrant cake recipe with polenta. It became a complete leftover cake, with also rests of almond powder and coconut rasp: a refreshing polenta coconut cake with lemon. The lemon coconut combination […]

Last week I made this stew with pointed cabbage and Schupfnudel. It is very easy and you need less than 30 minutes to make it. I used minced beef to make this stew. The two other main ingredients may require some additional information.

this delicious lemon curd mousse with red fruits is so easy, has a surprising taste and can be made in less than 10 minutes. You can serve it immediately, or prepare it and keep it in the fridge.

Dates filled with goat cheese and walnuts is an appetizer I made last weekend when we celebrated some birthdays in the family. Three simple ingredients, in an easy combination, not more, not less. That’s all you need to make everybody happy.

Vegetarian gnocchi with yellow bell pepper is a wonderful easy and surprising recipe, vegetarian and yellow for the first fasting Friday and the International Women’s Day.

Cinnamon butter gnocchi is an Italian carnival recipe I found on “the pasta project“. It is so special and surprising I had to try this for myself. And as carnival is happening right now, it was the ideal week to make it. This is a traditional recipe from the Veneto region in the North of […]

Dutch mini buckwheat pancakes are a great start for a great weekend. Dutch mini pancakes, also called “poffertjes” are on my to-do list for a while already. I was thinking of how to use the leftover buckwheat flour from the Christmas blinis I made, and I think this was the ideal breakfast to do so.

Carrot orange ginger soup is a real surprising combination. When I saw this on yayforfood, I knew immediately I had to make this. I would never have the idea to add orange juice to a soup, but it tastes wonderful with the carrots and the ginger. It gives some freshness and compensates for the more […]

This healthy lukewarm green Greek pasta salad is so easy for a healthy and fast lunch when you have no time. Last weekend I was with my parents, as they suddenly had an unplanned appointment just before lunch. No problem, I can take over and then it is ready when you come back. I am […]

This duo of healthy dip sauces is perfect to start a dinner with your guests. They are healthy and easy to make. It gives you appetite for the rest of the dinner, and activates the stomach. This is exactly what appetizers should do. Duo means that we have two different dip sauces that are very […]

Chicken chowmein is a nepales/chinese wok recipe that one of my favourite dishes when I am on Holiday in Nepal. You will find it mainly in restaurants with Tibetan or Buddhist owners. There is not one specific recipe, but you are free to experiment yourself. Below you will find my version of it. Another one […]

I like to be surprised by a recipe, and this one surely does: three ingredients with a totally different background that you would use for totally different occasions. But together they make a surprising combination that works very well. A perfect match for surprising recipes.

I like surprising combinations, and celery with roquefort was a very intriguing match I had to try out. Instead of walnuts you can also use pecans, depending on what you like and what is available. I mixed the roquefort with skyr to create the right consistency. Skyr is an Icelandic product, somewhere between yoghurt and […]

Vegetarian chickpea curry is a delicious, healthy and easy recipe to recover from the big festivities for Christmas and New Year. I was visiting friends, and apparently half of Flanders received the new book of Pascale Naessens as a Christmas present : “nog eenvoudiger met 4 ingredienten” / “even simpler with 4 ingredients“. They proposed […]

Let’s check out how easy it is to make these pretty edible plants!