Intense lemon cake with walnuts

Intense lemon cake with walnuts

You need a whole lemon for this lemon cake. Yes, the peel too! It gives the cake its intense flavour. The non-refined sugar neutralises its bitterness and the mix with walnuts makes it irresistible 😉 Goes without saying that lemon should be organic in order to spare 

Spring vegetables Pad Thai style

Spring vegetables Pad Thai style

It has always been difficult to me to reproduce a dish that I enjoyed so much during a trip abroad. There is always something missing and I guess it is normal because it can never really be the same without the local flavours and fragrances. 

Thick comforting cabbage soup

Thick comforting cabbage soup

My granny would make this cabbage soup often in the winter. She would say to me “it’s easy, you put everything in a casserole and you let it simmer, nothing to do.” And it is true, or almost! She had time for everything my granny. 

Delicately orange scented oven baked donuts

Delicately orange scented oven baked donuts

A weekend morning fragrance of freshly fried donuts is one of my most vivid childhood memories. Mum surely knew how to get us out of bed 😉 With some homemade jam and a mug of milk this was my favourite sweet breakfast. Since then I 

Banana ice cream and its strawberry and basil coulis

Banana ice cream and its strawberry and basil coulis

Yes, banana is the only ingredient necessary for the banana ice cream 🙂 The only mandatory is that it has to be ripe. You will be surprised how creamy this ice cream is! A real treat, healthy and super simple. Serves 4. Freezing time: 3h 

Nutty Fruity Porridge, a delicious spoonful of health for breakfast

Nutty Fruity Porridge, a delicious spoonful of health for breakfast

I am one of those people who believe that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Even when I do not have much time, I do not neglect it. To me porridge is an ideal morning meal: quick, very nourishing and delicious. It