Le Petit Déjourner

Yay! Blood Orange season has begun!! These oranges have a beautiful color and an amazing *zing* factor when freshly squeezed!

Some coconut yogurt with home-made spiced muesli, find the recipe "here". Some fresh home-made ricotta (find recipe "here"), sweetened with honey served on a toasted nutty bread and another toast with old Amsterdam Dutch cheese topped with home grown alfalfa sprouts (takes about a week to 10 days to sprout). 

Et Voila! Le Petit Déjourner! Bon Appetit! 

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Almond Pear Cake

 Perfect recipe for a rainy weekend, with a hot pot of tea, snuggled up on the couch! 

Have a great weekend!

What you need;

- 100 gram honey

- 72.5 gram coconut oil (melted)

- 2 eggs

- 200 gram almond flour

- 1/4 tsp baking soda

- 1/4 tsp salt

- Small seasonal pears

1. Mix all dry ingredients together, then mix in the honey, eggs and oil.

2. Pour into baking pan, press in halved pears

3. Pop in the pre-heated oven on 180*C for +/- 18-22 minutes

 Dust with some powdered sugar, Et Voila! Ready to dig in!

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Left over Sweet Potato Pancakes with Home-made Cranberry Jelly

Gobble, Gobble! Happy Thanksgiving! 

Here is my breakfast edition (the morning after!) for mashed sweet potato left overs; Pancakes!

I used my standard pancake mix which is 

-1cup of milk

-1cup flour

-1 egg

-1/2 teaspoon baking soda + a splash of white vinegar

- Start off with your mashed sweet potatoes and season them with 1teaspoon of cinnamon or 5spice (if they are not seasoned yet).

-Stir in the milk, the egg, baking soda and vinegar and slowly add in the flour. 

-Bake pancakes

As a topping I made cranberry jelly, it is nice and tangy with the soft taste of the spiced sweet potato pancakes. 

What you'll need;

-Fresh cranberries

- An orange or mandarin

- Orange blossom honey (about 1/2 to 1/3 cup)

1. Start off with boiling your berries until they pop.

2. Strain the water and add in half squeezed orange or mandarin + grade the peel in for extra zest.

3. Pour in the honey and let it simmer until thickened up. 

Et Voila! Your left overs put to good use the morning after

Bon Apetit!

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Breakfast at Fayme's in the Kitchen; Farmers Market Breakfast

Good Sunday Morning!

I got these great fresh ingredients at the organic farmers market, perfect for the Sunday morning brunch!

What's on the menu? A lavish fall yogurt parfait.

I got some in season walnuts and pecans, thyme, thyme honey, and a pluot (it's a mix between a plum and an apricot, you could also use just a plum or just an apricot).  

Start with some thick yogurt (I use greek yogurt), then crack and chop the nuts on top, cut the pluot to go on top, sprinkle some fresh thyme leaves on top, drizzle the thyme honey over all of it...

Et Voila! Bon Appetit! 

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Breakfast at Fayme's in the kitchen; Home-Made Waffles & Pear Compote

Happy Saturday Morning! 

So I got this awesome old school waffle iron (check some out "here") and gave a shot at making these babies. I made brown sugar waffles with pear compote and it was scrumptious!

What you need;
-3/4 cups brown sugar
-2 eggs
-2 cups all purpose flower
-3 teaspoons baking soda
-1/8 cup vegetable oil ( I used coconut oil)
-1 1/2 cups milk

Whisk all ingredients together, pour in waffle iron (about 1/3 cup batter per time), bake each side about 2 minutes.... Et Voila!

For the pear compote;

Cut up 2 pears into small cubes, bring to a simmer with a 1/2 teaspoon of 5spice or nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon and about a 1/4cup sugar.

 Bon Appetit! 

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Breakfast at Fayme's in the Kitchen; Fig Jelly

Go to the market this weekend and get some of the last figs to make yourself fig jelly and have a wonderful brunch. Get figs that are deep, dark purple color, soft and plump and almost bursting open. Figs are beautiful fruits that just scream fall to me.  

Enjoy on toasted bread with cheese or even with waffles!

What you need;
-Ripe figs
-Gelatine sugar (to make jellies)
-Balsamic vinegar (optional)
-Onions (optional, for a more savory bite)

1. Cut the figs (and onions) in little chunks and put them in a sauce pan.
2. Add sugar and balsamic vinegar and bring to a boil for about 1 to 5 minutes

3. In the mean time sterilize some jars by washing it thoroughly with soap and hot water, dry them well then add some alcohol to sterilize, give it a shake, then pour the alcohol out (!)

4. Pour in the jelly and let is sit till its cooled off. 

Note; If you would like to store them for a while it is important to seal the jar; after pouring in the hot jelly, stretch some cling plastic tightly over the jar, then close it with the lid.

Et Voila! Bon Appétit!  

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Home-Made Cherry Jelly

'Tis the season to be cherry! One of my favorite things of summer is Cherry season! I love, love, love cherries! and a fun new way to eat them is by making home-made jelly, to be enjoyed is many different ways.

What you need;

- 1cup Fresh cherries

- 1/2cup Marmelade sugar

- De-pitter 

- Alcohol (to sterilize)

- Glass Jar

- Plastic wrap

1. De-pit the cherries, cut them or puree, I prefer to cut then you have a chunkier jelly

2. Saute the cherries for a bit, then add sugar and let it boil for 5mins

3. In the mean time sterilize the glass jar with alcohol, toss out and place the hot jelly in the jar

4. Cover the top with plastic wrap and let it cool off for a few hours

Et Voila! Cherry Jelly can be enjoyed with cheeses like brie or with crepes or try to heat up the jelly and pour it over vanilla ice-cream!

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Asparagus Fritata

One of spring's seasonal vegetables I look forward to are asparagus. The are so delicious, even all on their own as a mid-day snack! For brunch I made a wholesome asparagus fritata with goat cheese. 

Perfect for upcoming weekend!  

What you need;
- Asparagus
- Red Onion 
- Crumbled Goat Cheese
- 2 Eggs (beaten with a splash of milk)
- Spring Onion
- Potato; sliced thinly(optional)

1. Fry the onions and asparagus with some garlic oil, season with salt & pepper.

2. Fry thinly sliced potato till golden brown. 

3. Add onions and asparagus back in, pour egg mixture, crumbled goat cheese and spring onions

4. Cover with lid on a low fire, until fritata is done. 

Optional; Top off with fresh corn and cucumber salad

Et Voila! Bon Appétit!

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Up-done Lemon Cake

By now you might know that I love baking, but always choose the easy way out.

This recipe is easy peasy and looks fancy pansy! 

What I did is prep a regular packaged cake mix (which required egg, butter and milk)

and then added some triple sec soaked fruit and almond slivers to up the ante. 

Perfect recipe for the weekend ;)

1. Soak the sliced pear and raspberries in triple sec (or other fruity liquor)

2. While mixing the cake mix, add some lemon zest and a squeeze of the juice in the batter 

3. in regular cake form, add half of the batter, then the fruit (don't add the access liquid that they soaked in, but keep it to brush over the baked cake) sprinkle some almond slivers and pour over the remaining cake batter

Dust with some confectioners sugar before serving... Et Voila! 

Bon Appétit

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