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

Latest review:

April 4th, 2017

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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wester's Reviews

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

	Cauliflower with Crème Fraîche and Bacon From: The 30-minute Cook: The Best of the World's Quick Cooking (Penguin cookery books) (reviewed 22nd September 2011) A nice idea, but the way his recipe is described, it would be a bit too salty and a bit overcooked. I barely blanched the cauliflower, and halved the second cooking, but I would shorten even that.
	Chicken livers with vinegar and onions From: The 30-minute Cook: The Best of the World's Quick Cooking (Penguin cookery books) (reviewed 25th September 2009) My favorite way of cooking chicken livers, very tasty. I do usually cook the onions for a bit longer than he suggests. I usually serve with oven potatoes and a salad.
	Chicken, orange and watercress salad From: The 30-minute Cook: The Best of the World's Quick Cooking (Penguin cookery books) (reviewed 23rd April 2012) A nice combination. I thought a dressing of just orange and olive oil was a bit flat, so I added about a teaspoon of red wine vinegar.
	Creamed spiced spinach From: The 30-minute Cook: The Best of the World's Quick Cooking (Penguin cookery books) (reviewed 6th May 2012) Very nice. Maybe a bit too spicy to accompany "almost anything".
	Grilled Mackerel From: The 30-minute Cook: The Best of the World's Quick Cooking (Penguin cookery books) (reviewed 28th February 2011) The spices did not do as much as I thought/hoped they would, but that may be because my pestle had disappeared and I had to chop the garlic instead.
	Herbed Salmon with Garlic Cream Sauce From: The 30-minute Cook: The Best of the World's Quick Cooking (Penguin cookery books) (reviewed 13th February 2011) Extremely quick, very simple, and it does look like the photo.
	Hot aubergine and cheese sandwiches From: The 30-minute Cook: The Best of the World's Quick Cooking (Penguin cookery books) (reviewed 11th June 2013) This was a nice idea, using slices of aubergine like sandwich bread. I thought the garlic was a bit too sharp. Next time I will leave it out, or blanch it along with the aubergine, or fry it. Drying the slices with kitchen paper took a lot of paper, and it was just water. Next time use a towel.
	Pasta with Roast Garlic, Mushrooms and Cream From: The 30-minute Cook: The Best of the World's Quick Cooking (Penguin cookery books) (reviewed 25th September 2009) A good rich pasta dish.
	Pasta with Sardines From: The 30-minute Cook: The Best of the World's Quick Cooking (Penguin cookery books) (reviewed 25th September 2009) A heavily bastardized and therefore much easier to make version of a Sicilian pasta dish (I have seen a much more complicated dish with exactly the same ingredients in The Silver Spoon, I suppose that's the original). A wonderful and very unusual combination of flavors and textures.

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Cauliflower with Crème Fraîche and Bacon

From: The 30-minute Cook: The Best of the World's Quick Cooking (Penguin cookery books) (reviewed 22nd September 2011)

Chicken livers with vinegar and onions

From: The 30-minute Cook: The Best of the World's Quick Cooking (Penguin cookery books) (reviewed 25th September 2009)

Chicken, orange and watercress salad

From: The 30-minute Cook: The Best of the World's Quick Cooking (Penguin cookery books) (reviewed 23rd April 2012)

Creamed spiced spinach

From: The 30-minute Cook: The Best of the World's Quick Cooking (Penguin cookery books) (reviewed 6th May 2012)

Grilled Mackerel

From: The 30-minute Cook: The Best of the World's Quick Cooking (Penguin cookery books) (reviewed 28th February 2011)

Herbed Salmon with Garlic Cream Sauce

From: The 30-minute Cook: The Best of the World's Quick Cooking (Penguin cookery books) (reviewed 13th February 2011)

Hot aubergine and cheese sandwiches

From: The 30-minute Cook: The Best of the World's Quick Cooking (Penguin cookery books) (reviewed 11th June 2013)

Pasta with Roast Garlic, Mushrooms and Cream

From: The 30-minute Cook: The Best of the World's Quick Cooking (Penguin cookery books) (reviewed 25th September 2009)

Pasta with Sardines

From: The 30-minute Cook: The Best of the World's Quick Cooking (Penguin cookery books) (reviewed 25th September 2009)