Tag Archives: Vegetarian
PESTO
Quick and easy homemade pesto recipe, made with fresh basil leaves, crushed garlic, parmesan cheese and pine nuts. Continue reading
TOFU & SWISS CHARD Recipe
Tofu & Swiss chard recipe: a delicious blend of the white, crunchy, slightly sweet part of the swiss chard, with the slightly more bitter leaves, and tofu sautéd with black sesame seeds and garlic! Continue reading
PUMPKIN SOUP
PUMPKIN SOUP It is pumpkin season again! I hadn’t quite realised to what extent until last weekend when we were driving through the Swiss countryside and came across huge stalls of every size, shape and colour of pumpkin imaginable. The food bells went off in my head … Continue reading
TABOULE / Tabbouleh
Taboule (tabbouleh, tabouli ) – is an easy recipe for when you don’t feel like cooking! Or when you don’t have time to cook, or when you have a big group coming over, or if, like my brother, you don’t … Continue reading
TOMATO SAUCE
TOMATO SAUCE What you didn’t know about true Italian tomato sauce….. Marisa, the concierge in my office building, is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to Italian cooking. Born and raised in the small village of Zogno, 4km from San Pellegrino, she grew … Continue reading
PASTA DOUGH Recipe
Eight friends and a pasta machine is a great recipe for a dinner party and a welcomed change to the standard fare of one exhausted host, slaving over a hot stove while the guests wait ‘patiently’ in the next room. Weeks ago … Continue reading
GRILLED AUBERGINE & ROASTED TOMATO SALAD
GRILLED AUBERGINE & ROASTED TOMATO SALAD This summer I went to visit the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall. How did I visit them if they were lost you might ask…. well once was lost now is found. The Heligan … Continue reading
ALMOND BUTTER
ALMOND BUTTER : Every once and a while I get a hankering for peanut butter. But I normally put it aside when faced with the astronomical price of Sfr 5 (~$5) for a small 250g jar. In Switzerland peanut butter does not … Continue reading
LENTIL SOUP
The DUTCH Series N°5 : Lentil Soup Recipe with Saffron Garlic Roux It is officially the 1st day of SPRING! So why am I writing about a winter soup you may ask. Good question. The thing is – the calendar … Continue reading
CELERIAC THYME SALAD Recipe
The DUTCH Series N°4 In the past I generally thought of salad as a summer dish, made with a variety of fresh leafy greens picked from the garden. However, I have since developed a taste for the less celebrated but very tastey winter salad … Continue reading
