My favourite way to spend the last warm evenings of the year is to wander down the lake with some friends and some champagne to enjoy the sunset.
Friday, September 30, 2011
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Monday, September 19, 2011
the easiest Tarte Tatin (sort of) ever
Are you already bored with my apple recipes? No?
This short little recipe is a must if you love the combination of caramel and fruit and if you've not too much time to spend on baking. It's inspired by the genuine Tarte Tatin, by a recipe I stumbled upon in La Cazuela Vegana and by David Lebovitz's Upside Down Cake.
You simply need:
3 tbs butter
100g sugar
4-6 apples
juice of 1/2 lemon
frozen puff pastry
1.layer
Melt the butter in a cake pan, add the sugar and cook while stirring until the sugar is melted and begins to bubble. Remove from heat and let cool.
2. layer
Peel and slice the apples, sprinkle with lemon juice and arrange them spiralwise on the 1. layer.
Preheat the oven to 200°C.
3.layer:
Top the apples with a layer of puff pastry (rolled out in the shape of the cake form).
Before you put it into the oven, poke a few holes into the pastry as an outlet for the steam.
Bake it for about 20 minutes until the puff pastry turns golden. Remove from oven, let cool for 10 minutes, then place a cake plate on top and flip the cake out on to the plate.
As David Lebovitz suggests, have also a try with plums, abricots, pears, or nectarines. Or replace the puff pastry by the original pate brisée or by cake batter. Bon appétit!
This short little recipe is a must if you love the combination of caramel and fruit and if you've not too much time to spend on baking. It's inspired by the genuine Tarte Tatin, by a recipe I stumbled upon in La Cazuela Vegana and by David Lebovitz's Upside Down Cake.
You simply need:
3 tbs butter
100g sugar
4-6 apples
juice of 1/2 lemon
frozen puff pastry
1.layer
Melt the butter in a cake pan, add the sugar and cook while stirring until the sugar is melted and begins to bubble. Remove from heat and let cool.
2. layer
Peel and slice the apples, sprinkle with lemon juice and arrange them spiralwise on the 1. layer.
Preheat the oven to 200°C.
3.layer:
Top the apples with a layer of puff pastry (rolled out in the shape of the cake form).
Before you put it into the oven, poke a few holes into the pastry as an outlet for the steam.
Bake it for about 20 minutes until the puff pastry turns golden. Remove from oven, let cool for 10 minutes, then place a cake plate on top and flip the cake out on to the plate.
As David Lebovitz suggests, have also a try with plums, abricots, pears, or nectarines. Or replace the puff pastry by the original pate brisée or by cake batter. Bon appétit!
Friday, September 16, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
more music for you
this time assembled by Jason Hudson, photographer in Toronto and author of an amazing blog named THESE ROVING EYES.
Have a look yourselves and enjoy his playlist " for sunny autumn days"; it's genius (like all his playlists). Thank you, Jason, for giving us the possibility to download !
Have a look yourselves and enjoy his playlist " for sunny autumn days"; it's genius (like all his playlists). Thank you, Jason, for giving us the possibility to download !
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
If you like rock, jazz and classic..
.. and happen to be in Dresden, don't miss to stop by SWEETWATER at Körnerplatz.
I love to sit there, in a comfortable fauteuil, ear-phones on my ears, sipping the kindly offered cappuccino and forgetting the world for a while.
My last acquisitions: CDs from Selah Sue and Thievery Corporation
I love to sit there, in a comfortable fauteuil, ear-phones on my ears, sipping the kindly offered cappuccino and forgetting the world for a while.
My last acquisitions: CDs from Selah Sue and Thievery Corporation
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
New programme is out
This is my choice after the first browsing:
Healthy food week: DAY 7
DAY 7
Breakfast
Toast with avocado and tomatoes
Toast with nut butter (try cashew!) and jam
decaf
Lunch
Raw Tomato "Pasta" Marinara (amazing recipe from Sparkle & Fade)
(soaked sundried tomatoes, dates, fresh tomatoes, red pepper, red onion, clove garlic, fresh parsley,
oregano, basil - all whizzed together in the vita mix)
The "pasta" is sliced zucchini!
Dinner
Your choice of sandwich
Crispy fennel and orange salad
Snack
Crackers with vegetable spread (I recommend you try the spicy "Feuerball".)
Crispy fennnel and orange salad
1 bulb fennel, trimmed and sliced
1 orange sliced into rounds
olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper to taste
Place the fennel and orange in a bowl, drizzle with olive oil and vinegar and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
I hope, you won't start DAY 1 of WEEK 2 as in the picture above!
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Healthy food week: DAY 6
Breakfast
Oatmeal with fresh fruit
Lemongrass tea
Lunch
Seitan with mushrooms and rice
Steamed leafy greens
Dinner
Oven baked sweet corn
Lettuce-onion-tomato salad
Snack
Roasted seeds, fresh fruit
And don't forget to drink plenty of pure still water!
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Healthy food week: DAY 5
DAY 5
Breakfast
Tigernut Breakfast with hot water and a mashed banana
Green tea
Lunch
Potato cucumber soup
Plum Cake
Dinner
Green beans sauteed in butter with garlic and chopped almonds
(I brought this recipe from Spain.)
Snack
Fresh fruit of the season
Friday, September 09, 2011
Kenny's sweater
When I watched Tom Ford's A Single Man I fell instantly in love with the woolen sweater Kenny wore throughout the whole story. So sweet and fluffy!
From then on I definitely knew that I had to dig out my knitting needles, wait for some cooler weather (which has arrived now), pass by the wool shop and ask for some nice angora wool. Shouldn't be so difficult to knit one of these trendy cropped ones, don't you think so?
Found it! It's an offwhite Anny Blatt Super Angora.
From then on I definitely knew that I had to dig out my knitting needles, wait for some cooler weather (which has arrived now), pass by the wool shop and ask for some nice angora wool. Shouldn't be so difficult to knit one of these trendy cropped ones, don't you think so?
Found it! It's an offwhite Anny Blatt Super Angora.
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Healthy food week: DAY 4
Breakfast
Leftover Brownies
decaf with oat/rice milk
Lunch
Vegetable soup Minestrone style
An easy Minestrone recipe you find here.
Dinner
Nori Burritos with rice, cucumber and bell pepper
Snack
Cucumber and bell pepper sticks dipped in Sandwich Creme "Hummus"
To season 1 cup of rice you need 1tbs vinegar, 1 tbs sugar and 1/2 ts salt. Bring the mixture to a boil, let it cool down and mix with the rice.
Fold the nori sheets into cones and fill them with rice, cucumber and bell pepper sticks. Actually you also can roll in the rice and the vegetables. My burritos get nicer when I use the filling method!
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Healthy food week: DAY 3
DAY 3
Breakfast
Toast with nut butter and jam
decaf with oat/rice milk
Lunch
turnips (Kohlrabi), fennel, carrots and cherry tomatoes in the wok
white rice
It's more interesting to season each vegetable differently: carrots with sugar, salt and cumin
turnips with salt and peperoncino flakes
fennel with salt and curry powder
tomatoes with sugar, salt and pepper
Dinner
Quinoa with roasted pine nuts, basil and olive oil
Steamed greens or green salad
Bring 1 cup of quinoa, 2 cups of water and a pinch of salt to a boil, then let it simmer for about 20
minutes. Roast 1/2 cup of pine nuts. In a bowl mix Quinoa, pine nuts, 1 tablespoon olive oil and
fresh chopped basil.
Snack
Vegan brownies (leave a few for the breakfast tomorrow!)
I used the Brownie mix from Bauck Hof.
Breakfast
Toast with nut butter and jam
decaf with oat/rice milk
Lunch
turnips (Kohlrabi), fennel, carrots and cherry tomatoes in the wok
white rice
It's more interesting to season each vegetable differently: carrots with sugar, salt and cumin
turnips with salt and peperoncino flakes
fennel with salt and curry powder
tomatoes with sugar, salt and pepper
Dinner
Quinoa with roasted pine nuts, basil and olive oil
Steamed greens or green salad
Bring 1 cup of quinoa, 2 cups of water and a pinch of salt to a boil, then let it simmer for about 20
minutes. Roast 1/2 cup of pine nuts. In a bowl mix Quinoa, pine nuts, 1 tablespoon olive oil and
fresh chopped basil.
Snack
Vegan brownies (leave a few for the breakfast tomorrow!)
I used the Brownie mix from Bauck Hof.
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
Healthy food week: DAY 2
DAY 2
Breakfast
Apple-grape sauce topped with almond butter and muscobado sugar
A glass of oatmilk
Lunch
Fettucine with fresh sage fried in olive oil
Lettuce tomato salad sprinkled with roasted sunflower seeds
Dinner
Pumpkin soup
You find a delicious recipe here.
Snack
Roasted sunflower seeds sprinkled with soy sauce while still hot
(Caution: highly addictive!)
Quarter 12 apples, add some red grapes (for the nice pink colour), add 1/2 cup muscobado sugar, 2 ts cinnamon, a pinch of vanilla powder and 1 cup of water.
Put all ingredients into a pot and bring to a boil. Reduce to simmer and cook, covered, for about 10 minutes. Add more water, if needed. Cook until the apples are tender.
Puree in a food processor until smooth.
Dress the salad the italian way: salt, pepper, olive oil and vinegar.
