With Valentines Day approaching there are many ideas floating around on “what to do?”, “where to go?”, “what to offer?” and of course “what to cook?”. I recently heard a song about Valentines Day that said “I don’t know how to fit all the love and all the loneliness in one day”, it really rang true…
Category: Comfort Food
Sesame Chicken
Continuing with Chicken Week, I am happy to bring one of my favourite chicken dishes. This is a quick and easy recipe. A new way to eat chicken breast and the kids just love the crunch that comes from the sesame seeds. It is a simplified version of a traditional schnitzel but I personally like to…
Salmon & Fennel… Grilled to Perfection.
Happy New Year Everyone! As all my new year resolutions are destined to be “revised” and eventually be a put on a back burner, I have decided go with one resolution I know I can keep; I have decided to eat more fish. Now here is a resolution I know I can keep, purely because it involves…
Turkish Rice: The Ultimate Pilav
In case the name didn’t give it away, this Aussie is definitely of Turkish decent. The food is a massive part of any Turkish family and the culture of food is very strong in Turkey. I learnt to cook Turkish food from my mother and grandmother but it seems when it comes to rice or…
Chicken Wraps with Asparagus
My special relationship with chicken continues and you don’t know this but I really like to wrap things with chicken breast. It’s lean, it’s easy to work with and it cooks through easier than steak. So all you need to decide is “what” you want to put in the chicken wrap and you are on…
Lemon & Herb Butter Chicken
Hello again, After a long break, we are back with “Chicken Week”. I like chicken in many forms but my favourite way is roasted chicken. For me, the classic Sunday roast is not lamb roast like we had at our house growing up, but it is a chicken roast. Since my family is not as enthusiastic…
The “Philosopher”
miam miam… This dish has two names “The Philosophe” in Belgium or “Hachis Parmentier” in France… As Belgium is my adopted country, and the recipe is a Belgian classic, I am going to go with Philosophe. I have enjoyed for many years now, thanks to my mother-in-law. She makes this for us once in a…
Grilled Courgette & Feta “pie”
I am desperate to introduce more vegetarian dishes to my weekly food planning. I am new at this so, I find the pastry (pie/tart/log) option a safe and delicious option. So far I have only used store bought pastry but I am hoping to summon the courage to make my own one of these days…
Plum Jam for Breakfast
It has been a nice summer break with loads of family activity. My foodie dreams have been on hold for a few weeks but lets kick it off for autumn with something sweet. Plum Jam. Recently my neighbour gave us some plums from her garden and I decided to make same jam. With many fruits…
Roasted Pumpkin Hummus
Hummus (Houmous in British English) is an Arabic word meaning “chickpeas” and essentially it is made from chickpeas, tahini, lemon juice and garlic. We are very lucky in Brussels with the choice of Lebanese restaurants we have, the quality of their hummus is so good that we never have to resort to the supermarket kind. I…
Cigdem Sidney Ozdemircelik 