First day back at school today after the Easter holidays and I am in no mood to cook. This is a recipe from the German Thermomix recipe database submitted by a forum member, sa-anne. I used frozen chives (ready chopped) because our local supermarket only gets fresh deliveries from Tuesday to Saturday which means that … Continue reading
This recipe originates from the BBC food magazine GoodFood Vegetarian Summer 2010 and is so easy to make. Vegans just need to omit the feta (or perhaps add a few capers). Ingredients: 500g new potatoes 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil zest and juice of one lemon 1 broccoli head, cut into florets 200 green … Continue reading
A version of this salad recently appeared in the British GoodFood Vegetarian Summer magazine 2010. If you’re vegan, just leave out the feta at the end. The ingredients list in the original calls for 2 x 200g tubs of hoummous. I used my favourite hoummous recipe from the Café Flora Cookbook by Catherine Geier with … Continue reading
I posted this recipe at a time when we had EHEC in Germany. ***From 2011 Germany has been trembling in its Birkenstock sandals this week due to the outbreak of EHEC, a particularly nasty e-coli virus. The supermarkets and greengrocers in my neighbourhood have tried to lower the price of cucumbers drastically, but since tomatoes, … Continue reading
This week was my husband’s birthday and I had the “brilliant” idea of organising a secret birthday party for him with about 30 guests. I say “brilliant” because this thought blitz hit me at 6.30 a.m. while I was sitting on the bus on the way to work. It was only after I had sent … Continue reading
Scribblings from a chaotic kitchen 