wester's Profile

From: Soesterberg, Utr Netherlands

Joined: September 24th, 2009

About me: I love cooking, I love eating, I love discovering new recipes. I have so many cookbooks I sometimes lose track of which recipe is where - though this site helps a bit. I have gone low-carb in 2010, so that's different recipes to explore again. This also means I may not agree with my own reviews anymore if they were written in 2009 or before. ------------------ I have a lovely husband and ten-year old twins who also love eating. ----------------- You can also find me on LibraryThing, BookMooch and EatYourBooks, using the same handle.

Favorite cookbook: The Complete Meze Table by Rosamond Man

Favorite recipe: Melissa Clark's Roasted Broccoli with Shrimp

Daond Pasha (Meatballs with Pine Nuts and Tomatoes) from The Complete Meze Table

The meatballs were very tasty, but I did not really like putting all the pine nuts together - it made for fussy cooking and I think I would prefer finding a pine nut here and there instead of finding them... read more >

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9 recipe(s) reviewed. Showing 1 to 9Sort by: Title | Date | Rating

Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book

By Jane Grigson
Penguin - 1998

Not much of a recipe, but this sure is a wonderful combination. These two complement each other perfectly.
I always ignore the serving arrangement she suggests though. I think it looks much better when they are mixed together and the beetroot gives some of that lovely color to the oranges.

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Very basic, but good.

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A nice different way of cooking cauliflower, adding some crispness without becoming overly complicated.

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A nice sturdy soup. The ceps are a nice touch, but my husband thought there was too much sour cream in it, even though I had already toned it down quite a bit. It also needs more liquid - a ladleful of water plus 300 ml of cream does not really make a pan of soup.

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A bit bland. Probably good baby food.

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Very simple and basic recipe, but always nice to have around.

You don't necessarily have to make the sauce Mornay. Just make a cheese sauce according to your favorite recipe.

I didn't find any difference in taste between soft-boiled eggs and poached ones, and I found it impossible to shell eggs that are as soft as I want them in this recipe. So, either poach them or have hard-boiled eggs.

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A lovely light soup.
I made it without the savory and I did not miss it at all.

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A good vegetable stew. I do wish they had told how long it needs to stew, as that is very long actually - about one hour after the wine has been added.

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Peasant cooking. Plain, simple, delicious. It does need two hours in the oven.

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