Zing-Zing Beetroot, Rocket and Feta Salad

Zing-Zing Beetroot, rocket & Feta Salad - Photo Theresa Sjoquist

Zing-Zing Beetroot, Rocket (Arugula) and Feta Salad is easy, elegant and nutritious. Serve alone as a meal or alongside a plate of smoked fish or cold cut. Zing-Zing Beetroot, Rocket (Arugula) and Feta Salad looks wonderful on a plate with cold smoked fish or cold cuts. If you reserve the feta until just before serving, […]

Piquant Salad Dressing

Piquant Salad Dressing - Photo Theresa Sjoquist

Piquant Salad Dressing is a sugarless, lemon and honey-based dressing made especially for mixed greens or a pickling liquid for beets. Piquant Salad Dressing is my old favorite fall-back dressing. I never make it the same way twice or accurately measure the ingredients . However, I recently did measured the ingredients so I could share […]

Fried Rice Special – Asian Style

Plated fried rice special - Photo Theresa Sjoquist

Fried Rice Special – Asian style – delicious, nutritious, cheap, easy to prepare fried rice which is a complete meal with veges and meat. Fried Rice Special – Asian style is a light-ish meal which provides a good balance of meat and veggies – though this version is light on meat. It’s colourful and interesting […]

Apple Strudel (Apfelstrudel)

AppleStrudel - Photo Theresa Sjoquist

Apple Strudel is originally a  middle European dish, most  likely having originated in  Austria. This recipe is not a  true strudel but it is divine,  and everyone wants more  than one piece. I’ve used ordinary flaky puff  pastry and relied on spices  to make the most of the  fruit. I serve slices of Apple Strudel […]

Potato Parmesan & Garlic Pancake with Spinach Topping

Potato, garlic and parmesan pancake with spinach topping served - Photo Theresa Sjoquist

Potato Parmesan & Garlic Pancake with Spinach Topping This crispy potato and garlic pancake is fried until crisp one side, while sprinkled  liberally with parmesan cheese on the top. Then it’s turned over, cheese side down, to crisp on the bottom while spinach is added to the top. The result is a balanced,  nutritious, flavoursome […]