You are here: Home » oven

Joe’s Chocolate Cake

When I was a child, my family lived on the beautiful island of Cyprus for about a year. Besides all the nice Cypriot food, we also got an insight into the kitchen of New Zealand. Our neighbours were real “kiwis” and they just loved to spoil us with their cooking. Joe often made this special chocolate cake which is crunchy from the outside and soft inside. If you love easy homemade chocolate cakes but want to try a new recipe [...]

Read the full article...

Warm potato and pumpkin salad

assorted pumpkins

This salad is made from 2 of my favorite ingredients. Yes, you guessed it right, potatoes and pumpkins. Where I am from in Holland most of the people think the potato is boring. And I know why they think that. Because they cook the potatoes until they are completely mashie. After that, they try to pimp it up again with half a liter of gravy. I think this is very sad cooking behavior. When potatoes are prepared right they surprise [...]

Read the full article...

Perfect baked trout from the oven

I love fish! When I was younger I spend my school holidays and my free wednesday afternoons at my grandparents. My grandpa had a small motorboat. This boat was great, because when he went fishing, he could come on places where people without a boat couldn’t come. When I was not building bird houses with him, he took me out fishing. First we always went for small fish using bread/dough as bait. I was so fascinated about it, that I [...]

Read the full article...