Valentine’s Day brunch
Valentine's Day brunch. Irene made Dutch babies, I made French omelets with chives and Mimosas.
Category: Food
Yesterday’s cold weather midday meal
Yesterday's cold weather midday meal. Dutch pancakes ("crèpes") and hot cocoa. The pancake batter made with buttermilk, and julienned strips of hot smoked bacon and half slices of banana. The hot...
It’s snowing again, but don’t worry about us
It's snowing again, but don't worry about us: we're fine as Mimosas are going. The Dutch babies are in the oven, the beaten and salted eggs are doing their ionization/protein magic waiting to be...
Well, courtesy of Whole Foods not delivering yesterday because we go
Well, courtesy of Whole Foods not delivering yesterday because we got over a foot of snow (and a bit more this morning) and the road to our house includes a block of 40-45 degrees down cobblestones,...
Sop Bayam Jahe (Spinach and Ginger Soup)
A refreshing and gingery stock with spinach, a bit of chicken, and exotic flavoring. Sop Bayam Jahe (Watercress and Ginger Soup) A refreshing soup of Watercress, Ginger, and Chicken, with sweetened...
As irene made a very involved dinner and did some grocery shopping fo
As irene made a very involved dinner and did some grocery shopping for it beforehand Spring spent the day with me in the office. She's a super good girl, so she didn't have to wear the cone, even...
Sunday’s brunch. Rollups of omelet and smoked salmon and rollups o
Sunday's brunch. Rollups of omelet and smoked salmon and rollups of omelet and prosciutto set in Hollandaise sauce with fried bacon strips. For carbs some Dutch.
Oven-made Experimental Breakfast
Irene experimented upon a recipe she found, and baked a breakfast dish with muesli, dried chopped pears, lime juice, cinnamon, vanilla, baking soda, flour, milk, and eggs. Baked, and served with a...
I made appelflappen (apple beignets)
Appelflappen (apple beignets). Slices of Honeycrisps, dystedcwith powdered sugar and cinnamon, coated in a leavened batter, then deep fried.
Oliebollen balls of leavened dough…
Oliebollen balls of leavened dough, with black and golden raisins soaked in sliced rum, and chopped up (skin on), fried in oil.