Lunch

Be-warm brown beans bowl

Even though it is summer here, sometimes I just feel like a warm nurturing dish. Something that warms my body, gives my face a glow and, as a bonus, is full of all the right nutrients.

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Warm salmon poke bowl

Bam! Switching all my carbs to wholegrain/wholewheat, so wanted to try a poke bowl with brown rice instead of sushi rice. And thank god, it does not disappoint, too much :-), and I feel very fulfilled. For the salmon skin lovers like me, bake it (salted) in the oven on […]

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Mackerel Fennel salad with fried capers

Inspired by one of my favorite restaurants in Amsterdam North, Pllek. I would move mountains to make some time to go get their mackerel salad or sandwich. This is my attempt to mimic the salad and its not disappointing! I forgot about fennel…., but now its back and tastier then […]

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Hello Halloumi Wraps

Easy breezy fast lunch. This, or a version of this, is my goto ‘i have little time, but do not want to eat a sandwich’ lunch. Halloumi, it is not for everybody, but it is for me. And wraps…, wraps is my religion, wraps is my sandwich. This is a […]

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Nutty tofu bowl with <3

Yes you are busy, working on the computer, deadlines, and want to grab a quick bite. Forget that quick sandwich, instead go for a quick & easy vegetable bowl. Grabbing something done is easy, but this takes only ten minutes longer, will taste way better and will also make you […]

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What the Wrap?!

I love wraps, salad wraps, corn wraps, vegetable wraps, halloumi wraps, salmon wraps, what ever the.. wraps. And art puzzles, one of my guilty pleasures, that hardly anyone I know understands. Puzzles.., is that not for retired grandmas with not much to do. Well maybe, but also its something for […]

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Gado gado galore

This classic Indonesian vegetable dish, which literally means ‘Mix Mix’, is a very easy quick to make meal. I have been introduced to Indonesian food in my early childhood. My friend’s parents owned an Indonesian restaurant, and when I stayed over (quite regularly) we usually ate at the restaurant, not […]

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Jolie Cauli salad wrap

Apparently it’s cauliflower season here in my house, because this versatile vegetable keeps on coming back on the table. This time in another BLF favorite, salad wrap. Endless stuff you can put in a salad leaf, just ask people from Korea. Also try this non vegetarian Korea inspired salad wrap, […]

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Poke loke mango bowl

A colorful, kinda crazy poke bowl. It was actually an experiment based on a papaya poke bowl, but I could not find Papaya…, hence mango it is. Very tasty and very pleasant to look at!

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