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/sambal-goreng-buncis http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/sambal-goreng-buncis#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:33:00 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=12003 I was trying to come up with a new beef stew recipe for Kayotic Kitchen. The best side for beef stew, in my opinion, is a crunchy green bean dish and steamed rice. I already posted an Indonesian-style green beans recipe some time ago, but you can never have enough recipes for those green little fellas, right? Especially recipes that have an Indonesian influence. They’re so darn tasty. Here’s an...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/sambal-goreng-buncis/feed 6 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/roasted-tomato-vegetable-soup http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/roasted-tomato-vegetable-soup#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:00:57 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=11965 One of my favorite Dutch food shows is called: ‘Over de kook“. It’s a show, or better yet, a contest between five amateur chefs battling it out in a restaurant kitchen using their favorite recipes. It’s a good watch. One of the recipes they aired really caught my eye: a basic roasted tomato soup, full of lovely vegetables, garnished with herbed goat cheese. What was so special about it? They...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/roasted-tomato-vegetable-soup/feed 8 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/beet-tahini-yoghurt-dip http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/beet-tahini-yoghurt-dip#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:13:30 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=11620 I developed a deep-seated love for Bobby Chinn’s show: World Cafe Middle East. Love the guy. He’s such a charmer, talks with so much ease, has a wicked sense of humor and knows his food. In one of the last episodes they aired here in Holland he was visiting Israel and found himself sitting in a restaurant, at a table that was filled with copious amounts of fabulous looking food....]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/beet-tahini-yoghurt-dip/feed 12 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/chana-chat-indian-spicy-salad http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/chana-chat-indian-spicy-salad#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:59:21 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=11460 First ever guest posting on Kayotic Kitchen! I really want to introduce a friend of mine, Simone. Simone is a fellow Dutchie and is the author and photographer of Junglefrog Cooking—one of my favorite food blogs. I love her recipes and photography. Here’s why!   When Kay asked me if I wanted to do a guest post on her blog I was honored, especially since that doesn’t happen very often....]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/chana-chat-indian-spicy-salad/feed 26 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/summer-minestrone http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/summer-minestrone#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:03:17 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=11398 A flavor bomb, and a healthy one to boot. That’s what this soup chockfull of fresh local produce is. There’s no other way to put it. Tons of vegetables went into this baby and the result is an amazing soup, both in flavor and color. It was summery while still being hearty and wholesome enough to hold me over ’til dinner. Ate it with a nice scoop of basil &...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/summer-minestrone/feed 13 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/tomato-mascarpone-pasta http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/tomato-mascarpone-pasta#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:45:34 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=11038 Actually, the title should have read: Tomato & Mascarpone Pasta with Garlic Bread. It’s a combination of flavors that’s highly addictive, and I’m so not exaggerating. You should see what happens when I hand a plate full of this to my kid! He opens that tiny mouth and just shoves two servings right in there. When it’s summer I crave simple, pure, and easy-to-prepare foods. Nothing too complicated, just laid-back...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/tomato-mascarpone-pasta/feed 18 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/tomato-goat-cheese-onion-tart http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/tomato-goat-cheese-onion-tart#comments Wed, 25 May 2011 18:35:27 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=10700 This one is pure summer love and it isn’t even summer yet, but who cares! While flipping through a foodie magazine at the supermarket to stock up on some inspiration, I ran into this tomato and goat cheese pie. Brilliant idea! Just what I needed, light, colorful, summery and savory. Who can resist that? I borrowed the idea and gave it my spin. It’s simple and fast but I can...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/tomato-goat-cheese-onion-tart/feed 14 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/cauliflower-au-kayotic http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/cauliflower-au-kayotic#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 06:00:18 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=10644 I did something weird. Well, weird is a pretty big word. It’s more that I took a slightly different approach when cooking cauliflower the other day. Cauliflower is one of those veggies I like but don’t always know what to do with. Yeah, pour some cheese sauce on top and its tasty alright, but face it; it gets old really fast. I’ve made several good tasting casseroles using cauliflower (like...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/cauliflower-au-kayotic/feed 19