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 …