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Here's a super delicious spelt salad. I mean S U P E R delicious! Many of you already know that I don't eat a lot of meat, so this is an exception. I've made this salad a number of times in a vegan version, which is just as tasty. And it's that simple, just use chickpeas instead of chicken. The only reason I choose chicken this time around is...

Hier seht Ihr einen Spargelsalat mit Zitronen Tahin Dressing. Vielleicht finden manche, dass das eine komische Kombination ist. Aber sie funktioniert wirklich (vor allem wenn Ihr den Spargel im Ofen röstet). Das kann passieren, wenn ich einen Blick in den Kühlschrank werfe und zwei leckere Zutaten vorfinde, die ich einfach so gekauft hatte: frischen Spargel vom Markt (8 Euro für 500 g ist zwar teuer, aber ich wollte das...

Stir-fry is one of those things I grew up on. Okay, maybe not a smoked tofu stir-fry loaded up with spring vegetables and tasty things like garlic, ginger, Japanese rice vinegar, soy sauce, and toasted sesame oil. Yes, a necessary handful of ingredients with Asian flavors that just taste awesome. My mother's version was more the standard "beef and broccoli" type which would be considered very-far-from-the-real-thing American-style (in my...

This potato salad with smoked fish was DELICIOUS! So good, that it will definitely have it's place at our Easter table this year. If you haven't tried smoked char, well let's just say it tastes like trout upgraded to salmon. Smoked that is. Together with new potatoes, some fresh spring greens and a few other flavor enhancing additions (capers, green onions and radishes), the mix is tossed in the...

This wild garlic risotto highlights everything spring to me -- spring greens popping up everywhere! And the appearance of fresh seasonal ingredients such as asparagus, rhubarb and bundles of wild garlic. I usually transform these tasty garlicy, oniony greens into a pesto, but this time I wanted to give them a try in a luscious risotto. A creamy wild garlic risotto made with goat cheese, a.k.a. "chèvre". 'Cause I...

Here's a rice dish that is anything than boring!. It's a non-traditional version of an Indonesian fried rice also called Nasi Goreng (Nasi = Rice, Goreng = Fried). Yes, I made this vegetable fried rice my way, so there is definitely some Elle Factor here. Nasi goreng is typically flavored with a sweet soy sauce called "kecap manis", shallots, garlic, tamarind and hot chilies, and is served with either shredded...