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

Back to the roots – Oven-roasted root vegetables with roquefort sauce and millet

February 8, 2015 by nadel&gabel

Lately, when I strolled over our local farmers market, I stopped immediately: Beautiful mini beet roots, carrots, parsnips catched my eye – and in my mind they formed some ideal winterdish, oven-roasted with warming spices, together with some kind of grain as side and a flavorful sauce that could hold against the earthy roots, giving the whole dish some more depth. Although I think most fruits and vegetables benefit from oven-roasting and thereby concentrating flavours, I think this is especially […]

Categories: gluten-free, grains & legumes, In the kitchen, vegetable, vegetarian, winter • Tags: beetroot, blue cheese, carrot, cereal, coriander, cumin, fennel, gluten-free, grain, hazelnut, millet, minerals, nutrition, oven, parsnip, recipe, roast, roots, roquefort, sorghum, spice, thyme, vegetable, vegetarian, winter

Late summer in a jar – Boozy damson sauce

September 6, 2013 by nadel&gabel

Hey, I thought I just pop in for a quick recipe that you definitely should make before the damson/plum season is over. It’s a damson sauce that peeerfectly pairs with cheese – I like it with blue cheese or any aged cheese, but spread on a slice of bread together with some goat cream cheese: also a good option. It’s something between a jam, compote and chutney, and I called it a sauce – with this little extra that makes […]

Categories: autumn, dairy-free, gluten-free, In the kitchen, pantry, snacks & small dishes, spread, sauce & spice, summer, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: autumn, cheese, chutney, damson, dip, fall, jam, plum, preserving, recipe, sauce, spread, summer, thyme

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