Category: Budget-friendly

Budget friendly

Easy banana bread with a twist!

Here’s a time for a confession: I don’t like banana bread. I know, it’s horrible! I can’t help it. The taste of overripe bananas is just unbearable for me. Saying that, it does sometimes happen that I leave my bananas for a bit too long and they reach the stage just before turning…

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Sweet potato and cheddar soup

This site may contain product affiliate links. It won’t cost you extra but I might be paid commission if you make a purchase after clicking on one of these links. I might be mad but this Summer all I crave is a pot of soup. Over 20 degrees does not cool my enthusiasm. It…

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The best courgette soup

I will be honest. I had those two sad courgettes in my fridge looking at me every time I opened the door and be disappointed that yet, again- I had chosen some other vegetable. I am really sorry, courgettes, your time has come at last! Delicious courgette soup you can make in no time

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*One pot* gnocchi supper

This is one of my favourite, relaxed dinners to make mid-week. In about half an hour you get to enjoy a lovely warm bowl of gnocchi in aromatic sauce and you sort out the next day’s lunch for work.

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Ginger nuts *Dutch* biscuits

I came across ginger nuts or kruidnoten biscuits when reading a fabulous book called ‘On the Bright Side. The New Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen’. And I just couldn’t resist making them! This is perhaps the first time when I became the victim of compulsive baking. Quite a new thing to me but yet, I only turned 30 few months ago so I am sure I will get used to it.

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Quick *miso* pasta – comfort food

Some days you just need an easy, comforting meal after a long day at work. Well, this one works quite well if you ask me.

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