Random Dessert!

Dear all,

How about a random dessert this time? Blondie/brownie mix.



And because everything becomes a little more festive with powdered sugar:



Happy New Year!

Random dinner time! (2)

Dear all,

More random dinners! jjajangmyeon! Black bean sauce noodles, Korean style.



Also: Merry Christmas!!!

Random dinner time!

Dear all,

Not always spectacular, but always tasty: random dinner decisions. Thought I would share some with you.


Udon with miso nasu!

Pre-christmas dinner

Dear all,

It's been a while!

Extra special treat for the long wait: my pre-christmas dinner with friends. Rather than the usual dessert I decided to do the starter for a change. I present you with:


Snow-flake cheesy biscuits with poppy and fennel seeds.


My army. My army of penguins! Big hit I can tell you, and tasty too. Made of black olives, cream cheese and carrot. Definitely a simple-but-effective dish!!


I'm afraid the penguins were hungry so I didn't get a good pictures of the Devils on Horseback, a typical Christmas treat. For those in the unknown: dates stuffed with cream cheese and a whole almond, wrapped in bacon and baked in the oven. Served warm and very tasty! And to go with these lovely treats, a welcome cocktail for my friends. Christmas pear Prosecco (ginger syrup, stem ginger, pear juice and prosecco in a glass dipped in sugar and cinnamon). Cheers!


But wait, there's more!? Sage and onion bread-to-share, and a plaited sun-dried tomato, red pesto and parmesan loaf.


And to go with the bread: sun-dried tomato, basil and parmesan butter, and a garlic and chili butter.


Oh and my lovely friends also made lovely food! Sage and pea soup with diced cheek of veal, and the main course: venison with garlic/rosemary potatoes and sprouts with pancetta and chestnuts, served with home made cranberry sauce.


Last and definitely not least: tiramisu.

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

Cake to order

Dear all,

I do on occasion get requests to bake cakes. This time it was for a group of 20-30 people so I did two tray bake cakes. I went for my two favourite flavours: carrot cake and chocolate guinness cake!







xoxo Jennifer

Strawberry cheesecake-cake

Dear all,

In June I promised close-up pics of the strawberry cheesecake-cake. Here they are!






I made this cake so often, I can 100% recommend it. Why not try it yourself? (click!)

xoxo Jennifer

Birthday biscuits

Dear all,

It's time for another round of brother birthday bakes!

My brother had been sending me pictures of cakes and biscuits he had found online which made us all drool. As a gift I thought I would recreate some of the bakes he sent me and present him with a big cookie jar full of them!










xoxo Jennifer