Stuffed pattypan and gem squash
Ideas for new recipes often come to my mind quite unexpectedly. Most of the time it’s just a combination, like Gorgonzola/currants/watercress. Other times...
Category: Summer
Sheep’s milk cheesecake with poppy seeds
As I haven’t been baking for a rather long time, this was a little adventure. Things didn’t get easier when I became quite ambitious and wanted ever...
Fig & halloumi wraps with pistachio pesto
I already complained in the last post about the cold, damp August – nothing has changed. Even so, I’ve decided that I won’t let the weather sp...
Aubergine filled with spiced pumpkin and crispy tempeh
It has been unseasonally cold this August in Germany and I had a feeling that plums, peaches and ripe tomatoes were very soon replaced by the first pumpkins, ch...
Two versions of zucchini flowers
This my official midsummer celebration dish for you! Having no garden myself, I got soooo excited when I found zucchini flowers on the market! Ever since I saw ...
Buckwheat summer tart
The other day I got a little carried away at the sight of the mountains of tomatoes so deliciously ripe and glowing red…and ended up buying A LOT. Back home I c...
Purslane salad with blueberries
This year really turns out to be a big experiment with leaves I either did not know or simply didn’t use before in the kitchen. Again it was the little ma...
Collard greens with chickpeas & aubergine
This is a very simple dish – in fact it’s so simple that I wasn’t sure whether to put it up on the blog. BUT it is a great recipe to use any of the tougher, dar...
Avocado on poppy-sesame-quinoa
This is the perfect summer lunch! Do I need to say much more?
Fennel carpaccio with grilled asparagus & roasted onions with pomegranate
Full-fledged spring in Germany is only officially acknowledged with the start of the “Spargel Saison” – the asparagus season. The white one, m...