Barbecued Prawns with garlic butter

A great summer recipe for a light appetizer version with shrimps!
You can serve them as shown on the picture below or with e.g. rocket salad.




We need:

• 24 medium green (raw) prawns (shrimp), peeled with tails intact
• lime wedges, to serve
• 40g butter
• 2tablespoons olive oil
• 2cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 teaspoon sea salt flakes
• 3teaspoons finely chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves





To make the garlic butter, place the butter, oil, garlic, salt and parsley in a small saucepan over low heat. Cook for 1 minute or until butter is melted.

Thread 4 prawns onto a skewer and brush with garlic butter. Preheat a barbecue or char-grill to medium heat and barbecue prawns for 3 minutes each side, brushing with remaining garlic butter until golden and cooked through.

Serve with lime wedges. Serves 6.

Argula sald with prociutto, artichokes and portobello mushrooms

Recently I ate this salad at a restaurant and it was simply delicious! Of course I wrote down the recipe and now i'm going to share it with you!


You need:

Argula + cherry tomates + portobello mushrooms + artichokes + capers + prosciutto + parmesan + pine nuts + pesto and balsamic vinegar

















The Recipe:

Wash the argula, cut the cherry tomates into half and mix these two ingredients in a big bowl. Add the portobello mushrooms and the capers. Add balsamic vinegar, olive oil* and mix.

Take a big plate and place a handfull of the argula mix on it. Quarter the artichoke and place it on the plate to. Take 3-4 slices of the proscuitto and lay it over the salad.

Decorate with pine nuts, parmesan, pesto(or pesto dressing) and viscous balsamic vinegar.

*You can also use sunflower oil - this will give your salad an interesting taste

Petite Tarte aux pommes

As I love to bake, I decided to post a dessert recipe. This recipe is actually very easy and can be made in a little time.
It is the perfect sweet snack for guests, for a coffee at the afternoon, but it can be also served easily as a dinner dessert.

For me it's the perfect light tarte on a summer evening ...




You need:
Recipe for 4 Persons

250gr puff pastry
4-5 small apples (e.g. Granny Smith)
50gr butter
Honey with cinnamon powder

flaked almonds, roasted
icing sugar









The Recipe:

Roll out the puff pastry (3mm) and trump out 4 circles with a diameter of approx. 12cm.
Put them on a baking papered baking sheet and cut in with a form

Wash the apples and core the apples. After cutting the apple into halfs, cut very thin slices and lay them in a "rose" style on the puff pastry.

Melt the butter with the cinnamon honey and spread it afterwords on the tartes.

Bake the tartes at 200°C for 10-12 minutes in the preheated baking oven.

Sprinkle the warm tartes with almond flakes and icing sugar.

Serve with vanilla ice cream or sorbet (raspberry sorbet in pictures)

Cozy thursday afternoon

Today I decided to spend my whole afternoon at a cozy place. The sun was shining and it smelled after spring - love this kind of smell. So, I snatched the book, which I am currently reading and went to "Le Pain Quotidien" - bakery chain. I love this kind of bakeries .. as you come in there is a huge vitrine with eclairs, maccarons, tartes and so on. Also there is a big assortment of french bread. Another thing I like are this typical big comune tables in french bakeries .. i think this contributes the community.



I got a place in the corner of the terrace and the waiter also offered me a blanket. I ordered a cinnamon cappuccino, for which I could die for, and a salad nicoise. It was veeeery delicious.
So, there I was sitting in my corner, with a blanket, sunglasses, a huge cup of cappuccino, keeping track of the people walking by. This I acutally another thing I love, to watch people and trying to imagine how their life is...


















Summing-up:

Today's restaurant:
Le Pain Quotidien, www.lepainquotidien.com

Today's meal:
Salade Nicoise - salad with tuna, mesclun, tomates, cucumbers, capers, egg & olive oil (but I orderd balsamico too)

My must-haves today:
big scarf ● converse ● rayban wayfarer ● the book I'm currently reading ● vittel ● cinnamon cappuccino ● sun

no. 2

Under construction ..

Actually, I have to admit, I have about .. no, I have tons of recipes, BUT most of them are without pictures yet. As I would like to impress you not only with the recipe I will post them as soon as I have the photograph according to it. But please don't worry, I will start with cooking and snapping yet by this week. big big promise. And furthermore I promise, you will love them .. I will provide with the best recipes. I hope they will impress and inspire you.

Beside from recipes I will provide you with interesting locations, which inspired me, which I would like to visit or simply new places to be.

please have patience with me :-) .. you wont regret it.

isn't it actually all about food ... ?

dear foodies,

after reading nearly every day endless recipes on food blogs, I finally decided to start my own one. I love food .. I love to cook, bake, taste, go to restaurants .. actually it's all about food. Admit that your first, or okay 2nd, thought in the morning is "what can I have for breakfast?" and after arriving at school,job,etc you already have to think what to have for lunch.

I am a dreamer .. I love cozy places, like fancy bakeries, native restaurant, etc. And sometimes I can spent for hours going through the menu, not knowing what I want to try more. Do you know this feeling, if something tastes not so good and you regret that you haven't ordered the other thing :-) .. it's awful, isn't it?

I try to find new recipes and ideas every day, therefore my recipe books already nearly explode. So from this day on, I will share them with you guys, and I really hope to get feedback from you, whether they are positive or not - or maybe you will have some new ideas on my recipes too which you can tell me.

and now, sway your wooden spoons and enjoy your meals