Hello my friends! It's already July - how could that have happened? We have already passed mid-summer and while the days are getting shorter again, they keep rewarding us with warm temperatures and the best summer produce we could imagine. Currently I'm enjoying all the cherries I can get and I keep putting them in galettes, pies, on my morning p&b toast or even into my salads. Yes, I'm a sucker for fruit in salads, but that's a different ...
Cherry Hazelnut Sheet Cake & some exciting news!
Zucchini Crostini with Whipped Feta
Is your garden overflowing with zucchini's at the moment as well? If that's the case or you just love this versatile summer vegetable as much as I do, I've got you covered with this easy appetizer recipe. Grilling zucchinis is such a wonderful way to get the most flavour out of this crowd-pleasing vegetable. And when you then just add a high-quality virgin-olive oil, some salt & garlic, nothing can go wrong if you ask me. I love ...
Gegrillter Halloumi & Pfirsich Salat
Grillen gehört zum Sommer für mich genauso wie Salat. Und open-air essen natürlich sowieso! Dieser frische und im Handumdrehen zubereitete Sommersalat vereint all dies perfekt. Süße Pfirsiche treffen auf rauchig, salzigen Halloumi. Dazu die leicht scharfe Brunnenkresse und ein herrlich exotisches Ingwer-Balsamico Dressing. Aufregender kann ein Salat nicht sein. Was macht einen richtig guten Salat aus Ist Salat machen überhaupt kochen? ...
Summer Tomato Zucchini Galette (Vegan)
Oh, boy! Where has the time gone... It feels like summer has just arrived and at the same time we're running head on into fall. But before we warm ourselves inside out with hot stews and hearty, fall salads, let's soak up summer once more and make the most of those super ripe tomatoes and endlessly growing zucchinis. Fun fact: did you know that zucchini comes from zucchina, which means tiny squash in Italian? And that courgette, which is often ...
Strawberry White Chocolate Swiss Roll
There's something about strawberries and white chocolate that makes anything with those two ingredients irresistible to me. Maybe it's a childhood memory. Maybe it's because the lightness of the strawberries just perfectly counteracts to the heavy sweetness of white chocolate. Whatever it is, it just has me wrapped around its finger. A swiss roll, or "Biskuitroulade" we Austrians call it, is usually not the cake I make on the regular. But this ...
Garlicky Roasted Bell Pepper & Tomato Soup – and a farewell to summer!
It's been a wonderful, sunny and exciting summer! The days have been warm and pleasing. The food on our tables was abundant. Rich in color, smell and taste. But now it's time to say good-bye. To let go of what was and to welcome the new season. As summer leaves us, the days are getting considerably shorter while the nights are getting cooler, everything reminds us of the endless circle of life. Trees that once were strong and vibrant are now ...