Red Velvet Cookies

Dear all,

Officially these cookies are called " Cookies n Cream Marshmallow Red Velvet Cookies" but I thought that was quite a mouthful for a title. Either way, this was sort of cookie challenge 2.0. A few weeks ago I re-created cookies my brother had found on instagram and this week I tried again. So you won't judge me I have added what they are supposed to look like at the end, after you  have had a chance to admire my version!



I was definitely off to a good start with the red colour for the red velvet aspect of the cookie. Until I added the cocoa. Then the cookies looked decidedly brown - but I did not give up, added two kinds of chocolate (I could not find the cookies n cream bars from the recipe, so added rice crispy white chocolate and milka oreo chocolate) and in the oven they went.


Out of the oven they were still... brown! No matter, pressed in the marshmallow bits and cookies done! In a different light they are a little red after all, thank goodness.


Close up: they look sickeningly sweet but were actually not that bad! Lovely chewy soft cookie and the slightly melted marshmallow is great fun.


It was a bit of a celebrate for my mother, so we turned two cookies into a tiered cake and stuck the candles in the marshmallow - worked a treat! (get it? treat? haha)

Now. I know they don't look like the original below, but really, mine look different but just as good, surely?



xoxo Jennifer

Korean cold soy milk noodles

Dear all,

I've been having a lot of Korean food lately - it is just so good!! Another friend of mine made these cold noodles in soy milk, I forget the name, but not the flavour. Fascinatingly good!




So above are a few of the ingredients we needed, improvised as we were limited to ingredients we could easily get from a Dutch supermarket.


And then then finished dish! Soba noodles in soy milk (to which we added a mix of ground nuts and sesame seeds), with smoked chicken, cucumber and tomato. It was an absolutely lovely summer dish!

xoxo Jennifer

Dakgalbi

Dear all,

My friend makes the BEST dakgalbi, spicy grilled chicken with vegetables (korean style). She has made it for me twice now, on a Friday night, after coming home from a long day at work. It is the best thing ever at times like that. Paired with some korean liquor (makgeolli or soju) and my Friday night is complete!



She makes two versions, one with and one without cheese. See the cheese version below.



It definitely adds something, I think the cheese version has my preference!



Dakgalbi, rice, kimchi, makgeolli - perfect night!

xoxo Jennifer

Courgette cake

Dear all,

Carrot cake is a well-known thing. You've seen me make a parsnip cake. This time it's the courgette's turn~! Very similar to a carrot cake in many ways, this courgette loaf cake was covered in an orange cream cheese icing:



For a bit of added flavour there was orange rind in the cake as well.



All in all a great cake! Not particularly special, but a great way to use up some courgette ^^


xoxo Jennifer