Superman and Sherlock both clueless!

I won't tell you why.

This sure looked good:

Fresh figs (again, because we have never stopped loving them since we fell for them last week)
Carrots cut in "schöne Scheibchen" (thin slices)
Red pepper/capsicum
Marinated sundried tomatoes (and some dried figs from the same marinade, that was the original idea, only those dried figs were never so great to begin with)

Finely chopped shallot
Marinade from figs and sundried (that had soy, honey white vinegar, olive oil)
salt, pepper

Private Entertainment

Autumn delights were looking too tempting today to let this one pass unnoticed:

I got a small hokkaido pumpkin at the market, boiled the cubes in some veggie broth and preboiled ginger slices (i had those as I am constantly drinking fresh hot ginger water to fight the approaching cold) until tender.

This goes nicely with the corn lettuce that is in season again.

Dress with

a small onion

fresh red chili

olive oil

lemon juice

some sesame oil

salt or soy sauce

honey

Top with pumpkin and sesame seeds

Curative Fresh Fig and Goats Cheese Lentil Salad

This salad has proved to have healing qualities even throughout preparation. Imagine what it will do to you when you eat it!
As usual with any miracles occuring, please document and send them to tantekerni@gmail.com.

1 can of brown lentils, cooked
1 roll of fresh goats cheese
carrots, chopped in tiny chunks
celeriac, cubes (we use the pickled preserve type again, but fresh is also fine)
and, crucial killer ingredient for this one: 5 fresh figs.

the dressing is made from honey, orange marmalade, soy sauce, a little garlic, 2 chopped shallots, white balsamico, lemon juice olive oil, pepper, a little fresh rosemary would have been nice.

Purple Rain

Hard to admit, but it looks like the winter half of the year has officially started. Only 6 more months to go for some warm weather ... sigh.

While the heat is gone and the non stop drizzle outside  is getting colder, lets stick to colour for a bit to cling to those fond summer memories ... Let's all be brave, ok?

red chicory or radiccio
orange peel
carrots, cut into fancy curls with a vegetable peeler


orange maramalade, lots
red onion
pearl onions (pickled - with balsamico)
white wine vinegar
olive oil
salt

Some pine nuts would be nice. We only had walnuts.

The uplifted frog - Celeriac, walnut, grape and cheddar salad

Oh, what a happy week we had. We went canoeing and made other people prepare our salads, we only had to eat and everything else was taken care of!

Feeling unusually rejuvenated, young and productive today.

pickled celeriac
seedless grapes
mature cheddar
carrots
walnuts

dress with:
shallot, chopped
olive oil
orange marmalade
coarse black pepper
honey
salt
lemon juice

Salad returns: Tomato Egg Triple Onion Salad

Team salad is back at the lunch table. Tons of people visiting these days, so mass production needs resulted in this.

Tomatoes, lots.
Boiled eggs, many, where did they come from?
spring onions, chopped
a shallot, chopped
some chopped black olives
Pickled onions

Dressing:
Mayonnaise
Dijon mustard
olive oil
lemon juice
brown sugar
salt
some  balsamic marinade.
Some parsley or coriander.