Light Meals and Weekend Treats from an English Woman in Berlin
I have a new favourite brunch recipe – these delicious Ham, Egg and Mushroom Muffins! I came across the idea for these when thinking about healthy and appetizing breakfasts. I don’t really have that much of an appetite for breakfast until it gets to about 11am and then my stomach is rumbling. I am firm believer that breakfast really is an important meal of the day and that we need to eat something…
Ah, Eggs Royale! This has to be my favourite brunch dish. In fact, whenever I go out for brunch or a hotel is offering this on their breakfast menu then it is guaranteed that I will order it. Eggs Royale is basically replacing the ham in an Eggs Benedict with smoked salmon. And while many like to call Eggs Royale the more inferior dish (along with the Eggs Florentine that is made with spinach) to it’s popular Eggs Benedict I would argue …
Sometimes I wonder what we all did before the likes of Yotam Ottolenghi introduced us to the delights of Middle Eastern cuisine. This baked eggs dish works just as well for dinner as it does for breakfast and is a pure joy to eat! It is also incredibly cheap and easy to make that it is no surprise it remains as one of the worlds most popular foods. In fact, I am sure there are students out there wondering why on earth Delia didn’t introduce this low-cost, super-fast dish back in the 80s when her recipes were geared towards simple and easy, so that their parents could hand this one down….
I love this time of the year in Berlin as it is packed full of public holidays although it is probably one of the things I miss the most about the UK. The UK has plenty of Bank Holiday Monday’s whereas in Germany a holiday is always on a specific date and therefore can easily fall on a Saturday or Sunday. This year May 1st falls on a Monday which means we actually get a long weekend! And what better way to spend the weekend than enjoying a lazy brunch?…
I feel a little bad for smoothies. They have recently received a lot of negative press thanks to the backlash towards the clean eating crowd. I am pleased that people are finally speaking out about this unhealthy food trend and particularly liking the work done by Not Plant Based, a resource for those with a troubled or confused attitude towards food, that has advice from actual medical professionals rather than from self-taught nutritionists….
There isn’t a chia seed or expensive ‘superfood’ powder in sight with these overnight oats! I started off the year saying that I wanted 2017 to be about real and affordable food. Unfortunately the latest healthy eating trends are putting extreme pressures on some peoples weekly shopping bills and is creating a huge amount of confusion as to what exactly is healthy….
The weekend for me is all about a lazy brunch and a pot of tea! When I was younger I used to hate Sundays. I saw it as a waste of a day with not much to do and associated a day of rest as something negative and boring. These days Sunday is my favourite day of the week. It is a day to switch off, enjoy a lie in with a good book, a delicious breakfast, a long walk in the fresh air or a relaxing afternoon in front of the tv….
Making your own orange marmalade has to be one of the most satisfying things to make in the kitchen. It isn’t for people who want to see the end results in a flash. It takes time, involves painstakingly cutting the orange skin into small threads and constantly checking that the pan is on the right boil. It isn’t a recipe that you can leave to simmer away on the hob while you put your feet up with a cup of tea. If this isn’t for you then I recommend…