I often make this easy cake when friends show up unannounced. Most ingredients I have readily available in my cupboard, and I make it with the fresh fruit I have on hand. You can even use frozen berries. I love the combination of apricots and apples, so now that fresh apricots are in season I […] Read more…
Red Fruit Breakfast
I know, it’s hardly a recipe, but I want to share it anyhow because it tastes really good! Just combine juicy watermelon with good quality goat cheese, some mint and red currants. That’s it. Drink it with freshly pressed citrus juice. Easy peasy but it looks great. Read more…
Summer Beets: Two Easy Salads
While Petra is on a bike tour in Europe with her family (from Berlin to Copenhagen!), I’m discovering the Pacific Northwest with husband and kids in a car. Especially in Seattle and Portland it’s hard not too have great food. I’m thrilled seeing so many good and beautiful restaurants (soon I’ll post some must-go addresses). […] Read more…
Pan con tomate & Tinto de Verano
This is summer at its easiest: a glass of Tinto de Verano and a platter full of toasted bread with ripe tomatoes and garlic, our mix of the classic Spanish Pan con Tomate and the Italian crostini with tomato. We are taking a short break from our Kitchen Tables and will post irregularly over the […] Read more…
Sandwich with Avocado & Nasturtium
We just came back from a mini break in The Netherlands. Holland is best in summer if you’d ask me: lush green fields and forests, happy bikers (due to the lack of rain…) and terraces everywhere. Of course we had lunch at the Veldkeuken , situated at an old estate near the city of Utrecht. […] Read more…
Potluck Gazpacho with Avocado
Hurray for the potluck! Before I moved to the US 4 years ago, I had never heard of a potluck. The concept of everyone bringing food to an event or party has lately become more popular in The Netherlands as well, but it is not yet as incorporated as here. Well, I love it. A […] Read more…
Green Matcha Smoothie
The other day, I ordered a Matcha Smoothie with pineapple and banana at Nordstrom Café. It was watery, not fruity at all, and I couldn’t taste the matcha very well. I was quite disappointed and decided to make a good and tasty matcha smoothie at home. Now and then I buy matcha to make tea, […] Read more…
Garden Pasta Pesto
Once, when I was still living in the Netherlands, I had a small vegetable garden. Each year, I planted and grew rhubarb, beets, zucchini, tomatoes, carrots, radishes, and pod peas. But because a vegetable garden needs a lot of care and attention, which I did not always have, the harvest was less successful than hoped […] Read more…
Barbara’s Herb Pancakes with Avocado & Rocket
Some of our Kitchen Table Friends we have known for years, others we just met. Barbara Bonisolli, has been a food photographer for more than 20 years, she did the photography for many cookbooks and has her own television show about her edible garden. She lives with her family in the countryside, just outside of […] Read more…
Breakfast All Day: Burritos with Scrambled Eggs
Summer break! Time for lazy breakfasts. When we traveled through Arizona over Spring Break, I often ordered these burritos for breakfast. Being a Dutch girl I never had them before, but I loved everything about them. They were filled with soft scrambled eggs, veggies, cilantro, and potatoes or black beans, and were often served with […] Read more…