The best pestos you don’t buy but make yourself. While it’s usually basil, olive oil, pine nuts, garlic and Parmesan cheese you blend together as a green pesto, this favourite in our household is a red pesto. We always…
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The best place for lunch near Paarl? Pappa Grappa, for sure! It probably is my most favourite lunch spot in this area, because it is so relaxed. And the food is fantastic. You get an instant ‘nothing has to…
In this dish you will taste a little bit of Italy in every bite you take. It’s one of my all time favourite Italian oven dishes: Melanzane alla Parmigiana. I absolutely love Melanzane, and could eat it every week.…
This easy and quick dessert can be on your table within 10 minutes. No preparations needed. Just buy the ingredients and throw it together just before serving. Success guaranteed. Ingredients Serves 4 150 gram blackberries 3 tablespoons blackberry jam…
Prostitution is claimed to be the oldest profession in the world. I am not sure how one can test or control that but I can understand it’s a job that does exist already for centuries. Also in Rome. Pasta Puttanesca…
There is a well known fish restaurant in Amsterdam at Scheldeplein. For years and years this place called Visaandeschelde is often full and they serve delicious oysters, lobster, sole, crab, prawns and other mainly fish dishes. It’s upmarket, they…
Since May 2015 Druten, a sleepy quiet but beautiful village in the eastern part of the Netherlands, is the place to be when it comes to fine dining. From the moment Old Skool restaurant opened its doors nothing will…
Avocados are delicious and extremely healthy for you. These baked avo and Parmesan cheese cups are great. You can eat them for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Always a winner! Ingredients Serves 4 2 avocados 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive…
An all time favourite for young and old, casual or fancy, male or female, foodie or non foodie; Spaghetti Meatballs. I never met someone who doesn’t like that. Well, a vegetarian maybe, but you can make veggie balls instead.…
Comfort food to the max. Risotto. If I plan a movie night in with blankets and wine and in winter a roaring fire, there is a big chance that risotto is on the menu…. Usually we eat at the…