Efficient – Origami bento bag

November 20, 2016 by nadel&gabel

This may be the fastest and easiest thing I’ve ever sewed. Ratio of time invested : outcame = unbeatable! Although this origami bento bag isn’t difficult to sew, it is helpful to have have pictured tutorial of the folding steps at hand when sewing it for the first time. (I have lot of experience in sewing things wrong sides together, it’s some kind of logical problem.) These pictured instructions f.ex. are helpful. (Optionally you could box the corners to create […]

Categories: At the sewing machine, bags & totes • Tags: bag, bento, easy, eyelet, fabric, lunch, market, origami, reusable, sewing, tote, towel, tutorial, wrap

Wearing a sunday dress – Breakfast carrot cake with coconut

March 13, 2016 by nadel&gabel

It was one of my New Years resolutions: Eat better at work! I was so sick of the every day returning bun sandwich with sausage or cheese I had for breakfast at work, the bun sandwich with sausage or cheese for lunch as well… And I was even more annoyed about myself not getting moved my ass to change this situation. So, to help me kick-start my project and keep with it I had to make it cool and stylish – […]

Categories: breakfast, cake, cookie & dessert, dairy-free, diets, In the kitchen, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: box, breakfast, cake, carrot, coconut, cream cheese, easter, easy, fresh, frosting, healthy, honey, icing, lunch, moist, monbento, slim, spring

Mediterranean flavours – Socca with olives and thyme

August 23, 2015 by nadel&gabel

It was in Diano Marina in Liguria. The travel guidebook had recommended this little town as a charming not too crowded place … which it – to cut right through the chase – wasn’t at all: hordes of tourists hustling through the narrow streets wearing not much more than their bathing clothes, souvenir and tourist trap food shops on every corner … I guess you can imagine this kind of place, cause somehow these places are interchangeable all around the […]

Categories: bread, dairy-free, grains & legumes, In the kitchen, snacks & small dishes, summer, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: baking, chickpea, dinner, easy, farinata, flatbread, flour, fresh, gluten-free, healthy, Liguria, lunch, mediterranean, Nice, oven, pancake, quick, recipe, salad, socca, summer, tomatoes, vegan

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

The simple pleasures – Oeufs en cocotte

March 1, 2015 by nadel&gabel

If you can’t answer the big questions, if it seams like nothing’s really moving forward – concentrate on the small things, the simple pleasures. Break out of stagnation and routine on a small scale …. that’s my resolution these days. These oeufs en cocotte – the very name makes them special – are such a small pleasure. They are the sophisticated version of your standard sunday breakfast eggs, without requiring much more preparation time. With fresh spinach and cress from […]

Categories: breakfast, gluten-free, In the kitchen, snacks & small dishes, spring, vegetarian • Tags: bain-marie, baked, breakfast, brunch, cheese, cress, easter, easy, egg, festive, feta, french, lunch, oven, quick, recipe, simple, spinach, spring, water bath

Repurpose – Sewing with tea towels

December 20, 2013 by nadel&gabel

It was just lately when Alexandra presented on her blog some repurposes for tea towels (f.ex. gift wrapping) – especially for these as simple as stylish IKEA tea towels called Tekla (Elly is a great alternative, but was out when I’ve been there) … I must have walked past them each time I’ve been to IKEA! So, last time I went there, I took a bunch of Tekla tea towels with me. Their simple, rustic look brought pictures of a […]

Categories: At the sewing machine, bags & totes, bread, decoration, In the kitchen, wallets & pouches • Tags: bag, basket, bread, easy, ikea, kitchen, lunch, sewing, tea towel, tutorial