Month: June 2016
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Zucchini pasta
Summer squash….. There is no way you can put them in any other season. The name says it all. Â They are great raw, cooked, roasted, grilled, you name it. The other day I made a very light and pretty salad using summer squash. To make it look really good I shaved them into very thin […]
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What to do with squash blossoms?
Do yo know the difference between a male and a female squash blossom? It is so easy to tell them apart. And you should never feel sorry for eating the males 🙂 Because they are the ones that will never turn into a squash/zucchini. They die at being a blossom. In this photo below the […]
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Ricotta and peach crepes
You will probably see from my posts that I don’t bake a lot. The reason for that is I am not the cake, cookie, biscuit type of person. If I had to chose between a savory dish and piece of perfect cake, I would take the savory dish. 100% of the time. But this doesn’t […]
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Lemon basil pasta with baked salmon
I have been making this pasta for about 20 years….. I am sure everyone coming to us for dinner had this at some point :).  It is an amazingly flavorful dish which is the direct result of fresh lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic and basil. The sauce itself is something like a cross between a pesto and […]
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Summer bruschetta
OK. So I keep saying this. Good food starts with the best possible ingredients. The reason I am an advocate of farm fresh, farm to table or farm to fork cooking apart from the fact that I want to support sustainable farming, is the taste, look and most of the time simplicity. When you have amazing, […]
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Tips on how to make a plate of salad look stunning
When I made this salad last week I thought about writing a quick piece giving you some tips on plating. Sometimes we think we are not capable of doing something. And why? Â Just because we never tried. At culinary school I didn’t get much advice on plating. I know, it is hard to believe…. And […]
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