Shades of green – A spring feast

April 29, 2015 by nadel&gabel

*sigh* … When it comes to work load this is about the hardest time of the year… gritting one’s teeth, struggling through is the name of the game. Under these adverse conditions I am especially happy that we could find the time for a lovely gathering with friends – to celebrate friendship, good food, spring… and my birthday – to let work be work and enjoy the moment. In my mind I had my favourite season spring and its omnipresent […]

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Preserving flavour – How I store herbs

March 28, 2015 by nadel&gabel

After posting the herbed pasta recipe last week, I thought it maybe would be convenient to tell you a little bit about how I store and preserve my herbs. We don’t have a garden or balcony (yet?), so I am always limited with growing my own herbs (Only rosemary survived the winter on at the kitchen window :(.) But these days, the farmer’s markets are displaying an expanding range of fresh herbs. But how to keep them if you don’t […]

Categories: dairy-free, gluten-free, In the kitchen, pantry, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: basil, blend, cilantro, coriander, Craft, dill, dry, freeze, herbs, italian, kitchen, marjoram, mint, mix, oregano, parsley, preserve, recipe, rosemary, sage, season, spice, storage, thai, thyme

Creamy herbed spaghetti & Uli’s secret to cooking pasta

March 22, 2015 by nadel&gabel

Lately I visited my friend Ulrike and at noon when we sat together for a quick lunch – a pot of pasta and a good pesto – I had this moment of enlightenment: For the first time I was realizing that her pasta always tasted better than mine, that it had this special flavour that turned even the simplest pasta dish into something extraordinary. … It turned out to be a simple leave of laurel that she is cooking with […]

Categories: dairy-free, In the kitchen, pasta, spread, sauce & spice, spring, vegetarian • Tags: basil, carbonara, cooking, easy, herbs, italian, laurel, lunch, parmesan, parsley, pasta, pecorino, quick, recipe, rosemary, spaghetti, spring, thyme

Even more spring herbs and veggies – Pizza with asparagus, spring onions, wild garlic, arugula and smoked ham

April 3, 2014 by nadel&gabel

It’s still spring! It’s warm outside, the trees are covered in white and pale green and as I walk along the woods, I can clearly smell garlic now. Wild garlic. A few years ago everything had to be wild garlic or arugula – a food trend that stopped at nothing. Me included… Unavoidably I got tired of wild garlic pesto, wild garlic oil,… fed up with arugula leaves here, arugula leaves there. But I’ve overcome this stage as well – […]

Categories: In the kitchen, pizza, quiche & tart, spread, sauce & spice, spring, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: arugula, asparagus, baking, dough, garlic, greens, healthy, herbs, light, pizza, recipe, spring, spring onions, vegetables, wild

Herbivore – Spring quiche with fresh herbs

March 23, 2014 by nadel&gabel

When did all the spring herbs, veggies and fruits grow? It appears that out of a sudden cabbages, roots, pears and apples had to make room for spring onions, wild garlic, asparagus, strawberries and rhubarb on our local farmers market. Not that I have a problem with it – I love it! I am definitely ready for this change – I could jump for joy! So, let’s stop talking and start embracing spring – by packing its full herbal power […]

Categories: In the kitchen, pizza, quiche & tart, spring, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: baking, borage, brunch, chard, cheese, chervil, garlic, greens, herbs, picnic, quiche, recipe, sorrel, spring, tarragon, tart, vegetarian, wild

Love it or hate it – Mojo verde

August 12, 2013 by nadel&gabel

Coriander – I know, this is one of those love-it-or-hate-it herbs (Read also this article on coriander/cilantro on Food52.). And if you’re on the hate-it-side you’re allowed to skip this post, because the basic ingredient of this herby dip is coriander. But as I am definitely in the club of coriander lovers, I fell in love with this sauce the first time I tasted it. It was in a Spanish tapas bar and nearly each tapas was served with those […]

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Summer on your plate – Pizza with chicken, peaches, goat cream cheese, thyme & honey

August 6, 2013 by nadel&gabel

I’ve counted: this is the third pizza recipe on this blog. No other dish is so present here (If you also count tarte flambée, it’s the fifth). However, when you consider how often we eat pizza, this is actually not very much. In fact, about once a week it’s a What-should-I–cook–today-oh-let’s-make-pizza-day. Although a lot of people find baking pizza frightening and complicated, I think it’s one of fastest, easiest and most versatile dishes. Cause I make pizza on such a […]

Categories: In the kitchen, pizza, quiche & tart, summer, vegetarian • Tags: baking, chicken, easy, food, fruit, goat cheese, herbs, honey, italian, peaches, pizza, recipe, summer, thyme

Flavour concentration – Oven dried cocktail tomatoes

June 15, 2012 by nadel&gabel

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Wild thing – Dandelion pesto

May 6, 2012 by nadel&gabel

What is THE simple, quick, unexpensive soulfood? – Yes, a bowl of pasta with pesto and your inner balance is restored, your energy stores are refilled! Just stick to the golden rule: always have a glass of pesto in your fridge and a package of pasta in stock….then everything will be alright!

Categories: dairy-free, gluten-free, In the kitchen, pantry, pasta, spread, sauce & spice, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: almond, cooking, dandelion, food, greens, herbs, nuts, parmesan cheese, pesto, recipe, sauce, spring, wild