Mar 30, 2013

Surinamese Pepper Jelly

With the idea of hot pepper jelly lingering in the back of my mind, I went to the market looking for fresh, juicy and cheerful red and yellow Surinamese peppers. You see, I was about to make the first Surinamese pepper jelly, ever. Something I knew didn’t exist yet. There are plenty Madame Jeanette sambal recipes online. You also have quite a few pepper jelly’s online, but none of them…

    Nov 28, 2012

    Cranberry, Chocolate & Macadamia Cookies

    I was randomly drying stuff—one of my favourite pastimes these days—when it dawned on me that I could dry some cranberries as well. Always good to keep on hand. And so I did. Lots of them. And then I put them into cookies… along with macadamia nuts and big chunks of white chocolate. Because I didn’t want to break out the kMix, I used my food processor instead making it…

      May 8, 2012

      Ice Cream Sandwich

      When I think of life’s little luxuries, I envision coming home from a long day of work to my family, prop my feet up and relax while eating a pint small bowl of ice cream with my son and watch a movie. But, as relaxing as that may be, it doesn’t really translate into a recipe. But no worries, I came up with the next best thing: home-made chocolate chip…

        Dec 4, 2011

        Pink Peppercorn Hot Chocolate

        Hot chocolate and pink peppercorns. Now there’s a combination Willy Wonka didn’t think of. His loss: its liquid perfection. Found a variation to this recipe in a Dutch magazine (probably Libelle or Margriet), tried it and have been hooked ever since. There’s no cream in this so it’s a bit easier on the thighs and arteries. You can always top it with a swirl of whipped cream, though. The chocolate…

          Nov 21, 2011

          Bake me! I’m Yours!

          The kid likes to bake so much that I secretly think he was switched at birth. Just my luck. So today was one of those days. We were tired of baking cookies, but we had chocolate chips and weren’t afraid to use them. Now bear in mind that these were supposed to be chocolate chip cupcakes with a white chocolate frosting. See intro shot. Sounds good, no? That’s what I…

            Oct 14, 2011

            Black Magic Cakes

            Not really a photo recipe, just something basic I wanted to share with you. Seriously, I have too much time on my hands and not nearly enough to do with it and I have the internet. In layman’s terms this means trouble. Suffice to say I bought way too much stuff. One of the things I bought was a kMix. I really did need a new stand-mixer and simply wasn’t…