Smashed Beets and Chickpeas Crostini, a delicious and colorful snack for hot days

With the hot temperatures we are having around here, and the humidity being at almost 100% most of the time, I often don’t feel too hungry, and/or also too lazy to prepare a big meal for my family. Since I still had a can of chickpeas in my pantry, and a few fresh beets in…

When you can’t bake Buns in your oven, just prepare some Steamed and slightly Fried Scallion Buns

Unfortunately, the works in our home aren’t quite finished yet, that’s why we still are surrounded by chaos, and I can’t use my oven. So when I was thinking about another side dish our barbecue, I had to come up with something that can be prepared without an oven. Some time ago, I had seen…

Our new Favorite Pudding: Milk-Bread-Pudding

I felt like having something pudding-like for our afternoon coffee, but with a bit more substance than just regular pudding custard. That’s why I prepared a milk-bread-pudding. As the pudding needs quite a bit of time in the fridge, I’d recommend to prepare it early in the morning or even on the day before. The…

Homemade Preserved Tuna is so much better than the store bought one in cans.

The availability of fresh fish is only one of the advantages of living on an island. Especially if you know quite a few of the fishers pretty well, you’ll have access to absolutely freshly caught fishes. That’s why I decided to prepare our own preserved tuna instead of buying cans in the supermarket. Besides the…

Potato and Mozzarella stuffed Garlic and Celery Butter Hasselblad Buns

As you maybe remember, I often like to prepare a bread-based side dish for our BBQs. But somehow, bread alone isn’t very satiable, so I thought about another way to include potatoes and mozzarella in my dish. I also wanted to have something that was already portioned during the preparation, and a bit of an…

Fancy a Sandwich? Let’s have a Shredded Chicken Baguette*!

The last week has been very busy, that’s why I didn’t have time to prepare anything particular. In addition to that, we have crazy hot weather. The actual temperature is “only” 32 degrees Celsius, which is already pretty hot for the climate around here, but we have such high humidity, that these 32 degrees feel…