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I’ve been making this ranch dressing for years long enough that I stopped measuring ages ago and just eyeball it these days. But since I know not everyone has that muscle memory yet, here it is properly measured out for you. This was my go-to dressing for a simple green salad, back before I ventured…
This is one of those recipes that looks like it took effort and really didn’t. A block of feta, a drizzle of honey, a scattering of red pepper flakes and oregano, folded up into little foil boats and left to the oven to do the work. I love making these there’s something satisfying about shaping…
I’ve been making this tiramisu for years now, and it’s earned its keep. One of my daughter’s friends once told me he’d marry me for it. Unfortunately for him, I’m already taken, so he’ll just have to settle for the recipe instead. There’s a reason it’s stuck around this long. It’s the kind of dessert…
Nasi goreng is one of those dishes every Dutch household knows. Growing up in the Netherlands, Indonesian food was simply part of life — and nasi goreng was always there. In the Netherlands you start with a packet of instant nasi goreng spices. Convenient and perfectly good. But when I moved to England those packets…
Celery doesn’t always get the attention it deserves — which is a shame because it is wonderfully healthy and endlessly versatile. This salad changes that. Inspired by a recipe I came across, I couldn’t help adding a little more — sweet dates, toasted walnuts, and Parmesan bringing it all together into something that genuinely surprises.
This started as a pumpkin cake. I switched it to muffins because I like to freeze them individually — no obligation to eat the whole lot at once. Then came the happy accident. I didn’t read the recipe properly and left the roasted pumpkin in chunks rather than blending it to a purée — little…
I have been on a lifelong journey with peanut sauce. It started with a recipe from an Indonesian lady at my church — simple and good: garlic, ketjap manis, sambal oelek, peanut butter, a little water. I made it for years and loved it. Then I came across a version with coconut milk. The problem…
Growing up in the Netherlands, Indonesian food was simply part of life. Satay, nasi goreng, ketjap manis — as familiar as any Dutch staple. A few months ago I visited a friend back home and we went to an Indonesian restaurant. The satay was fine. But fine wasn’t enough. I missed the depth — that…
Sometimes the garden decides what’s for dinner. We had tarragon growing abundantly and it needed using — so this is what happened. The combination of orange, tarragon, a good stock and cream reduces down into something wonderfully concentrated and elegant. It tastes far more considered than the effort involved. I serve it with small roasted…
Sometimes my Dutch roots quietly resurface and demand to be fed. A few months ago it was this — a craving for beef slowly braised in ketjap manis that arrived out of nowhere and wouldn’t let go. I looked around, tried, adapted, and have made it several times since. Ketjap manis is a staple in…