Author: catpel
Lemon meringue pie
I’ve always wanted to make lemon meringue pie, but it always seemed like so much work. Well, I was quite mistaken! This lemon meringue was so easy to make, and such a success! Everyone loved it. It had the perfect balance of sweet and tangy and the ground almonds add such a delicate touch of
Oatmeal, almond and cranberry Cookies
Oh, the memories I have of making oatmeal cookies! The original version of this recipe is the first-ever recipe I made on my own. I was about 6-7 years old and since then I’ve enjoyed cooking and baking and sharing all my concoctions with my friends and family. Nothing makes me happier than knowing I
Mango and Avocado Poke Bowl
I was lurking at the local supermarket one sunny summer day and saw this beautiful Salma fillet, which is a brand of really good quality salmon in Norway. I just had to have it! My mouth was watering at the thought of it. I went home and thought about how to best have this beautiful
Homemade Creamy Pesto
Pesto a la Genovese is a such a famous sauce, mainly for its simplicity, is one I did not come to appreciate until well in my 20’s. I made an attempt to make Pesto Tagliatelle as a student late in my teens with the store bought kind and I frankly thought it to be horrible
Courgette fries with Chili aioli
Recently, I happened to have courgettes in the fridge for other purposes but the cravings for fries were too much and decided to do something about it. I went for an alternative to normal potato fries, a bit healthier, less fat and more importantly improved flavour to compensate for the lack of it not being
Tangy Three Beans Salad
Start the week fresh with this super flavourful, fiber pack, three beans salad, I guarantee you will not regret it. It is super simple to make, usually makes enough to have left overs and easy perfect as a main dish after an indulging weekend. Pair it with some Pita bread chips or make a simple
Ajiaco or Colombian chicken soup
This right here is by far my favourite Colombian dish. The Amazing Ajiaco Santafereño, which, as its name tells us comes from Santa fe de Bogotá. It is one of the city’s staple dishes. However, as much as I love it, I had never tried to make it, until this year! This year after Christmas,
Torta de tres leches / Colombian 3 milk cake
Because who likes dry cake! This dessert is deliciously sweet and moist and often spiked with some rum. The basic idea behind this dessert is: take your regular sponge cake and cover/drown it with a condensed milk, evaporated milk and whole milk mixture and then cover with a merengue/whipped cream mix refrigerate for a few
Blue Cheese Dip
I looooove cheese, just adore it. Quite strange given in Colombia you don’t find many different types of cheese easily and the standard is usually very fresh cheese. But once I crossed the pond and found out just how many different types of cheese you can find I fell REALLY in love. Nonetheless, blue cheese
Crunchy Peanut Butter Cookies
I’ve been baking cookies since I was a child, I’ve baked many different types but never Peanut Butter, I don’t think I ever tried them until last year when I had a colleague who would bake every Sunday and bring to work all sort of amazing goodies on Monday. The tastiest thing we ever got
Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce
Everytime I have a burning desire to be back in Bali soaking up the sun and amazing vibes, I whip up this fabulous Chicken Satay recipe and dream of being back there. We were in Bali for 10 days and I kid you not, we had Chicken Satay at least 5 times. It became a