Erbsen

frozen peas - pour over some boiling water and drain
fresh parsley
some chopped sundried tomatoes and some of the oil they have been sitting in
some spring onion
chopped shallot
salt, pepper,
lemon juice
a little garlic
a tiny bit of sesame oil

some puffed-up deep fried batter peas (we call them 'backerbsen' and have them in soup) - put those last and just before serving to prevent them from going all soggy

Kitchen Findings

Let's see ... We went hunting and gathering through the deserted kitchen, and this was the result.

cooked beetroot - let us know once you are over them, we are not.
a piece of cucumber
Cut in cubes, sprinkle with a little lemon juice and some oil or marinade, salt, pepper, a little sweet mustard
rests of some marinaded and pickled veggies: pearl onions and mushrooms in our case


Then create "interesting topping" from
some breadcrumbs (pumpernickel-style schwarzbrot in this case)
some walnuts
spring onion
fresh basil
some cheese crumbs
and sprinkle on top.

Spring Rocket

Hmmm ...

Some lovely fresh rocket
some tomatoes
and Spitzpaprika again, I'll have to look that up
A soft avocado (that will make the dressing nice and creamy)

The "layered dressing" works as follows
chop your shallot, finely
add some light balsamic vinegar
a generous blob of orange marmalade (with peel)
basil, rather finely chopped
some finely chopped sundried tomatoes
olive oil
some sweet mustard
chives, cut generously
salt, pepper
a little parmesan

Spicy Asian Spinach Salad

Mummy's been on a shopping spree and look what she got:

Baby spinach
1 red Spitzpaprika
sesame seeds (sprinkle)
chives

And for the dressing:
juice of 1 lemon (note to wunder: 1 ganze or 2 halbe, as in: beide Hälften, equalling 1)
1 red chili, teenyweeny pieces
sambal oelek
soy sauce
sesame oil
some fresh garlic, crushed

Aacha hai*

Who would have thought that smile on the face could get brighter still? Spring sun! We love you!

cooked corn cobs, cut off corn in stripes
cooked beetroot
a few boiled eggs
fresh coriander leaves
avocado
some pearl onions and the odd pickle - not bad, not crucial
lime juice
olive oil
some soy sauce
salt, pepper, chili flakes :)

*Hindi for: GOOD!

Summer Attacks / Neon Salad

Ah, colours! We're not done with the seasons yet.

Cut up one cucumber, remove seeds from middle, cube.
2-3 mild red chilis - remove seeds, cut into stripes
Mango - cubes
some colourful cherry tomatoes
some cashews
coriander  would have been nice, we did not have any

dressing: lime juice, soy sauce, peanut oil, some sesame oil, orange marmalade

Spring Beauty

Now I had never heard of this kind of lettuce before. She is called and definetely IS a spring beauty.

You tomatoes, you spring onions, you chopped chili, you rest of yesterdays roma lettuce: You are all just extras on the side enhancing her glamour.

Dressing: olive oil, some water, salt, lemon juice and orange marmalade.

What can I say.

Spring at last!

Today's the day, no more lamenting! Or as someone smarter said to me this morning: We sprung spring, and are going straight for summer. No lame daffodils and snowdrops, we have wasted enough time already.

Out of sheer excitement though, we managed to forget to go shopping, so this building up the dramaturgy thingy goes down the drain with the following recipe:

cooked beetroot, cut into little cubes
some romaine lettuce, chopped
a tin of brown lentils
some sesame seeds and feta crumbs for visuals

to dress, dissolve some tahini in hot water, finely chop a shallot, add some lemon juice until creamy. salt. some olive oil to support Greece, can also be omitted.

Eat up fast and enjoy the sun, friends! We deserve it!

Lame Tin Salad, renamed: "Salad from Nowhere" ...

... as it did manifest out of thin air, i. e. no supplies, only preserves and a little basil that appeared by surprise.

1 can of green beans
1 glass of marinated mushrooms
some black olives
some fresh onion, finely chopped
crispy roasted onions
some lemon juice
some blood orange juice
lots of pepper
salt
olive oil (and some of the mushroom marinade)
a little fresh basil

some feta on the side is nice.

And what can say, what started off looking very much post nuclear disaster ended up being pretty tasty!

Enjoy.

Colour of Spring Flower

Spring is coming, so we are bringing on some colours too. Inspired by some of the tiny flowers sticking already out from the grass, we composed this “light pink on dark green” Salad.

You need 3 main ingredients: rucola salad, feta cheese and a fresh beetroot. Wash and dry the rucola, and cut the beetroot and feta into quarters.

Now prepare an onion-balcamic dressing: take half a small onion and cut it into tiny slices, add white balsamic vinegar and oil. Mix this together with mustard and add honey, pepper and salt to it. Then add it to the salad an carefully mix, after two minutes white and green will melt into a light pink that looks pretty crazy on the dark green rucola.