Tag: pepper

Beef Croquette and croquette balls

Beef Croquette and croquette balls

The Dutch love their snacks, like bitterballen, kroketten and frikandellen. They even have special snack vending machines, maybe you know them as Automats. In Dutch these were named Automatiek, but are now known as FEBO, named after the first, and now biggest, company to have introduced 

CopyCat Recipe: KFC Filet Bites

CopyCat Recipe: KFC Filet Bites

I LOVE KFC! I really do. But the down side is that it’s expensive and really not healthy. So when I was craving KFC Filet Bites I started looking for a recipe, but it just didn’t cut it. So I had another episode of “I 

Ketchup

Ketchup

Ketchup is so much more than just a sauce made of pureed tomatoes. It’s spicy, sweet and a tad bit sour and tastes great with most deep-fried snacks. This is why this recipe is one of the first in my new category: Fry-day! With these 

Dutch Meat Croquettes

Dutch Meat Croquettes

The Dutch love their snacks, like bitterballen, kroketten and frikandellen. They even have special snack vending machines, maybe you know them as Automats. In Dutch these were named Automatiek, but are now known as FEBO, named after the first, and now biggest, company to have introduced 

Breakfast Cake

Breakfast Cake

  Originally called ‘peperkoek’, because most spices were called “pepper” back when they were first introduced in Europe. It is a kind of sweet bread that is used to sweeten and bind stews or to eat for breakfast, as the name implies. This recipe is part 

Kale and Mashed Potatoes

Kale and Mashed Potatoes

The English have their pies, the Dutch have stamppot. Stamppot, meaning “mashed dish”, is a typical Dutch winter dish consisting of mashed potatoes and veggies, usually served with gravy. These veggies can be sauerkraut, endive, kale, spinach, turnip greens, or carrot and onion. “Boerenkool” is 

Dutch speculaas spices

Dutch speculaas spices

The holidays are nearly upon us, so it’s time I’d introduce you guys to a Dutch holiday called Sinterklaas. Also known as Sint Nicolaas, sound familiar? Sinterklaas on his horse Amerigo Sinterklaas is a children’s holiday which is celebrated on the 5th of December in 

Meatball Spaghetti

Meatball Spaghetti

My super easy, super quick meatball spaghetti. Serves 4. Ingredients 500 gr minced meat 1 onion 2 garlic cloves 1 zucchini 1 bell pepper 50 gr breadcrumbs 1 egg (optional) 1 1/2 tsp coriander 1 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1 tsp cardamom 1 tsp Tabasco sauce