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Pasta alla Boscaiola ("Woodcutter Style")
Lumberjack style sauce is a specialty from the Italian region of Puglia. It combines mushrooms and cream, and is an excellent alternative...
danieats
Oct 19, 20202 min read
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Tahini Sauce
Tahini or tahina is one of the oldest condiments in the world. It is made from toasted ground hulled sesame, basically a sesame paste....
danieats
Oct 11, 20202 min read
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Roasted garlic
When you roast garlic, the biting, hot garlic taste disappears and what remains is a wonderful caramelized puree. The garlic gets a rich...
danieats
Sep 4, 20201 min read
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Baba Ganoush
...and back to the Middle East. And back to our eggplants. There is not only hummus when you think of dips from the Arab or Middle East....
danieats
Jul 6, 20202 min read
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Cream Beans
Beans are in my opinion quite underrated. Kidney beans are a rich source of protein, folate, iron and phosphorus. But kids usually don't...
danieats
Jul 2, 20202 min read
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Fattoush (Middle Eastern bread salad)
Arab salad, chopped salad, Israeli salad - whatever you choose to call it, there is no escaping it. Wherever you go in the Middle East,...
danieats
Jun 25, 20202 min read
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Hummus (base recipe)
In recent years there has been a real boom in Mediterranean cuisine, especially that of the Middle East. Hummus is a symbol of this. Let...
danieats
Jun 15, 20202 min read
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Caramelized Onions
Caramelized onions are a great garnish for hamburgers or sandwiches. You can prepare this well ahead, keep it refridgerated to quite some...
danieats
Jun 15, 20202 min read
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Bitter Orange Marmelade
Bitter orange marmelade was in my mind reserved for the British breakfast. I was quite wrong. After our family trip to Sicily a couple of...
danieats
Jun 10, 20202 min read
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Mnazaleh („oriental aubergine“)
Another great aubergine dish, inspired by my long lasting quest of so called "chazilim orientalim" or "oriental aubergine". As I told you...
danieats
Jun 10, 20202 min read
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Roasted Garlic Paste
Garlic is the cornerstone of many dishes and I use it a lot. The downside of eating garlic is the somewhat unpleasant side effect of...
danieats
Jun 4, 20201 min read
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Caponata alla siciliana
Caponata is a dish based on aubergines that originates in the Italian island of Sicily. There are many dishes containing aubergines. Many...
danieats
Jun 3, 20202 min read
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Givech (Romanian vegetable stew)
In almost all Balkan countries you will find a kind of vegetable stew based on the Turkish Güveç. This one ist the one of my grandmother...
danieats
May 29, 20202 min read
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Panzanella (Toscan Bread Salad)
This is my take on a light summer salad. Great as a starter or side dish, easy to make and super tasty Quite often there is some left...
danieats
May 29, 20202 min read
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Gorgonzola cream sauce
An easy way to do a tasty, creamy sauce with the distictive taste of Gorgonzola cheese. Not everyone likes Blue Cheese, everyone likes...
danieats
May 26, 20201 min read
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Tomato Sugo (base recipe)
This is an essential one... A basic tomato sauce is the cornerstone of many easy and more complicated dishes. Doing this right will make...
danieats
May 26, 20202 min read
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Tuna Spread
Tuna Spread is a sandwich spread that I actually never ate home, but I saw first time in the States many years ago. My mother used to...
danieats
May 21, 20201 min read
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