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Nasi goreng (Indonesian fried rice) with tempeh & pineapple, served with peanut sauce and sambal. #nom #kitchendiary - One of the lovely Dutch-Indo dishes I've seen a lot of since moving to the Netherlands. #vegetarian #vegan

Had some GroenLinks/PvdA folks at my door today, in spite of the super heavy rain. I can't vote in the Netherlands (only in communal elections), but they reminded me that some progressive folks are still not decided whether they will vote at all and that especially women vote less ... So Dutch […]

This film is fabulous https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AcTFnWvy8k4 It's got everything you need from a film. About porridge. #spurtle #porridge #cinema

Intriguing: "Meat vs EAT-Lancet: The dynamics of an industry-orchestrated online backlash" https://changingmarkets.org/report/meat-vs-eat-lancet-the-dynamics-of-an-industry-orchestrated-online-backlash/ -- A breakdown of how the #meatfluencers tried to discredit the biggest ever evidence-based […]

The best flavour combo from the weekend was: baked beetroot, a sauce of red berries, and peppery nasturtium leaves. #nom - a flavour triplet to remember! (At the restaurant "Entropy" in Brussels) #vegan

Pearl barley risotto with roast squash and olive-herb. #nom! Olive-herb is new to me, curious flavour, paired well here. #kitchendiary #vegan

I'm looking for khichdi or khichri recipes. It's pretty simple - rice and lentils - but I'd like some Indian recipes as starting-points! Any tips, out there? #IndianCuisine #indianfood

That's why I look so excited to be standing at the entrance to the Brussels Tea Festival!

I like tea.

[Masterchef UK spoliers]

I have crunched the numbers: Sophie, in the current Masterchef finals week, is guaranteed to be at least the joint-highest vegetarian ever on the show. The first to get this high was Jackie Kearney, who has since written recipe books inc the fabublous "Vegan Street […]

A wide dark turquoise bowl with buckwheat porridge topped with cinnamon.

#Buckwheat #porridge.

Because we all need comfort #food while sick - and because my grocery order will only arrive today si I don't have other breakfast in the house.

For semolina porridge, I like adding fruit, but for buckwheat, it's just cinnamon - the […]

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A cup of "Friesland" tea and a German pretzel, sitting happily in the sunshine

My train from Osnabruck is delayed by 1h40. When life gives you lemons, wir machen brotzeit!

Roast veg tray of beetroot and sweet potato plus cannellini beans, veggie meatballs, and a tahini-lemon sauce. - Wait, it's not autumn already, is it??? It's still August! #nom #vegan #kitchendiary

A late-summer stew with fennel, potatoes, cannellini beans, white wine, lemon, and herbes de Provence. #vegetarian #kitchendiary

I've recently learnt to appreciate Chinese "liu bao" tea. It's very different, due to the fermentation - often matured for a decade and more. It seems there's a key fungus involved in that process, "golden flower", and it might even have some gut benefits […]

New favourite takeaway: Cuisine Of Ceylon (in #Leiden). Fabulously flavoured Indian (actually Sri Lankan, of course) dishes. Aubergine curry flavoured like a dark dal makhani, good milky paneer curry, &c. Surprised by the attention to detail. #nom #vegetarian

Peach & cucumber salad inspired by a great one we had in Warsaw - with fennel, mint leaves, dill, and a crumb of almond flakes and nooch. The peaches and cucumber in big chunky pieces. Very refreshing. #kitchendiary #vegan

Today's Sunday roast dinner was centred upon my classic "squash in the hole" with red onion gravy. Yum http://mcld.co.uk/blog/2016/butternut-squash-toad-in-the-hole.html #nom #vegetarian #sundayroast #kitchendiary

Just want to share an act of genius from a new friend who made me feel like I've done life completely wrong up to now:

She routinely eats mangoes in the bath, and eats them whole. Peels them in the bath too so there's no mess.

What a human 😎

Cup of tea and a stand of treats. If you look carefully you can see my herby scone in the top right.

Enjoyed an "English afternoon tea" at Queens in Haarlem. Not the super-posh version, more the "mismatched crockery and too many pictures of royalty" homely version. The most notable delicacy was a savoury scone (herbs in) with guacamole & tomato. #haarlem #afternoontea #british

Another trend we saw all over Poland: "matcha tonic". Now, I've been converted to the delights of espresso tonic, and bright that back home, but... matcha? And tonic? I tried it and it really is some kind of car crash of flavours. Oh dear me no. Didn't even sample "orange matcha" - what IS going […]

Well I guess you'd say they look like big fat ravioli on a plate, with in this case a little pumpkin oil drizzled over. They taste different, of course.

Discovered the wonders of pierogi! (Polish filled dumplings. Savoury or sweet.) New question.... Where can I find fabulous veggie pierogi in Leiden, or at least the Netherlands? #pierogi #vegetarian #nom #polskisklep #NL

Well I guess you'd say they look like big fat ravioli on a plate, with in this case a little pumpkin oil drizzled over. They taste different, of course.

Discovered the wonders of pierogi! (Polish filled dumplings. Savoury or sweet.) New question.... Where can I find fabulous veggie pierogi in Leiden, or at least the Netherlands? #pierogi #vegetarian #nom #polskisklep #NL

I assume that kimchi experts will hate me for this, but the kimchi cheese toastie is a genius invention. One of those dumb fusion breakfasts that, eventually, you have to tip your hat to. (See also: breakfast burrito) #fusionfood #breakfast #kimchi

P.S. I didn't salt-bake the beetroot - I simply used a pack of pre-cooked beetroot. Even so, it's absolutely delicious, plus incredibly easy to make.

Beetroot borani - #nom! A lovely Persian dip, veganised by the chef from one of our fave London restaurants. https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/jun/21/beetroot-borani-bean-feast-cooked-three-ways-dips-recipe-marc-summers

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The best shop in Leiden is Klaverbad, the coffee and tea shop that's been running since 1769! https://www.hetklaverblad.com/ Their "Leiden Love" floral tea blend is popular & superb. Brits should try their "Irish Breakfast". #tea #coffee #leiden

Photo of the side of a food truck saying "Science Doner - scientifically good - est. 2010“

Science Döner - scientifically good!

Enjoying these Palestinian recipes from Sami Tamimi. Already enjoyed the shakshouka-like audergine+bean dish; next comes the "ijeh" (which looks to me like an Indian/persian kuku sabzi! i.e. a frittata) […]

It's a dish of stew, topped with dill, pomegranate seeds, and fried onion, making it tantalisingly colourful

Yum! Excited again to be having rumaniyya (Gaza aubergine and lentil stew) #vegan #kitchendiary #gaza #levantine

Turns out that most of our pans are not induction-compatible. So I'm looking for tips! #fedihelp Do you know of good induction-ready (&dishwashable) pans / griddles / cookware, that you'd recommend? #induction #cooking #pan