At its peak – Summer chicken salad

August 13, 2017 by nadel&gabel

This summer somehow is an up and down. Grey, rainy and rather cold were the last days. It seemed like autumn already was entering the field. But like so often this summer the warming sun broke through the clouds, fought her way back. And her light pushed aside all the grey. I always feel that this time of summer is a double-edged sword. It’s on its peak, the plenty of ripe fruits and vegetables is overwhelming. Now they’re best, juicy […]

Categories: gluten-free, In the kitchen, meat, salad, seasons, snacks & small dishes, summer • Tags: celery, chicken, cold, fresh, fruit, harvest, party food, peaches, picnic, salad, spring onions, summer, walnut

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

This seasons favourite combo – Sandwich with beetroot, feta cheese and walnuts

January 7, 2015 by nadel&gabel

In culinary terms my autumn-winter-season this year tends to be somehow circular … I can’t help turning back to the same combinations of ingredients again and again. Boring? No, super yummy! Pumpkin/squash-gorgonzola-sage has become a staple in our dinners since the first pumpkins appeared at the market and have since continously found their way into galettes, pizzas, pasta dishes and casseroles. A similar things is true for this other divine flavour combination of baked beetroot, feta cheese (alternatively: goat cream […]

Categories: bread, In the kitchen, pasta, snacks & small dishes, vegetable, vegetarian, winter • Tags: beetroot, cheese, ciabatta, dish, earthy, feta, flavour, food, galette, goat, Maldon, nut, pasta, pizza, recipe, salt, sandwich, sea, simple, tart, walnut, winter

Goat cream cheese truffles with walnut and honey

May 19, 2012 by nadel&gabel

When I read about the theme of the Monthly Mingle for May “Oh, Honey!” hosted by Sneh from the admirable blog Cook Republic, I knew I was in. (The whole Monthly Mingle originally is organised by Meeta.) I immediatly had to think of one of my secret (or not so secret) food addictions: goat cream cheese with honey from our nearby supermarket that I could bath in. In general, I think that cheese combined with sweets like chutneys, jams, fruits […]

Categories: gluten-free, In the kitchen, snacks & small dishes, spread, sauce & spice, vegetarian • Tags: cheese making, cream cheese, dairy, gift, goat cheese, honey, present, truffles, walnut

Black and White Wednesday: Sourdough bread with walnuts and dried tomatoes

October 19, 2011 by nadel&gabel

And one more bread on this blog – inspired by the walnuts I picked up the day before and which joined some chopped dried tomatoes and went straight into this nice and easy rye sourdough bread. I am not an expert at all in baking bread, especially not in baking with sourdough, so I went the easy way and used some dried sourdough essence. As we are a two-person-household I only made a small loaf of bread… I should have […]

Categories: Behind the camera, black & white, Black and white, bread, dairy-free, In the kitchen, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: bread, dried tomatoes, recipe, rye, sourdough, walnut

Birthday buffet

June 15, 2011 by nadel&gabel

It was only a few days before my fathers birthday party last weekend – a “small” one, only about 20 guests – that I had to realise that I was meant not only to help with all the preparations, but that I was supposed to plan and cook the whole buffet, with my sisters support. “Something mediterranean, but not too exotic” were my fathers instructions …  so that is what I made:

Categories: bread, dairy-free, grains & legumes, meat, salad, snacks & small dishes, spread, sauce & spice, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: almond, anchovies, baking, börek, bell pepper, bread, caper, chicken, chickpea, cooking, couscous, feta cheese, food, italian, lemon, mayonnaise, mediterranean, olive oil, oriental, polenta, recipe, ricotta cheese, salad, sauce, spanish, tuna, veal, walnut