Author: Bernadett Vanek
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Vanilla rice pudding, balsamic strawberry sauce and strawberry nectarine salad
How to make this yummy balsamic strawberry sauce? Chop 1 pound of strawberries and cook it on low heat with about 1/2 cup of white cane sugar, juice of 1/2 lemon, 1 T very good quality, thick balsamic vinegar and approx. 1/3 cup of water. Feel free to adjust, you have to end up with a sweet, thick…
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Farmer’s cheese dumpling and strawberry textures
This idea came as a result of my love for farmer’s cheese which is the closest dairy product to the very popular Hungarian “tehenturo”. We, Hungarians love our “tehenturo” which, if I really want to try to describe, I would say it is more like a curdled soft cheese. We consume a huge amount in both…
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Market veggies on a whipped farmers cheese, feta cloud with boysenberry droplets
This is actually a veggies and dip recipe. The only difference how it is plated and a little bit of extra tip I am going to share with you that will elevate the dish to another level. When I get some tiny and really pretty vegetables I always feel it is a sin to ruin them…
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Lemon verbena simple syrup
When I smelled lemon verbena for the first time a few years ago, I knew I had a new best friend in the kitchen. It will probably be very clear for everyone soon, how much I love everything that has lemon to it. Taste or smell. One of my favorite finds at the Santa Monica farmers…
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Sunday morning
Getting up early on a Sunday when everybody else is sleeping. It is only me, quietly making my capuccino to go and off to the market. Freeway 134 from Pasadena to Hollywood is so empty, only a few early risers driving slow wherever they are going. Hollywood Blvd is showing its quiet face too, without that usual craziness that comes…
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Morel and mascarpone omelette
Mushrooms were always taken for granted in my childhood. I lived in a small village and my father loved foraging. Although that time you didn’t really have to go to the forest for produce. We had everything at home in our vegetable garden which was really big. Taking center point a big walnut tree with…
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Strawberry tiramisu
It is strawberry and rhubarb season so I am sure everybody is making a dessert at some point using these fruits. Before getting into the delicious part let me remind you of something. Always buy organic strawberries! Strawberry is on top of the list of fruits with pesticide residue. Considering how small a strawberry and how…
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Spinach and asparagus salad with a warm vinaigrette and poached egg
The heart of a good salad is the quality ingredients and a really flavorful vinaigrette. Here the quality ingredients came from Santa Monica farmers market. Feel free to use as much as you like in your salad or add different leaves, vegetables and also, in the vinaigrette, adjust it according to your taste, create your own with…
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Hi Everyone
My name is Bernadett and I was born in a small village in Hungary, lived a good 10 years of my life in England and now I live in Pasadena, California with my husband Zsolt. I spent all my working life in offices, sitting behind a desk, in front of a computer and always envied those people…
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Breakfast with Hollywood farmers market finds
I have been so obsessed with the markets in Santa Monica and also I am lucky with the markets in Pasadena so I didn’t look for more. I mean markets 🙂 I should have. The one in Hollywood on Sunday mornings is a very good one. A very big market where you can literally buy everything. I…
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