Ukranian Oat biscuit

Oats – the very versatile grain (and a recipe)

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  As a child my favourite breakfast was oat porridge. Made by my mom, on the stove. Just delicious. Oats is such a versatile grain, probably mainly used as a porridge, but also a great ingredient in biscuits, cookies,…

Chocolate cookies with no baking

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Do you sometimes crave something sweet and chocolaty? Here is an extremely easy recipe for a more rough and ready chocolate cookie with no baking involved. It is even a little bit healthy with oats and desiccated coconut in…
Pumpkin and halloween

Halloween in Ireland (and pumpkin soup)

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Autumn is always beautiful in Ireland.  Trees covered in different shades of yellow, orange, copper, red.... really magnificent.  The seasons take their time to change here on the green isle, unlike how it happens almost overnight…
Chocolate sauce

A simple hot chocolate sauce

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Who doesn't like ice cream and hot chocolate sauce? So simple, but effective and delicious. You get many different recipes for this, including using cream, using real chocolate, using different sugars and syrups, which I am…

Another apple tart

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Yes, I know. Another apple-story and another recipe for an apple tart. But hey, who doesn't love apple tart and with it being autumn here, it is apple season. Also this one has a French twist with frangipane added. I found…
apple tart with crumble topping

Apple Tart with crumble topping

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Growing up in South Africa with Dutch parents meant we were accustom to Dutch cuisine as well. The Dutch side included boterham met kaas or pindekaas, (bread with cheese or peanut butter) stamppot (vegetable and potato mash),…
Spice cake just out the oven

Recipe for a spice cake

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Tired of making banana bread and looking for an alternative? Well, what about a spice cake or kruidkoek? It's also made in a bread tin and you eat it with some butter spread on top. In the Netherlands this is a breakfast alternative…
elderflower

Recipe for Elderflower Cordial

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In Ireland we haven't had as much sun as we've hoped for by now, mid-June. That means many flowers only started blooming a little bit later. This includes the flowers on the Elder tree. And this is important because elderflower…
Swedish cardamom cookies

Swedish Cardamom cookies

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I love cookies. Biscuits. Any type will do: butter, sugar, nuts, chocolate and more. The other day I was leafing through one of my Rachel Allen cookbooks when my eye fell on this recipe for Swedish Cardamom cookies. And I was…
Biscuit cake recipe

Chocolate biscuit cake recipe

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My almost son-in-law made us a delicious chocolate biscuit cake the other day. It was REALLY yummy and sweet with a delicious white chocolate topping. So, that made me think about biscuit cake in general and the recipe for chocolate…