Showing posts with label kitchen life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kitchen life. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
checkered chocolate coat
A spontaneous painting project on Wednesday morning. I made a checkered chocolate coat for an old red wooden tiny table, just because I felt like painting.
... and the orange flower buds of the clivia (i bought last week) opened up in my favorite cheerful color, orange!
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
power of plants
Our exuberant ficus elastica - once rescued at the plant store in the 'damaged houseplant corner' with a only a few (broken) leaves - has been joined by a clivia, which is about to bloom in orange.
The way i see it, the house is never too green and are the stacks of plates are never too high...
Saturday, July 22, 2023
summer food
Saturday 22nd of July
Summer food inspired by La Famille Marrakech cookbook. Because it's such a blissful summer evening..., not! We made it a summer evening and it certainly was summer food.
Saturday dinner in the kitchen. Instead of the pizzetta base, Henk used Libanese bread which is super easy!
RECIPE:
Pizzetta number one:
Libanese bread (heat up in the oven for a while)
beetroot hummus
tabbouleh salad
and orange slices on top
Pizzetta nummer two:
Libanese bread (heat up in the oven for a while)
yazzara (vegetable dip made of pumpkin, carrot, cream and ginger)
grilled tomatoes and yellow bell pepper from our own mini vegetable garden
and pomegranate seeds on top
Served with mandolin sliced cucumber & radish salad
Bon appetit!
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Monday, May 24, 2021
greek taverna
Pretending to have dinner in a greek taverna, with a recipe from the cookbook Greek Islands by Rebecca Seal.
Simple and fresh summer food always brings back good memories. As long as we can't travel, we can cook and fill the kitchen with delicious scents that evoke a feeling of travel...
Tonight we traveled back to 2010 when we went with Minne & Pippa to Crete, one of the many Greek Islands we've visited over the past 35 years.
The islands we've been to in random order; Mykonos, Milos, Naxos, Paros, Kos, Crete, Skiathos, Skopelos, Santorini and Rhodes.
Let's toast to the day that we are sitting on a bright blue chair at a tavern by the sea again.
Labels:
cookbook,
cyclades,
greece,
greek food,
greek islands,
homemade,
kitchen life,
may,
memories,
souvlaki,
summer food,
travel food,
tzaziki,
wanderlust
Sunday, February 21, 2021
pittura di percolatore
My newest painting is our blown-up percolator for the kitchen, a tribute to our new ritual.
At the beginning of this year, we started drinking moka coffee in the afternoon and it soon became our daily ritual. Slow coffee at the kitchen table, a slow life moment that we both look forward to and enjoy together.
After the lemon painting I was looking for a new subject to paint for our kitchen wall. Because the lemon ended up in the daybed corner in the livingroom in the end.
I came across a percolator print on the instagram account of @picame and liked the drawing of the artist Meredith Ann a lot, cause they resemble the colors in our kitchen. The moroccan bread baskets, the golden yellow of our Zelliges tiles and our bright blue kitchen chair.
On many more 'dolce vita' coffee moments together, per favore...
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
winter vegetables
We like to eat seasonally.
Tonight on the menu; roasted winter vegetables.
Super simple, healthy, tasty and easy to make with everything from the vegetable drawer.
Chioccia- and yellow beets, chicory, red onions and a mini cauliflower.
A colorful composition of sliced vegetables, before they go into the oven. Feast for the eyes.
Preheat the oven to 220 degrees Celsius. Place the various vegetables in the oven dish. Mix some olive oil with garlic, pepper, salt and herbs and drizzle the oil mixture over the vegetables.
Place the dish in the middle of the oven and roast the vegetables for about 15-20 minutes.
A delicious basic dish that you can actually combine with anything.
Labels:
cooking,
dinner,
easy,
hay,
kitchen,
kitchen life,
veggie cooking,
winter,
winter vegetables
Thursday, August 27, 2020
moroccan nook
Collecting is no stranger to me...
The precious handmade souvenirs from my beloved Marrakech are gathered on an old tiny table in the kitchen.
The vintage breakbaskets, coasters and a bottle cover and clever candle holder we use daily.
I love the kind of souvenirs, genuine for everyday use and not just decoration.
The items of my Moroccan collection nook are one by one handmade in the medina of Marrakech, with simple materials and the objects are of no great value, but to me they are priceless. They remind me of my travels to Morocco and bring back fond memories.
How i miss the Red city and its lovely people.
Sunday, August 23, 2020
home-grown aubergine recipe
For dinner we had home-grown aubergine from the oven with curry, walnuts and honey.
A very simple vegetarian recipe for a quick surprise dinner. It looks exotic and oriental and has a very special taste.
Combine an aubergine with curry, walnuts and honey to get a real taste explosion. It takes only 10 minutes to prepare and the oven does the rest of the work. Serve it as a starter, side dish or lunch.
Ingredients for 2 people:
- 2 aubergines
- walnuts
- 2 cloves of garlic
- olive oil
- honey
- lemon juice
- curry
- salt
- black pepper
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Oven time: 1 hour
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Wash the aubergines, pat them dry and cut them lengthwise into thin slices and put them in a greased baking dish.
Brush the aubergines with olive oil and drizzle the honey and lemon juice over the top. Cut the garlic cloves into slices and divide them over the tops.
Finally, walnuts, curry, pepper and salt over the aubergines and put the baking tin in the oven. Bake the aubergines for about 1 hour. Keep a close eye on the aubergines during that time. If they get too brown on top, cover them with aluminum foil.
Meanwhile set the table attractively, because with a nicely set table, everything tastes even better!
PS: Last week I made a Moroccan Zaalouk salad with the first harvested aubergines.
Monday, April 13, 2020
easter bouquet
This morning we woke up from a huge racket in the kitchen.
It was already light outside so I dared to walk down, haha...
I immediately noticed that it was lighter in the corner of the bay window.
The huge Monstera in the kitchen corner, had toppled over because it was top-heavy...
What a mess!
The serving cart and tableware were buried under potting soil, but oddly enough, nothing was broken (thank goodness the tamegroute crockery was unharmed) and the Monstera was still intact.
Luckily it didn't happen in the middle of the night.
I've put the Monstera in a shady spot in the backyard for the time being. I looked it up and it should be possible to put the houseplant outside from May to September.
Today was my day off, but we didn't sleep long in our bedroom, because of the sudden early 'wake up call'. So we had a super early Easter breakfast in bed.
Well tomorrow I have a late shift, so another chance to sleep a little longer.
In the meantime, the 'normal life' at my workspace Villa Augustus is still going on, at least a bit. The kitchen still prepares daily room service meals for the few hotel guests, as well as the fresh antipasti and take-away pizza's, we sell in the market. And also in the bakery, they make fresh bread, cakes and cookies as usual. Only the restaurant is closed. Currently the whole interior is being refreshed, with help from the staff from all departments. Quite a special time and atmosphere.
I'm happy to be able to work in the market 3 days a week since the crisis began, so I can still make myself useful at work and don't have to stay home every day.
Matter of course we follow the guidelines of the RIVM (the National Institute for Health and Environment). Besides the regular 'market' activities, there is enough time for other stuff, like painting furniture, arranging extra flower bouquets to sell in the market shop.
For the Easter weekend I made bouquets with spring flowers from the auction.
And of course a bouquet for our kitchen table, which now has moved to replace the empty 'Monstera' space.
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Monday, December 24, 2018
a merry & bright christmas for everyone
Happy Christmas Eve everyone!
A joyful Christmas to you all. Wishing you and your family happy holidays!
Saturday, August 18, 2018
la cuisine
Saturday 18th of August.
Café dans la cuisine. Proper place to drink coffee.
My favorite place in the house is the kitchen.
The light is beautiful because there are many windows. And since the new Moroccan tiles are on the wall, the light is even brighter, still on a cloudy day like today.
The typography mugs I bought years ago at Anthropologie.
Labels:
anthropologie,
august,
coffee,
d'or,
herringbone floor,
kitchen,
kitchen life,
palmtree,
saturday,
saturday vibes,
summer,
typography,
vintage letter,
weekend,
zelliges
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
open doors
Daily routine.
Unpacking the dishwasher.
Open the kitchen cupboard doors and put everything back in place.
Nothing special, a daily recurring activity.
Yet I can see the 'fun' of this daily routine.
All the personal things, the mix of colors, the collections...
and when everything is back in place, close the doors again, because I'm allergic to open doors.
Labels:
collection,
colorful,
cook book,
cookbooks,
cupboard,
cups,
daily life,
glasses,
jugs,
kitchen cabinet,
kitchen life,
kitchen tools,
kitchen utensils,
plates
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
captivating corner
While I am washing my hands, my eye catches the natural colors of the simple utensils and the light, in the corner of the sink.
I'm very visual and can be overwhelmed by a feeling of bliss all of a sudden, by the appeal of 'something simple'.
Our kitchen, an easy, real life space with stuff collected over time.
Kitchen utensils with functionality and personality;
The simplicity of two cutting boards against the kitchen wall.
A small twig, in a soda bottle, because it was just too small to join the magnolia bouquet.
and the shades of the tiles, which seem to change every moment of the day...
and I realise, I'm glad to enjoy the simple things.
(even though it is sometimes exhausting to see 'everything' and to capture the moment afterwards with my camera, haha..)
Labels:
arabic,
capture,
colors,
cutting boards,
hay,
kitchen life,
kitchen utensils,
magnolia,
moroccan tiles,
natural,
photography,
simple things,
sunlight,
visual,
winter season,
wood,
zelliges
Monday, January 15, 2018
gold up to the ceiling
Gold up to the ceiling.
Handmade moroccan tiles, in spicy tones of gold and bamboo brown, cover the kitchen walls.
The painted pink wall showed stains everywhere. Not surprising, of course, in a kitchen where you work and cook daily.
The 'moroccan pink' wall was repainted several times, but eventually we opted for a practical tile wall, up to the ceiling.
The aim was to create a warm, inviting atmosphere.
I would choose the moroccan pink color again and I will miss it, but after a few years it's time for something else.
What color? not too safe and boring and no green because that's too trendy.
Choosing a color is not that easy, however we quickly agreed; g o l d
Not the shiny gold, but a natural golden brown, mustard, ocher, spicy and different one...
(This color is also my favorite for wool projects, because it combines with everything although is quite a peculiar color.)
So it was a mess in the kitchen for three days, but the tile craftsman did an awesome job and it has become a beautiful wall!
I'm very happy with the result. Especially when the sunlight peeked inside yesterday.
The light, reflection, texture and the shadows of the plants; awesome atmosphere!
Today I am going to clean and redecorate the kitchen.
Labels:
bamboo mirror,
colored,
gold,
handmade tiles,
home,
houseplant,
interior,
interior design,
january,
kitchen,
kitchen life,
kitchen wall,
kitchen window,
monstera,
moroccan,
new,
spicy,
texture,
tiles,
vintage letter
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