"What I Cooked Today" Day 97

The most extraordinary thing happened today: not only did I not cook, I did not eat! I had some left-over noodles, sugar snaps, harricot verts and fennel which I totally intended to prepare with some creme fraiche and fennel seeds, but when time came for dinner, I WAS NOT HUNGRY. I tell you - this almost never happens. I am known to eat. A lot. My Spanish nephew never fails to mention it when I visit: "Comes mucho" (= You eat a lot). When I eat a hamburger with some vegetables like yesterday, I am not full - I am just right. I need nothing more but a 15-minute break before moving on to the ice cream. I always eat something after dinner - chocolate, cookies, sometimes even sandwiches. But not today. I walked around aimlessly after packing my bags and couldn't decide on anything substantial beyond a cold beer and some left-over olives and feta cheese. Maybe it's my stomach's way of telling me that I've hit my limit planning-wise. But at least I didn't have a lot of dishes today.

"What I Cooked Today" Day 96

Today Bic came over for dinner and we made something that had been watering our mouths since the first time we saw it in Jamie Oliver's magazine: hamburgers! I bought organic minced pork at the butcher's because minced pork has more fat than other minced meat, which would apparently be beneficial to the outcome of this recipe. The hamburgers I made were seasoned with nothing more than sea salt, black pepper and vegetable oil. On top of the hamburgers I served stir-fried onions with parsley and some cheddar. This was again served on a piece of ciabatta from the oven with some lettuce and tomato. To accompany the hamburgers I chose not to make fries but the carrots from the oven which I also made on Sunday. It was delish!

Source: Jamie Magazine Issue 11 (July 2010)

"What I Cooked Today" Day 95

Today Jochem had to work late and I cooked for myself. Initially, I had planned to cook dinner for Bic, but she forgot another dinner date so we rearranged to have dinner tomorrow evening instead. However, being in a culinary sort of mood, I decided to make something special for myself with these star players: pork, fennel and cherries. In the latest issue of Jamie Oliver's magazine is a feature article about cherries and it listed a recipe of pork chops with a cherry chutney. Now, I tend not to care for chutneys very much (too fancy), but this one looked pretty good: fresh, rustic and filled with whole cherries. So, I made this concoction with cherries, onions, fennel, fennel seeds, balsamic vinegar and red wine and it actually turned out great. Then I took this beautiful piece of organic pork and seasoned it with some sea salt and black pepper and fried it for a couple of minutes. To accompany this recipe I made a variation on a simple potato dish from the oven by adding fennel to it (because, of course, pork and fennel are best friends, don't you know?). In the end, I was quite taken by my own efforts!

Source: Jamie Magazine Issue 11 (July 2010)

"What I Cooked Today" Day 94

In the movie The Wedding Planner (a classic, I know) Jennifer Lopez says: "You know how they say: "Those who can't do, teach"? Well, in my case: those who don't wed, plan." Being a graduated teacher of English as a foreign language and an obsessive compulsive planner, you can probably guess the level of neuroses that's been plaguing me in the days leading up to our vacation. Today, for example, I traveled to Rijssen and back (a 4-hour journey) to drop off some stuff and to pick up some stuff. You know. Just to be prepared. I therefore felt no guilt whatsoever about ditching my kitchen and going out to dinner instead. I met Nienke at Popocatepetl, a Mexican restaurant in downtown Utrecht. Even though it's a chain restaurant, which I kind of hate, this one I really like. So if you're in need of good Mexican food, you should try this one out. And don't forget the mole sauce (not to be confused with guacamole sauce)!

Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth Gilbert inspires me. Without saying anything further, I'd like you to read this. And, while you're at it, watch this. Feel better yet?

"What I Cooked Today" Day 93

Today Jochem cooked into reality an idea I had about mixing a noodles and a couscous recipe that we had made before. We mixed couscous with spring onion and parsley and we fried shrimp in a mixture of green curry paste, freshly grated ginger and chili and then we added some creme fraiche on top. I especially liked the combination of soft couscous and crispy shrimp. I just feel kind of bad for not helping out with the actual cooking, but I couldn't resist watching those two episodes of the Dog Whisperer!

"What I Cooked Today" Day 92

Since Jochem felt so sick on Saturday, we had a ton of left-over cannelloni, and since I spent the entire day running around in my pajamas, without having showered and after barely having brushed my teeth, planning our trip to the Provence. I just felt so restless that I couldn't take a moment to cook dinner, so heating the left-over cannelloni seemed like the best thing to do. Now, I can't talk about food anymore because I just saw the season finale of the first season of Top Chef and witnessed a ruthless barbaric tearing off a lobster's head (while still alive) and frying it in a pan (while still moving). It's at such times that I wish I was a vegetarian...

"What I Cooked Today" Day 91

Jochem felt better today and was able to eat solid foods again! I was relieved, because if Jochem is at home to help me cook or even to just watch over me while I cook, I find that I cook so much better. For me food is very much a social thing and I enjoy having Jochem around while I do it. So, today we cooked something absolutely fantastic around one central thought: Nuria craves red meat! I love steak and we bought a rib-eye steak at our local organic butcher shop and Jochem prepared it with all the classics: extra virgen olive oil, sea salt, grounded pepper, rosemary and garlic. To accompany the steak we made new potatoes from the oven. But the masterpiece of this dish was neither of these two things. For the first time ever I made carrots. I never particularly liked carrots as a kid so it almost never shows up in my food, but Jamie Oliver makes it in such a way that enticed me to try it at last. I made a little tin foil bag and put in the carrots together with cumin seeds (don't you just LOVE cumin?!), fresh thyme, sea salt, grounded pepper, butter and white wine. I let it steam in the oven for 45 minutes at 220 degrees celcius and I swear to God, it's just so delicious that it cast a big fat shadow on the organic beef! It's my new favorite vegetable alongside grilled leek. Please try it sometime - you won't be sorry!

Source: The Return of the Naked Chef by Jamie Oliver

"What I Cooked Today" Day 90

Today Jochem returned from his vacation in the Czech Republic and I prepared a new dish to welcome him back home. I was inspired by an episode from Oliver's Twist in which Jamie Oliver prepares a vegetarian cannelloni. I didn't remember the recipe exactly, so I improvised. First, I prepared a simple tomato sauce from garlic, spring onion, basil and, of course, tomatoes. Then I filled the cannelloni with spinach, goat cheese and grated cheese. I topped the dish with mozzarella, more grated cheese, basil, spicy olive oil and Parmesan cheese. I even bought fresh lasagna leaves at the local Italian deli to make the cannelloni, so you can imagine my disappointment when Jochem didn't eat anything because he felt too sick. Instead, he ate a couple of raw carrots. Better luck next time I guess...

"What I Cooked Today" Day 89

Today Bic and I had the strangest of days in which we somehow ended up with loads of goodies that we purchased at the downtown market. We bought fresh bread, olives, hummus, pickled fish, feta cheese and lots more. However, since we were in a rush to get to Mar's birthday party, I forgot to take a picture. Better blogging tomorrow!

"What I Cooked Today" Day 88

Last week I saw an episode of Oliver's Twist in which Jamie Oliver makes quesadillas. I have loved quesadillas since the first time I had Mexican food, so I was immediately intrigued. But, still being short on cash, I had to improvise a little bit. I used these tortillas from a Chinese store that were a little harder and crispier than your ordinary tortillas. I used left-over spring onion and lots of cheap coriander from the same Chinese store, and I bought cheddar and creme fraiche as toppings. Then, and I kind of marvel at myself when thinking about this, I grilled 4 massive chilis and ate them with no less than 8 chili tortillas. I mean, it's like that time when I suddenly realized that I had changed from not drinking any coffee at all, to only drinking coffee in the morning, to drinking Starbucks all day if I had my way, to "if we can't bring coffee camping I'm not going!" I mean, I just LOVE chilis! I'm clearly turning over to the dark side.

"What I Cooked Today" Day 87

I am actually writing this blog pre-dinner time. My friend Mag returned from her vacation in Norway yesterday and I will visit her today in Amersfoort to celebrate her husband's birthday. I have been invited to come for dinner so, again, I will not be cooking myself today. However, to show off just a little I thought this would be the perfect time to show you the cookies that I made. I made a big batch and gave half to Jochem to enjoy during his vacation in the Czech Republic and kept the other half to enjoy myself. This was only the second time ever that I made cookies, but I really like doing it, especially because it is relatively easy and you can enjoy your work for such a long time. I used the same recipe that I used last week, but decided to improvise. I used more white chocolate and added whole roasted hazelnuts (I really wanted to use macademia nuts but they were not sold at the store and I was far too lazy to go downtown). Because I wanted chocolate cookies I just added four table spoons of cacao powder as well as one table spoon of the spicy cacao powder that I made a while back. I had twelve cookies and now only four are left after just three days, so you do the math!

Bend Like a Pretzel

Lately I have really been getting into yoga again. I love yoga, but found it hard to fit into my tight schedule (it is a paradox indeed that I want to do yoga in order to relax, but find it impossible to do yoga if I am not at least somewhat relaxed already). The past few months I tried to get back into the swing of things by doing two simple postures a day in order to prep my body, and now I do yoga routines four times a week. Twice a week I focus on strengthening my back and the other two times I do a more general routine to find balance. I enjoy it a lot, but when I see my cats bending like pretzels with the greatest of ease, holding postures for minutes at a time, it reminds me of how much I still have to learn!

"What I Cooked Today" Day 86

As Bicho quite accurately portrays above, today was another hot day in the Netherlands, so when Bic suggested having dinner together in a setting in which she fed me homemade salmon/avocado/spring onion sushi, it was impossible to resist. In order to contribute to this spontaneous dinner, I made a so-called mocktail from fresh grapefruit juice, strawberries, basil, tonic and lots of ice. Perfect food for this hot day today!

Source: Jamie Magazine Issue 11 (July 2010)

"What I Cooked Today" Day 85

Today I had the last piece of left-over lasagna for dinner because I was once again too busy cleaning the apartment to bother with cooking. You see, I am on this cleaning sabbatical and it isn't pretty. I have cleaned every inch of this old, dirty house and I swear to God, I am not touching a dirt rag until I move out. I had myself a nice beer and watched some TV and now I simply must crash into bed and sleep!

"What I Cooked Today" Day 84

Today I ate something that I can really not take credit for in any way. As we speak, Jochem is in a teeny yellow car on his way to the Czech Republic with a friend for a 1-week canoeing vacation and he decided to make stuffed bread as a road trip treat. Since he made a little too much of it, he left me a piece for dinner. He quite impressively made his own dough and then stuffed it with loads of goodies, like pancetta, cheese, sundried tomatoes, basil and boiled eggs. It was a bit heavy but very good, so thank you!

Source: Happy Days with the Naked Chef by Jamie Oliver

"What I Cooked Today" Day 83

Today Jochem and I made couscous with shrimp. We kept the couscous relatively simple by adding spring onion and a couple of fresh herbs, like mint, coriander and parsley. We marinated the shrimp in olive oil and green curry paste for a couple of hours. We boiled the couscous and stir-fried the shrimp before mixing it all together - with spicy olive oil of course. This recipe also came from Jochem's cookbook for men.

"What I Cooked Today" Day 82

Today Jochem had to work late again, and being a little short on cash these days due to all the fun stuff I've been purchasing for my upcoming vacation in southern France (like the Twilight Saga - yes, I did!), I decided it'd be best to have left-over lasagna for dinner instead of buying new food. I did, however, take the time to make a little bottle with olive oil and lemon zest for summer salads. You know how much I love lemon and I'd been dying to make this for a while, and now I finally did. I took this picture of it in front of the new picture frame in my kitchen which, as you can see, also features lemon!

"What I Cooked Today" Day 81

After spending the most random day in Leeuwarden, a city way up north in the country, shamelessly abusing our student right to ride public transportation for free (we bought an old pan at a flea market! And real saffron in a Spanish store!), we came home to cook another recipe from Jochem's cookbook for men, namely soufflé. This dish is not as impressive as it might sound - it's basically a simple appetizer with cream, eggs and cheese, but it just looks cool (at least it's supposed to).

"What I Cooked Today" Day 80

Today Jochem and I treated ourselves to something really special: chicken. We could only afford 100 grams, but we made the best of it. We prepared another recipe from Jochem's cookbook for men that we'd been dying to try, namely a spicy noodle dish with crispy chicken. We fried the chicken in vegetable oil with a mix of five different spices: cayenne, chili, cumin, coriander and ginger. We also added salt. We mixed the noodles with sugar snaps, haricots verts and more chili, as well as soy sauce and sweet chili sauce. On top we added dried onion. It was absolutely delicious!!!

"What I Cooked Today" Day 79

Today was another busy day at the Feekes/Sijbesma household. Jochem and I don't exactly have an attic, but we do have a pretty big space above the staircase filled with junk. My job for today was to detangle said junk. The result? I threw half of the stuff away, one quarter consisted of camping gear which was taken by my dad to Almelo for our upcoming Provence trip (my dad happened to be in Utrecht so we had a nice impromptu lunch down the street across from the park), and the last quarter has been cleaned and is now sitting in the storage space. After that I still had the energy to cook. I made white rice with sautéed garlic, spring onion, mushrooms and parsley, held together by the three magic ingredients of lemon juice, spicy olive oil and creme fraiche. However, since I quickly returned to the 2138018038th episode of Dawson's Creek I was watching, I forgot to take a picture, so you'll have to imagine the end result yourself. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to do something really dumb, namely cutting and filing my nails. I have to say, this grooming ritual feels, on an emotional level, the same to me as dusting my apartment: utterly annoying, excruciatingly time-consuming, but (unfortunately) very necessary (you can only scrub dirt from under your finger nails so many times a day). I can't believe there are people in this world who actually like to do this, let alone made a career out of it. Sorry for the rant, but it had to be said.

"What I Cooked Today" Day 78

Today Jochem didn't have to start work until 3 PM, which meant being home alone for dinner. I spent a lovely afternoon and evening cleaning our kitchen. Not needing a summer job anymore to save for our world trip, I decided that I needed a project to make myself useful. Knowing that I absolutely loathe to clean (and, therefore, not doing it very often), I decided to hold a massive spring cleaning during my summer vacation. I figured it'd be best to work in zones, so today I did the kitchen as well as the dining area. And I mean the works: I defrosted our fridge, I cleaned the insides of the cabinets, I scrubbed the floor on hands and knees (hence my knee injury), I dusted the pipe lines (dirty) as well as on top of the kitchen cabinets and fridge (layer of fat + dust = really gross). I know that I'm precise and generally take my time to do things, but I didn't finish until 9.30 PM. How crazy is that?! So you can understand that after cleaning the kitchen for 8 (!!!) consecutive hours, I had no interest whatsoever to cook in it. Luckily, I still had a lot of left-over quiche to feed me.

NB:

The Netherlands lost the World Cup Final 2010. Suddenly, being Spanish and having lost to the Spanish is not such a comfort at all. In fact, it kind of sucks. So close...

"What I Cooked Today" Day 77

A whole lot of cooking happened today! My old friends from University College Utrecht came over for lunch and, as always, I used this opportunity to make something special and to try some new recipes. I ended up making 4 different things.

(1) Because of the heat, I decided to make a refreshing, non-alcoholic drink: Indian mangolassi.

Source: Happy Days with the Naked Chef by Jamie Oliver

(2) For the actual meal, I prepared ciabatta with so-called mushroom burgers. I used shiitake mushrooms and prepared them with butter, garlic and parsley.

Source: Jamie Magazine Issue 10 (June 2010)

(3) To accompany the mushroom burgers, I made (or at least tried to make) my family's famous Spanish tortillas with onion, potatoes and eggs.

Source: The Fernandez Family Recipes ;)

(4) For dessert, I made homemade cookies with dried apricots, stem ginger and white chocolate.

Source: Jamie Magazine Issue 10 (June 2010)



And after all that, I also made that spinach quiche for dinner.



Now let's see how the Netherlands will do against Spain...

"What I Cooked Today" Day 76

Today I had planned to cook Nienke's quiche with spinach for dinner, but I went another way. In the afternoon I went round the block to visit Bic and have some much-needed ice cream at our beloved neighborhood Italian ice makers Roberto Gelato. We then went back to my place and decided that we simply couldn't stand the heat any longer, so we decided to go see Eclipse at the movies - not necessarily because we love the movie (although who minds watching two beautiful half naked men run around as vampires and werewolves for two hours?) but because the movies had this little thing called air conditioning. When we left the movie theater it was RAINING (I don't believe I've ever been more grateful to be living in the Netherlands where rain will eventually always show its little head) and after having even more ice cream, I finally went home and the rain turned into an actual thunderstorm. I hope that this will cool down the climate because I'm going INSANE! I sleep horribly, what with the heat and a sick cat and with Jochem being hot as well, which means he spreads of all his hot limbs into my direction. I hope that it won't be like this when my American friend comes to visit, because she'll surely never want to visit me again after that, at least not in summer. I'm even becoming anxious about surviving the heat in southern France, while I've always done well abroad before, even when sleeping in tents (except during that heat wave during July 2007 in Emilia Romagna in Italy, but who could blame me for that?). But for now, I'm most worried about tomorrow, when I don't just have to sit trough another brooding 90 minutes of soccer (also known as the World Cup final between the Netherlands and Spain), but I have to do this in an immense crowd in 90-degree weather. Oh, and before I forget what this blog is all about: Bic and I sinned and had McDonald's for dinner. Jochem had left-over macaroni from Tuesday.

"What I Cooked Today" Day 75

Today Jochem and I cooked twice! For lunch we made ciabatta sandwiches with smoked mackerel, crème fraiche, horseradish, lemon zest, lemon juice and salad leaves. We even made a virgin mojito with apple juice and ginger ale to go along with it. These recipes come from my gift for Jochem’s 24th birthday, namely from the Jamie Oliver magazine. These specific recipes come from the July 2010 issue.



For dinner we made vegetarian cannelloni with a cottage cheese, grated cheese and spring onion filling accompanied by fresh tomato sauce, cherry tomatoes and mozzarella. There’s supposed to be basil in there as well, but as I was just way too lazy to get it (since it’s HOT, haven’t you heard?). This dish is really easy to make and always a pleasure (cheese + more cheese + even more cheese = heaven), so we went with it.

Cruisin' Almelo

Just to give you a general idea...

"What I Cooked Today" Day 74

Today was a BAD day for cooking. First of all, Jochem and I had dinner at his grandparents' house, so we didn't cook ourselves. Afterwards, we bought loads of junk food that we ate in bed while watching Bones. This heat is resulting in quite the cooking rut, but we'll try better tomorrow!

"What I Cooked Today" Day 73

Well. Seeing as how (1) Spain had to play Germany in the half finals and (2) I am half Spanish and (3) I have a lot of other Spanish family members living in Almelo and (4) I'm on my summer break and (5) Jochem didn't have to work and (6) we can still travel with public transportation for free, we decided to travel to Almelo to see a World Cup game Twente style. This meant having a mere thirty minutes to quickly eat my mom's pasta before heading to my aunt and uncle's house to watch said game, so I did not cook today either. The evening perfectly illustrated the contrast between watching soccer in Utrecht (the big college city where I've been living for almost eight years now) and Almelo (the small town in the east of the country where I lived during the first eighteen years of my life). In Utrecht, you and your friends join a crowd of strangers in a downtown bar and scream at the screen while drinking lots of beer. Afterwards, you harass the town's squares while yelling loudly and consuming more beer before ending the night in bed with your man - eyes on the TV set, Greek midnight snack in hands. In Almelo (at least when Spain wins, which it did, yay!), you and your family watch the game at home rather quietly. Afterwards, you screw your Spanish flags from the walls, hop into a bunch of cars, form a sort of train, and drive around town for about an hour whilst hanging from the car windows screaming "SPAIN" at the top of your lungs.

How awesome.





Dedicated to my extraordinary Spanish family.

"What I Cooked Today" Day 72

Like I already wrote yesterday, today I did not cook but ate left-over lasagna from yesterday. Jochem and I also managed to stuff ourselves with a couple of homemade chocolate rocks from last week before heading downtown at 7.45 PM. The half final between the Netherlands and Uruguay would start at 8.30 PM and we wanted to get there a bit early (not scary "soccer is the only thing that matters" early but somewhat "this is rather exceptional" early). Unfortunately, the whole city was already packed with orange fans. Me and my friends were able to find a cool spot in front of a big screen in a small café and voluntarily watched 90 blood-coiling minutes, but we did it again: WE WON!!! The last time the Netherlands was in the World Cup soccer finals was in 1978, 32 years ago. The only time that the national soccer team did anything worthwhile in my lifetime was in 1988 when they won the European Championships. Unfortunately, I was 4 when that happened, so I don't remember it at all. On Sunday the Netherlands will either play Germany or Spain, which will be decided tomorrow. Jochem and I will travel to Almelo to watch that game with my Spanish relatives, but on Sunday I will definitely be back in Utrecht to witness more soccer madness. Could it be...?!

"What I Cooked Today" Day 71

My first 'official' day during this year's summer break was spent watching New Moon (I know, I just now joined the hype around this Twilight Saga), cleaning out my closet, doing lots of yoga to cure my pre-elderly back and, of course, cooking. Jochem and I made vegetarian lasagna from Jochem's cookbook for men. Like most vegetarian lasagnas this dish included creamed spinach. We mixed this with ricotta and gorgonzola. We also made a cheese sauce from Parmesan cheese and we used mozzarella in between the layers as well. Hence the lasagna with four different kinds of cheese (oh my). We also used roasted pine nuts, which was very interesting. So, although the basis of the recipe was not very original, we were quite happy with the end result because of the twists here and there and, let's face it, lasagna is always a great comfort food. We made more than we actually needed so that we won't have to cook tomorrow when the Netherlands is playing Uruguay in the half finals. Here's hoping!

"What I Cooked Today" Day 70

Today we cooked from Jochem's cookbook for men again. I'll try to use it more often to balance out the many Jamie Oliver recipes on this blog. Today's meal was picked out by Jochem: a lime soup with nachos. Since yesterday's thunderstorm most of the insane heat has gone away, but it's still pretty warm for Dutch standards and the sun keeps on shining. A simple soup therefore seemed like a great dish, although we also made steak sarnie as a side dish and had some left-over chocolate mousse from Loes' birthday gift for dessert (Source: Happy Days with the Naked Chef by Jamie Oliver). To make the lime soup we sautéed some garlic, chili, oregano and tofu before adding chicken broth and lime juice. We served the lime soup with spring onion, cherry tomatoes, coriander, avocado and nachos. We also added some grated cheese and spicy olive oil. Delish!

"What I Cooked Today" Day 69

A couple of years ago Jochem bought a cookbook for men at Ikea. It's filled with easy but delicious recipes, although we don't cook from it very often, being the Jamie Oliver fans that we are. Today, however, I picked a classic from this cookbook that we've often made before because it's so delicious. It's supposed to be cooked with turkey, but we usually use chicken, though lately we use tofu. It's really one of those dishes where chicken is actually much better than tofu, but I keep insisting we use tofu to, you know, save the earth (and our wallet). You marinate the tofu in a yoghurt sauce to which you add lots of interesting spices, like garlic, ginger, coriander, cumin (don't you just LOVE cumin?!) and chili powder. Add some lime juice, give the yoghurt at least an hour to absorb the spices and then put it in the oven. You serve the marinated tofu on pieces of toasted bread, like pita, with a simple rocket and mint salad and some pieces of feta cheese. Unfortunately, Jochem and I were in a rush to get to a birthday party and I forgot to take a picture of this dish. I get the sense that I'm becoming a bit sloppy with this part of my blog, so I'll try to do better next time.

"What I Cooked Today" Day 68

AKA The Day That The Netherlands Beat Mighty Brazil 2 To 1 In The 2010 World Cup Quarter Finals. And also known as the hottest Dutch day in 2010 so far. After attending the end-of-the-school-year formalities at school my colleagues and I sped to a small, dark student café downtown to witness the inevitable downfall of the national football team in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. We hadn't won from the 5-time world champions since 1974. After the first ten minutes Brazil headed 1 to 0. The next eighty minutes were spent biting nails and screaming in a crowded and incredibly hot bar, but we made one goal, and then another one, and we actually beat Brazil after ninety minutes! Utrecht went NUTS!!! Strangers were hugging each other, drunk people jumped into the canals (no doubt filled with rusted bikes and other things you don't even want to think about - I hope they get a tetanus shot tomorrow), men ran the streets barefoot with dozens of beer cans in their arms, the Neude (the busiest square in Utrecht) was taken over by soccer fans, blocking the streets and climbing into the street lights. I usually don't care about soccer, but this was AWESOME!!!

Naturally, I was far too wound up to actually cook something myself, so I bought gazpacho and potato gratin at the now-famous catering place, just to celebrate that THE NETHERLANDS BEAT BRAZIL AND WILL BE PLAYING IN THE HALF FINALS ON TUESDAY WWWAAAHHH!!!*

* In Dutch we call this kind of behavior 'oranjekoorts' or orange fever.

"What I Cooked Today" Day 67

After spending hours on a hot and sunny terrace downtown with my soon to be ex-colleagues, I didn't feel like following a particular recipe, so instead I asked Jochem to buy one red onion and a handful of wild mushrooms at the green grocer's across the street. We stir fried these with garlic and then added creme fraiche, salt, pepper and lemon peel. We served it with white rice and the left-over haddock from yesterday.