Spanakopita triangles & green salad

Spanakopita is a greek spinach pie. I made my own little twist on it, because the supermarket ran out of phyllo dough; I used puff pastry instead. Triangles are so much easier to make, and leftovers can be easily reheated or taken along to work. For the filling I used about 600 grams of frozen [...]

Jjamppong – Korean Spicy Noodle Soup

I am not sure whether my version does the real jjamppong any justice… I don’t even know which type of noodles should be used. I just stir-fried some garlic, chili pepper flakes, daikon (well, black radish anyway), a sliced carrot and sliced Chinese cabbage in sesame oil, then cooked these veggies in a simple vegetable [...]

Witlof and grapefruit salad

Salads do not have to be complicated nor exotic in order to be delicious. One of my favorite vegetables is witlof (more commonly known as chicory), I simply adore its crispy and slightly bitter flavor. My father used to make witlof salad quite often when I still lived at home. He would dress it with [...]