Diner is served

Couscous with steamed chicken, asparagus and lemon

It is as simple as it sounds.

* chicken with onion, garlic, olive oil, fresh thyme, pepper & salt. Steam it or grill it!

* prepare the couscous * boil the asparagus briefly

* olive oil, squeeze half a lemon with your hand above the dish, some pepper & salt and finish with fresh dill 

Bon Apetit & Bisou Anna

Photographed by Judith Anna Pronk

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Emaille oven-pan by the Carrefour (french super market) and colored oven-plat by Bloomingville

Mackerel salad

Great salad (a what do we have in the fridge recipe)

*Smoked mackerel *avocado *grilled zucchini *rocket salad *blue berries *avocado oil *appel vinegar *salt & pepper

Bon Apetit, Bisou Anna

Dessert with spice & herb

Made an old-school (typical Dutch) dessert, but I spiced it up a bit.

Rhubarb compote with strawberries, spanish red pepper & basil!

Ingredient list

* Rhubarb * cinnamon stick * brown sugar * vanilla sugar * 2 spoons of water * spanish red pepper * fresh basil * strawberries

How to prepare

*Clean and cut the rhubarb, boil with all the ingredients for the compote except the basil and strawberries. 

(leave cinnamon stick & spanish red pepper uncut, so they are easy to remove)

* Cut the strawberries in half and ad the warm rhubarb compote and fresh basil.

(After taking this picture I cut the fresh basil and added it to the compote & strawberries)

I think this dessert would taste even better with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream or a large piece of chocolate cake.

Bisou Anna

Mint bowl is by IKEA

Photographed and cooked by Judith Anna Pronk

Banana bread

I am a star at home when I make this :-)

There are a lot of recipes on the net and this is one of them to get you started.

I also put some walnuts in the mixture.

Bisou Anna

Photographed by Judith Anna Pronk 

My favorite Portugese dishes.....

Just a few of the best dishes I had in Portugal.

Love the colors, simple ingredients and pureness of this food.

Bisou Anna

Spinach Pancakes

Made some spinach pancakes. They are delicious and are a recipe by Yotam Ottolenghi .

You can eat them as a starter, a side dish or combine with a tomato salad as a main corse.  

Great project for this weekend and surprise your loved-ones with something new and incredibly tasty. 

For the pancakes110 gr self raisning flower,1 tbsp baking powder, 1 egg, 50g unsalted butter melted, ½ tsp salt, ½ tsp ground cumin, 150ml milk, spring onions, finely sliced green chillies (optional of-course), finely sliced 250g baby spinach, 1 egg white, olive oil for frying.

For the pancake batter, put the flour, baking powder, egg, butter, salt, cumin and milk in a mixing bowl, and whisk until smooth. Add the onion and chilli to the batter. Put the spinach in a big pan and bake, (I do that without oil) while stirring, until it shrunk. Slice it all in into smaller pieces and add to the pancake batter. Pour a little oil into a heavy frying pan and place on medium-high heat. For each pancake, ladle two to three tablespoons of batter into the pan and press down gently. You should get smallish pancakes, about 7cm in diameter and 1cm thick. Cook for a minute on each side, until a nice golden-green colour. Transfer to a paper towel and repeat, adding oil as needed, until all the mixture is used up. 

I must say that when you read this, it looks like a lot of work. But I think I was done in about 15-20 minutes. 

Bon Apetit,  

Bisou Anna

French Carafe by Royal VKB

Something that always tastes nice and looks nice is a big carafe of water on your diner table, desk, 

or in the evening when sitting on the couch watching a movie/ reading your favorite magazine.

I refresh my water with fresh mint leafs and 1 sliced lemon.  

A lovely variation is water with sliced cucumber combined with lime.

Just love the color combination and the summery feel it gives to the water.

This french carafe is by the Dutch design team Royal VKB it is very handy (it gives you one extra free hand) and looks nice. 

Definitely one of my favorite kitchen items.

Cheers!

Bisou Anna 

My first Tarte Tatin!

My first home made Tarte Tatin with pear was a success, yes indeed!

This is a recipe by Jamie Olivier

you can find it here

Bisou Anna

Petit Dejeuner

My breakfast!

A large cappuccino/latte macchiato (ok two :-) and a bowl of soya-yoghurt with fresh blueberries, dried goji berries, walnuts and linseed.

What is your breakfast ritual?

Bisou Anna   

Albondigas con tomate..... its an addiction

My/our favorite home dish!

A great weekend recipe to enjoy with friends at a home diner party or with family on a sunday.

You need around 40 minutes to prepare and then 40 minutes on the stove & oven.

You need; 1 kilo of minced beef meat, bread-crumbs (in Dutch paneermeel), 3 teaspoons of garlic, 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg, 2 eggs, salt & pepper, 60 ml olive oil, 50 grams of flower, 1 big onion, 2 green paprika's, 2 cans of chopped tomatoes, 375 ml chicken-broth, 1 glass of red wine    

Mix the meat with 2 teaspoons of garlic, nutmeg, eggs, salt & pepper and roll small meatballs, then roll them thru the flower. Fry the sliced green paprika's with the sliced onion, when soft take them out of the pan and sear the little meatballs. Put back in the pan with your meatball the paprika and onion and ad the 2 cans of chopped tomatoes, chicken-broth, wine and the last garlic.

Put the lid on your pan and let it stir for about 40 minutes (on low gas).

Eat with garlic rosemary potatoes and a tomato mozzarella salad.

Oh and do not forget some good wine and crispy bread (to clean your plate with when you done :-)

Bon appetit

Bisou Anna

Grandmothers pears!

 My grandmothers typically Dutch winter-pear recipe.  

My favorite winter dish ever!!

The smell is amazing, you do not have to buy a scented candle :-)

Poor all the ingredients together and stove the pears slowly for about 2,5 hours

You can eat them as dessert, hot with ice creme, or as a side dish (hot or cold) 

Everybody will love you for rest of your life. 

Trust me!!!

You can play around with the recipe very easily, ad more wine

or also ad star anise, orange peel or leave out the clove vica versa and etc.... 

Just make them with love!

Bon appetit, Bisou Anna

Ingredients; Gieser Wildeman or Saint Remy pears, water, red wine

red sirup/lemonade, cinnamon sticks, fresh vanilla, vanilla suger and cloves

The amount of it all is all about your taste.... 

All photographed by Judith Anna Pronk

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Mash of Bruxelles sprouts!

A mash of Bruxelles sprouts with a chipolata sausage.

 * Make a fresh potato mash:

potato's, milk, nutmeg and black pepper 

* Boil the washed fresh Bruxelles sprouts for about 20 minutes

*In the mean time fry small pieces of bacon in its own fat dark brown.

* Then throw away the grease and fry/bake chestnut mushrooms in the pan.

* Mix everything with your potato mash and serve with the sausage.

(Off course you can add salt with the potato mash 

or fry the mushrooms in the bacon grease. It is my choice not to do so :-)

Bon appetit!

Bisou Anna

Photographed by Judith Anna Pronk

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Meatloaf recipe!

Mix the meat with salt, pepper, 1 egg, 1 small chopped onion  

2 teaspoons of 5Chinese spice powder (contains aniseed, fennel, peppercorn, cinamon bark & ginger)

1 small can of tomato puree and 3 tablespoons of gehaktkruiden 

(sorry this is very Dutch, but it contains pepper, ginger, chili, cardamom, coriander, mace and nutmeg)

Put in as much of the bread-crumbs as you like. 

(I like a dry meatloaf, so I put in a lot :-)

Then it is oven time, for about 50 minutes at 150 degrees.

The meatloaf is enough for 8 portions/slices.

Some rice, vegetables and sambal

Bon Appetit!

Bisou Anna

Laurien's Closet

Laurien Bleeker

Freelance fashion & beauty editor and blogger @ CocoCashmere

www.cococashmere.blogspot.com

Designer:  Scandinavian design like ACNE, Designer Remix Collection, second Female, Just Female and CHANEL off course. 

Inspiration: Bloggers like Victoria Torngren, internet, magazines and the streets (like Tokio streetstyle)

Style Icon: Victoria Torngren, Olsen Twins and Emma Watson

Clothing: Booties, vests, blazers and everything high waisted like jeans, pants or skirts.

Store:  ACNE store, The Darling and Lou Lou all in the 9 streets in Amsterdam

Color: Black, nude and off colors

Fragrance: Viva la Juicy by Juicy Couture, Flower Bomb by V&R, Change by Chanel

Make-up: Volume Express Mascara by Maybeline, primer & foundation by MAC, 

lipstick Chanel Rouge Allure Velvet color nr 37 L'Exubérante, nailpolish by OPI, KOH Chanle or KIKO Milano 

Own Style: Feminine, minimalistic, sophisticated and lots of black!

Fashion Understatement: White bottoms, white leggings, white boots etc everything white.

Bad Buy: None

Ultimate Styling Tip: Accessoires!!! Complete your look. Make it your own and dare to be yourself. Dare to dress how you want, every time, everywhere at any event!

Laurien and I had fun shooting this "Closet" we ended the shoot with the interview and she offered me some home made sweets........ Chocolate with marshmallows and chocolate chip cookies... Jummie!!

Easy to make and even more important very very easy to eat :-)

Melt chocolate, when soft crumble the chocolate chip cookies and the marshmallows

Mix and then put in the fridge. Et voila, bon appetit!

Bisou Anna

Photographed by Judith Anna Pronk

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