The best way to start a day is to have a good brekkie. Ideally a healthy one full of vitamins and fibre. It kick-starts your metabolism and gives you the energy you need to get through your day. Especially when you have a stressful and busy day ahead. Most of the working days I cut
Read more

When on holiday I love to feast like there’s no tomorrow. Local specialities, fried “whatevers”, ice cream, cocktails, G&Ts, champers…bring it on. All! Everything! Loads! You have no idea how many times I’ve said on my recent hols in Portugal: “Why not? I’m on holiday.” Life is full of restrictions in our every day routine.
Read more

“Mit Pfefferminz bin ich dein Prinz”, this is the title of a German song by an artist called Marius Müller Westernhagen Even though I was never a massive fan of his music I couldn’t agree more with this statement. It means “With peppermint I am your prince”. Well, princess in my case 😉 I love
Read more

“My goodness, THE most moreish thing I’ve ever eaten. U have to have it. A bit like Lord Of The Rings #myprecious” …this is what my boyfriend tweeted the other day after we’d had this sweet potato spinach gratin for dinner. I will never forget the look on his face when I caught him “cleaning
Read more

My new DINE STAR has by far the bluest eyes you have ever seen. And if people say George Clooney is the most handsome “silver fox” on this planet they haven’t seen him yet: MARTIN KEMP, bass player with British multi-platinum records selling band SPANDAU BALLET. But there is much more to “Mart” (as his
Read more

For some people zucchini is a boring vegetable. Well, it surely isn’t famous for an outstanding taste of its own. In fact it can be quite tasteless. But with the right ingredients added and a good recipe it can be so yummy. For those of you that wanna lose a few pounds the major benefit
Read more

There are 2 things I love to eat when I am in Spain: a paella and a tortilla. I could spend my holidays eating just these two. Easily! Cooking a paella is an art of its own and so far I haven’t made one myself. This will be one of my next challenges. A lovely
Read more

In a previous recipe (Beluga Lentils Salad) I already “promoted” and praised beluga lentils. Salmon & beluga lentils are a perfect combination and quite popular in the french cuisine. At first I thought of a lemon-mustard sauce to serve it with. It surely would have been lovely as well. But since I had some coconut
Read more

I recently wrote about my new found love for fennel. The thing with a brand new “love” is: you can’t get enough of it. The challenge is to satisfy your longing but not lose interest after a while. So you have to keep it interesting and diversified. And yes…I am still talking about food 😉
Read more