This is one of the back home memory meals for Karl, especially the ones he got at the best barbecue place from where he comes from: ‘Zarda Barbecue’. Still now he brings back home bottles of Zarda barbecue sauce, and when it’s gone, he looks for recipes to make himself something that resembles that most
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Traditional American burgers. They have nothing in common with the hamburgers you can get a fast-food chain, but the name. It’s one of those meals that everyone in our family is happy for. Certainly the fact that you can build your own burger as you like it helps a lot. And Karl gets to play
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I like easy recipes, this one is easy, but somehow time consuming, as every shrimp needs to be peeled, and wrapped and skewered… But it is totally worth it! Ingredients 20 large shrimp, peeled and divined, ideally keep the tail 10 stripes of smoked bacon, cut into halves, cold 2 cloves of garlic, pressed 3
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I like aubergines in any form. But they usually need something with a lot of taste to marry it with. This is a perfect combination, soft aubergines, spicy sausage and creamy mozzarella. And it’s so easy! Ingredients: 1 small aubergine, cut into circles 120 chopped spicy chorizo (I buy it already in slices) 200 g
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Yet another simple recipe, quick enough for a weekday dinner and at the same time fancy enough for a dinner party. The key to this recipe is no to overcook the salmon, I like mine undone in the middle, for those who like their salmon cooked through this gets tricky, luckily for me, Karl is
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Mini pizza’s are one of my specialties. Now that I wrote that I realize that I like all the mini-bite-size thingies that serve as amuse-bouche or starters. The little things that we stand around the kitchen and eat while waiting for the main course to spend its time in the oven. I think if I
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This recipe I learned from Kasia, even if I am not sure how close what I just cooked is to what she cooked back then, and it was Bulgarian and nor Greek cheese that was involved… Anyway, I remember that she served me this at her place, welcoming me to her apartment (again). The warmth
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I once read a book about a girl who had lots of life troubles, lost her job, house and boyfriend and baking saved her both from going insane and from being jobless. The plot of the book was certainly not the best one ever, but reading it I was longing for baking bread, bagels and
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Pancakes in our house is a tradition. Every Sunday morning, the kids let me sleep as long as I want, and then when I get up, I make pancakes or waffles. I think in the last year, maybe once I didn’t do that, and it was only because we were on a skiing trip and
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A creative afternoon snack Cucumbers sliced thinly with a mandolin, rolled up with: spread avocado, lemony pepper, smoked salmon and fresh coriander gorgonzola What is left from cucumbers, cut into long sticks and wrapped in ham Serve with cheese cubes, olives and a glass of chilled rosé on a sunny terrace.