Like every year, this year I will also make the traditional Dutch Oliebollen on New Year’s Day. In this blog a video of making the oliebollen and the recipe I use. Video Recipe Oliebollen, a traditional Dutch New Year’s Eve treat Ingredients 500 g. flower 1 teaspoon of dry yeast (approx. 5-10 grams) = 1 … Read more
In our recent posts it was already clear that we have entered winter in Northern Norway. In this blog we describe how we arm ourselves against the Arctic winter. Our bodies and our car are well protected against the cold we experience here. How do we protect ourselves? Our food First of all, luckily we … Read more
When you don’t have the necessary ingredients and have plenty of time, you get creative making your own ingredients. This is how I made pizza in our camper-kitchen. Making the yeast I bought apples from the “vegetable man” that comes to our campsite twice a week, they were red skinned apples, that’s all I can … Read more
In the dry desert climate of Merzouga I once again took on a new challenge, drying fruits. At “our” greengrocer we can get bananas, oranges and apples. The oranges are delicious to eat, the bananas are fine for muesli in the morning, the apples are a bit corny, not so tasty to eat. That’s why … Read more
In the morning we like to have breakfast with muesli or cruesli with yogurt, a tasty and healthy start to the day. However, (good) yogurt is not available everywhere. That’s why I decided to make yogurt myself. In the beginning, during our last big trip in southern Africa, I made yogurt with a breeding package … Read more
The idea came up when we earlier were with Suzanne in Mahaba Beach, why don’t we celebrate Christmas all together? No sooner said than done, we spoke with all the kids and decided we would celebrate Christmas together. We managed the tickets, the boys managed their time off. So at Christmas we are all in … Read more
