Interactive – Kumpir with red cabbage slaw and muhammara

December 3, 2016 by nadel&gabel

I guess food posts around here have become a bit heavy on the sweet side lately. Although in every day life of course I cook way more savoury dishes than sweet ones. So why is it? There are a lot of extensively tested and approved recipes, delicious, healthy (mostly), perfected and variated, but they haven’t found their way on this blog. I’m withholding them, something always detains me from posting them. Not special enough, no exceptional ingredient, unspectacular look … not worth […]

Categories: around the world, diets, In the kitchen, salad, snacks & small dishes, spread, sauce & spice, vegetarian • Tags: baked, bell pepper, cabbage, healthy, jacket, kumpir, muhammara, oriental, oven, potato, salad, sauce, slaw, snack, street food, turkish, vegetarian, walnut

Small things – Beeswax food wrap

December 13, 2015 by nadel&gabel

Alright, christmas is coming closer and I am busy getting all my presents ready. This year will be very much a DIY christmas. It wasn’t intended like this from the beginning, but then I stumbled upon interesting projects, one after another, and thought that not only I could like them but also my family and friends. The pillow spray is one of them, this beeswax food wrap is another, and some more to follow up. Let me also say, that there […]

Categories: accessories, craft & DIY, digital design, fabric, storage • Tags: alternative, bee, beeswax, biodegradable, cloth, cotton, design, ecological, fabric, food, kitchen, label, natural, packaging, plastic free, reusable, sandwich, snack, storage, sustainable, tutorial, waxed, wrap

Cause it’s fun – Waffled pita sandwich with sucuk

May 16, 2015 by nadel&gabel

Foodwise the last weeks weren’t quite the healthiest ones – unless you’d call sandwiches with different toppings a varied and balanced diet. Although the homemade ones definitely were better than the ones from the bakery, smeared with loads of butter. Especially the numerous Bánh mì dinners. So, it basically suggested itself that this post would be dedicated to a sandwich. *Yawn*? No, it’s not a normal sandwich. It’s a waffled sandwich! “Is she really putting a sandwich into a waffle […]

Categories: bread, dairy-free, In the kitchen, soup & stew • Tags: bread, cheese, feta, grilled, iron, parsley, pita, recipe, sandwich, sausage, snack, sucuk, trend, turkish, waffle, waffling

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

Comfort food – Polish Pierogi and Jamie Olivers new cookbook

November 23, 2014 by nadel&gabel

“Comfort food” – how could I have walked by a cook book having these words on its front (actually it was the German title)? The new book of Jamie Oliver focuses on food as balm for your soul, food that makes you feel happy and – comfortable! Food that feeds not only your stomach, but your soul as well. I read the introducing words and was sure that this book was my cup of tea – I flipped through the […]

Categories: In the kitchen, pasta, spread, sauce & spice, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: cabbage, comfort, cookbook, dough, dumpling, Eastern Europe, filled, food, hearty, holiday, Jamie Oliver, pasta, pastry, pierogi, pocket, polish, potato, recipe, review, snack, sour cream, starter

Mediterranean fusion – Empanadas with chard and feta cheese

October 26, 2014 by nadel&gabel

At least during my whole childhood chard was one of the most hated veggies. I only knew it as substitute for spinach, blended and eaten with potatoes. Grrr…. Then for a long time I  abandonded chard from my kitchen and table. After years of chardlessness I gave this green a new chance. And what can I say? It convinced me! Cause what I discovered now: Chard is so versatile. It cuts a fine finger in asian stir-fry dishes as well […]

Categories: around the world, In the kitchen, pizza, quiche & tart, snacks & small dishes, spring, summer, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: arab, autumn, baking, chard, dill, empanadas, lard, mediterranean, Ottolenghi, pocket, recipe, snack, spanish, spring, summer

So nuts – Hazelnut cocoa energy bites

August 6, 2014 by nadel&gabel

A few days and Sweden will welcome us for holiday! It’s now about washing the last machines of clothes, making stacks around the appartment with things we want to take with us, watering the plants, … This time I also prepared a healthy travel snack for the two of us. I for my part always need to have a little energy snack at hand (f.ex. at work) in case of acute hangryness – no, you want to be around me […]

Categories: cake, cookie & dessert, dairy-free, grains & legumes, In the kitchen, snacks & small dishes, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: bar, bite, chocolate, cocoa, dates, dried, easy, energy, granola, hazelnut, healthy, oats, recipe, snack, tahini, travel

Friday night – Cheesy filo triangles with fig chutney

February 15, 2014 by nadel&gabel

As you may know I am a real sucker when it comes to cheese-sweet-fruit-sauce-combination. A nice little cheese plate on a friday night when I had been to weekly farmers market, some slices of baguette or fresh ciabatta, this quince mustard sauce or this roasted damson sauce, a good glass of wine – let the weekend begin! No wonder, I immediately fell in love with these cheesy filo pastries that are dipped into sweet-tart fig chutney, although I made some […]

Categories: In the kitchen, snacks & small dishes, spread, sauce & spice, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: appetizer, cheese, chutney, dip, dough, fig, filo, goat cheese, pastry, phyllo, recipe, sauce, savoury, snack, spinach

Above it all – a summer picnic

July 10, 2013 by nadel&gabel

Summer has finally arrived! And what would be a summer without evenings in the open air? Last weekend we decided to spend our summer evening at one of our favourite places around the town, on a nearby hill. The way up there is quite steep and on my way up I regularly curse my idea to walk up there, but once arrived on the top …  you have such an amazing view over the whole town; surrounded only by some […]

Categories: Behind the camera, bread, cake, cookie & dessert, In the kitchen, meat, nature, snacks & small dishes, summer, vegetarian • Tags: baking, berries, blueberries, bread, cake, cookie & dessert, cooking, filled, food, hungarian, kalács, landscape, party, photography, picnic, pie, snack, summer