/’mɑ:strɪkt/ After my adventures in Bonn in February 2016, I headed to Maastricht for a weekend to visit some very dear friends and practice my very approximate Dutch. This week-end was like a half dream, arriving under a heavy rain, walking through half of the city before going for drinks and getting some food. If…
Vegan tomato pasta… Madona Mia!!!
“Life is a combination of magic and pasta.” – Federico Fellini Pasta, pasta… Oh my dear pasta… You are the tastiest of them all… Once upon a time somewhere in the world, someone had the glorious idea of mixing flour, eggs and water to create the amazing dish we know today as PASTA! Whoop whoop…
The Quatre-Quart Breton
“A party without cake is just a meeting” ― Julia Child The Quatre-Quart is a French classic for the goûter (children’s tea). It is a cake you can find in pretty much every shop in France, for those of you who don’t live in France but want a delicious and pretty straight forward cake recipe,…
Chocolate cookies: Regular VS Vegan/GF recipe…
“Today I will live in the moment unless it’s unpleasant, in which case I will eat a cookie.” The Cookie Monster I decided to do this recipe as part of revisiting the classical concept of cookies and milk. As published a couple of days ago, you can find my recipe of dairy-free coconut milk and…
Home-made dairy-free milk: Coconut milk
In my quest to a healthier lifestyle, I have decided to lower my milk (and more largely dairy) consumption. However, this isn’t the easiest challenge of all as replacement products tend to cost up to SEVEN times more then the original ones! As my budget isn’t extensive and I am no wizard (I know it…
Bonn, where the Europe adventure starts…
“Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can raise men to the divine.” ― Ludwig van Beethoven Luxembourg to Bonn: To start my European adventure I choose Bonn. Why Bonn? Mainly because I have a good friend who studies there and because Germany is pretty awesome!…
Liz’s muesli in a jar!
“Liz’s muesli in a jar is a small piece of home you can carry around… It will make the sun shine on your day and keeps bad mood away!” MaDAlicE I decided to start my trip through Europe by visiting Liz an old friend of mine who studies and lives in Bonn, Germany. During the…
Marge’s pumpkin soup
“Raindrops the size of bullets thundered on the castle windows for days on end; the lake rose, the flower beds turned into muddy streams, and Hagrid’s pumpkins swelled to the size of garden sheds.” — J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter #2)) If I had Hagrid’s talent to grow pumpkins,…
The egg – البيض – Arrautza – Muna – Ovum – Yr Wy
“A box without hinges, key, or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.” J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit All about that egg… At the beginning was the egg or maybe the chicken, or the egg… I don’t know, I wasn’t there to witness it… But today, I have decided it would be the egg. Let’s start…
MaDAlicE, the start of a new adventure
“MaDAlicE” is the crazy idea I had to make sense of my life right now… Food is essential to every being’s survival and for me more particularly, it is a central element of my day-to-day life. Because to be honest, 90% of the time I just think about food… (during the remaining 10% of the…
ChoCoLate Brownies
“Your hand and your mouth agreed many years ago that, as far as chocolate is concerned, there is no need to involve your brain.” Dave Barry This recipe is pure indulgence for your senses… It does require a bit of patience because the brownie needs to cool down and spend an entire night in the…
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