http://www.kayotic.nl/blog Welcome to Kayotic Kitchen. Where food and photography unite! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:58:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/wp-content/mbp-favicon/kayotic_favicon.ICO http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/potato-cauliflower-mash http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/potato-cauliflower-mash#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:11:46 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=11721 Christmas (and Thanksgiving, but we don’t celebrate that here) is right around the corner. I’m still surprised how fast these Christmases come and go and how much changes over a year. Seems that the older I get, the more changes. Or maybe that’s just me? When I saw a basic recipe for cauliflower and potato mash in a supermarket magazine, I wondered what it would be like to mix that...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/potato-cauliflower-mash/feed 12 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/mozzarella-potato-pie http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/mozzarella-potato-pie#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:55:25 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=11652 I already expected a lot of laughs when I got a package from my girl Teri. Why? Oh, I don’t know. Call it gut-feeling, call it intuition, call it a sixth-sense. Or maybe it were the S.L.U.T napkins (stressed-out ladies unwinding together) she mailed me some time ago. Or the Tired Old Ass Soak bath salt, the Heavy-Duty Bitch tissues and pillbox that said: “It’s such a beautiful day I...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/mozzarella-potato-pie/feed 13 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/hot-potato-salad http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/hot-potato-salad#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:59:18 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=11487 I have no idea where this recipe comes from. I’ve been making this ever since I moved into my first apartment so my guess is I either found it in one the cookbooks I snatched from my mom or it’s a family recipe. It does remind me somewhat of a German potato salad although this one’s finished in the oven. Maybe a family recipe from my German grandmother? I have...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/hot-potato-salad/feed 12 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/balsamic-onion-potato-frittata http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/balsamic-onion-potato-frittata#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:57:46 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=11338 This is my new addiction. Potatoes and onion are already two of my favorite things in the world, but when you pair them with egg, spices and some balsamic? Bellisimo! This is the basic, bare-naked, version. You can take it any direction you like. Feel like adding roasted bell peppers? Go for it. Need green in your life? Throw in a few spring onions. Use different herbs. Make it your...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/balsamic-onion-potato-frittata/feed 12 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/bbq-potatoes http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/bbq-potatoes#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 07:50:29 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=10691 This is so simple it doesn’t even qualify as a recipe. But I don’t care, sharing it anyway! When I whipped up an indecent amount of Sunshine BBQ Chicken, I needed an easy side dish that wouldn’t overrule the flavor of the chicken and could also be prepped in an oven as well… since I know not every one has a Big Green Egg. Yes, I know, you can stop...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/bbq-potatoes/feed 6 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/perfect-roasted-potatoes http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/perfect-roasted-potatoes#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:47:13 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=10042 And the last one in the series: “Old Guest Postings Resuscitated“, here’s the guest posting I did a few years back for these delicious roasted potatoes. This is a really solid recipe, tried and true, shouldn’t get lost in internet lalaland so I’m posting it to my blog as well. My family has made these roasted potatoes like this for years, today I just switch up the herbs or add...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/perfect-roasted-potatoes/feed 26 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/beet-potato-and-egg-mash http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/beet-potato-and-egg-mash#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 08:54:36 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=9815 Sounds like a crazy combo, right? Well, it is. Kinda. I have a girlfriend who is every bit the cook freak that I am. Worse, actually. Put her in a kitchen and she turns into a mad cheshire cat on speed. Suffice to say that when I open my inbox first thing in the morning and find a recipe from her with the message: “Make this. STAT“, attached to it,...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/beet-potato-and-egg-mash/feed 16 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/potato-and-caramelized-onion-puree http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/potato-and-caramelized-onion-puree#comments Wed, 15 Dec 2010 07:30:14 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=9611 Being the onion lover that I am, it dawned on me that I had never made mashed potatoes with caramelized onions. No idea why. It seemed like the perfect accompaniment to the Shallot and Apple Stuffed Bacon Chicken that I slow-cooked on the BGE. I could almost imagine the characteristic taste the sweet caramelized onions would add to the fluffy mashed potatoes, and the fantastic scent that would arise would...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/potato-and-caramelized-onion-puree/feed 10 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/grilled-honey-lemon-and-rosemary-potatoes http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/grilled-honey-lemon-and-rosemary-potatoes#comments Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:50:08 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=9591 Those Christmas recipes are popping up like daisies. Don’t you just love it? It’s my favorite thing to cook up and photograph because it’s all such pretty and unique food. A few months ago I ran into a recipe for grilled potato slices in a women’s magazine. Made a mental note and then shoved it to the back of my brain. Where it emerged from the dark dungeons of my...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/grilled-honey-lemon-and-rosemary-potatoes/feed 8 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/steamed-cod-champ-and-mustard-sauce http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/steamed-cod-champ-and-mustard-sauce#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 06:05:24 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=9561 This recipe is more like a mix & match of some of my favorite recipes. Here’s how it’s built up: I like to steam fish. It’s one of the lightest and healthiest ways of cooking fish, but that’s not why it’s my preferred method: the fish holds its natural flavor when cooked like this. That’s a big plus to me. The mash is an Irish recipe called Champ. Mashed potatoes...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/steamed-cod-champ-and-mustard-sauce/feed 14