Crunchy – Nutola

February 12, 2018 by nadel&gabel

During the last year I’ve tried to reduce the amount of carbs I was eating. I avoided sugar nearly completely, cut down on grain products a lot. This wasn’t easy for me, lover of pasta and pizza. I didn’t do this change in eating routines doctrinaire – I hate to be dictated by someone or something. But it made me think eating and cooking from a different angle. I browsed the internet for low carb recipes for inspiration. What I […]

Categories: breakfast, dairy-free, diets, gluten-free, In the kitchen, snacks & small dishes, vegetarian • Tags: almond, baked, breakfast, cereal, crunchy, easy, gluten-free, granola, hazelnut, honey, low carb, nutola, nuts, recipe, seeds, sesame, sweet tooth, toasted

Flavour horizons – Homemade spice blends

December 15, 2016 by nadel&gabel

 This year, my Christmas presents – yes, almost done – are a bit more on the (online) store bought side than on team DIY. Not by concept, it just happened. Nevertheless you won’t find a gift guide on this blog. I don’t think anyone needs another one. What you’ll find here – like every year – is some inspiration for homemade Christmas presents. One of my homemade presents is this set of spice blends. I chose three of my favourite […]

Categories: around the world, craft & DIY, dairy-free, digital design, freebies, gluten-free, In the kitchen, paper, spread, sauce & spice, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: african, arab, Asian, blend, coriander, cumin, dukkah, exotic, flavour, furikake, gift, glass tube, hawaij, hazelnut, homemade, japanese, jewish, kitchen, label, mix, oriental, present, recipe, seasoning, sesame, spice, taste

From the range – Molly’s sesame coffee cake with hawaij

November 13, 2016 by nadel&gabel

 One of my latest cook book purchases is “Molly on the range”. I still know exactly when I started to read Molly’s blog My name is Yeh: When she made caramels in the snow. I mean, how crazy funny is that?! The picture sticks to my mind and in many ways it characterizes her approach to cooking and baking: never too serious, always with fun and lots of sprinkles, not afraid of untraditional ways of preparing or combining ingredients. I guess, a lot […]

Categories: around the world, autumn, cake, cookie & dessert, diets, In the kitchen, seasons, spread, sauce & spice, vegetarian, winter • Tags: cake, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, coffee, coffee cake, fushion, ginger, hawaij, Hawayej, molly on the range, molly yeh, nontraditional, recipe, sesame, spice, streusel, tahini

Hybrid – Udon salad with tofu

August 27, 2016 by nadel&gabel

Weariness and laziness are creeping in. It’s probably the heat (Who would have believed that we would have such a series of hot summer days at the end of August once again?), while already the first signs of autumn are visible. The prospect of a regular schedule of work that is coming closer again, the slightly rising pressure to get started again. Fatigue and melancholy. Somewhere in between… …like this salad which is kind of a hybrid between Heidis famous otsu […]

Categories: around the world, dairy-free, In the kitchen, pasta, salad, summer, vegan, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: Asian, cilantro, cold, comfort food, coriander, easy, freestyle, fresh, Japan, juice, lime, noodle, otsu, recipe, salad, sesame, soy sauce, tofu, udon

Sweet power – Greek sesame pastéli

March 17, 2015 by nadel&gabel

Believe me: When it comes to low sugar and coping with it I am an expert. Already a while ago now I’ve found my perfect emergency treat: sesame brittle. Its effect is quite fast and long lasting. If you would dig into my various handbags and totes, you would very likely find a package of this crispy sweet treat on every bottom. Especially when I am travelling, not knowing when I can grab the next bite, this is an ideal […]

Categories: cake, cookie & dessert, dairy-free, gluten-free, In the kitchen, snacks & small dishes, vegetarian • Tags: bar, bite, brittle, caramel, energy, greek, healthy, honey, nut, pastéli, recipe, roast, sesame, snack, snaps, sugar

Fusion meal – Palak daal with roasted cauliflower, sesame mint dip and chapati bread

November 6, 2013 by nadel&gabel

This recipe is not only a singular dish, it is a whole menu, full of my favourite ingredients and flavours – obviously inspired by Indian as well as Arab cuisine. It’s a combination as well of different texture and temperature, that really works well: Crispy cold or lukewarm chapati bread, creamy warm roasted cauliflower, bread and cauliflower both with a nice smoky taste. This is paired with creamy sweet lentil and spinat daal and contrasting fresh nutty-tart sesame mint joghurt. […]

Categories: around the world, autumn, bread, grains & legumes, In the kitchen, soup & stew, vegetable, vegetarian, winter • Tags: arab, Asian, autumn, bread, cauliflower, chapati, cooking, daal, fall, flatbread, food, indian, lentil, mint, oriental, recipe, roast, sesame, spinach, winter

Oriental yoghurt – Sweet, tart and fresh!

June 22, 2013 by nadel&gabel

Since I bought Jerusalem a few months ago, I am in a kind of oriental cooking phase. Not that I have already cooked that many recipes from the book, but I am inspired … The last few days it was so incredibly hot that I had no desire for hot meals at all. Instead, I froze like a champ: pureed fruit, (freshly homemade) elderflower syrup, ice cubes of course. Also I bought a whole bucket refreshing Greek yoghurt, so that […]

Categories: gluten-free, In the kitchen, vegetarian • Tags: almond, arab, cooking, dessert, easy, food, greek, honey, nuts, oriental, pomegranate, recipe, sesame, tahini, yoghurt

Seitan – On my way to become a real veggie

March 10, 2012 by nadel&gabel

No, I am not a veggie. I do enjoy a good quality piece of meat. I wouldn’t want to live without f.ex. bolognese sauce or scrambled eggs with bacon… But, as you all know, there are a lot of good reasons, to reduce our meat consumption and to aim for a more balanced diet. An average German eats 88 kg of meat per year! And US-Americans are top of the list with 123 kg of meat per person and year […]

Categories: around the world, Behind the camera, black & white, dairy-free, German/Swabian, grains & legumes, In the kitchen, vegan, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: Asian, chard, cooking, food, gluten, mushroom, protein, recipe, seitan, sesame, whole food