I love spending cold Sunday mornings reading new recipes, browsing for 'how to make macarons' on the internet and trying out new things in my kitchen.
Lately we have been changing our diet a little bit, we are eating more healthy grains and vegetables and less white pasta and rice.
I have been making bread with spelt and raisins or with rolled oats and sunflower seeds.
We eat quinoa with courgette, black cabbage, nuts and dried apricots or wholewheat couscous with caramelized unions and grilled pumpkin. All very tasty I must say and it makes you feel really good about what you eat.
Our bodies seem to like it as well as it gives it lot's of slow energy to keep going for longer.
I was inspired by a few of my favorite new cookbooks:
'Veg' by Hugh Fearlney-Whittingstall
'Ottolenghi' by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi
I've been a great fan of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall for a few years now. He has a great tv-series called 'River Cottage' and several restaurants and cooking schools throughout England.
I love his real look on food, meat and vegetables and how he tries to help us eat more healthy and understand where food really comes from.
Now, you might fear that I might have given up on my love for baking cakes...on the contrary!
I baked my first 'fancy' cake yesterday. A four-layered Schwartzwalder Kirschtorte by a recipe from Linda Lomelino. I loved the pictures in her book about cakes and therefore bought it.
It is not only a beautiful book but also has a great amount of recipes in it for stunning birthday/wedding/anniversary cakes.
This was the result after my first attempt:
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| Macarons attempt |
