Oliebollen!

Every year around the beginning of november, a familiar smell fills the streets of Dutch cities… Oliebollen! These deep-fried dough balls are a national favourite. They’re traditionally eaten around new year’s and there’s all kinds of variations on them. My personal favourite is the kind with raisins. Yum! This year I tried my hand at […]

Cheese Fondue

Cheese fondue is a dish I absolutely love. It’s essentialy melted cheese with wine and seasoning in a big pot in the middle of the dinner table, that everybody can dip bread and veggies into with a long fork. I think it’s a nice idea for a simple, vegetarian, but very festive meal! This recipe […]

Vegetarian Shepherd’s Pie

First of all, let’s address the elephant in the room. Speherd’s pie is not the easiest dish to take a pretty photo of, and needless to say, I failed. BUT: for all its ugliness, it’s so so good! Today I want to share my favourite shepherd’s pie with you. It’s vegetarian, filled with lots of […]

Homemade Pepernoten

It’s almost December 5th! On that day, the Dutch celebrate st. Nicholas’ eve, or as we call it: Sinterklaas avond! The children receive presents from Sinterklaas, and the one treat that absolutely has to be present is pepernoten! Zwarte Piet throws these pepernoten mixed with candy on the floor and children collect and eat them […]

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