A Modern Rose – Light Meals and Weekend Treats from an English Woman in Berlin

Pork Souvlaki with Tzatziki

July 22, 2017 By amodernrose Leave a Comment

I always say that Greek food is so much more than Gyros and Souvlaki served with chips, and it is. Greece is one of my favourite cuisines as it combines both Middle Eastern and Mediterranean flavours and I am especially a fan of Eastern Mediterranean dishes. I love the fact that it is a diet that includes the freshest of fish including seabass, octopus, squid and succulent prawns. My favourite vegetables are aubergines and courgettes and just like it’s neighbours, Greece makes the most of these in it’s food. Kolokithokeftedes,…

Blue Cheese, Walnut and Red Grape Salad

July 19, 2017 By amodernrose Leave a Comment

One of my favourite ways to use up leftovers is to combine them all to make a delicious salad. I am a firm believer that salad’s should not be seen as boring and always feel frustrated at the negativity towards eating a salad. So often people get asked if they are on a diet should they happen to be eating a salad for lunch that day. Or even worse, many will scrunch their noses up as if a salad is something that couldn’t possibly make for a good lunch or meal. Personally I think it comes down to the fact that so many salad’s out there are in fact soggy…

Strawberry Cake

July 12, 2017 By amodernrose Leave a Comment

Hello strawberry season! For the next couple of months Berlin will be enraptured with the sumptuous deep-red treat. The little strawberry stands are popping up outside the station exits, farmer’s markets are marked by the smell and the supermarkets have boxes of them neatly piled up. It is one of the things that I love the most about Berlin, is it’s seasonal eating. Just like with asparagus, you can really only find strawberries during it’s actual season of the summer months. It is near impossible to walk…

Prawn and Squid Orzo

July 8, 2017 By amodernrose Leave a Comment

One of my favourite things about going on holiday is getting inspired with new recipes and flavours. Paxos was my first time in Greece unless you count a club 18-30 holiday when I was 18 and just heading off to uni. It was an experience, but hardly a culinary one! I recently blogged Kolokithokeftedes (Greek Fried Courgette Balls) that were on most menus and delicious as a starter or part of Mezze….

Kolokithokeftedes (Greek Fried Courgette Balls)

July 4, 2017 By amodernrose Leave a Comment

Last month I was in Paxos, a tiny Greek Island just one hour from Corfu. It was the most peaceful and beautiful of places with clear blue water and a choice of wonderful beaches. What I particularly liked about Paxos is that it is not full of package holiday resorts. In fact, it is mostly made up of villas and little apartments filling the tiny villages. We stayed in the smallest, yet most beautiful, of villages, Loggos…

Blue Cheese Burger with Caramelised Onions and BBQ Sauce

June 30, 2017 By amodernrose Leave a Comment

I don’t really know what to say about this recipe…! It is definitely one of my more heavier dishes that’s for sure but it is also one of the most delicious! Blue cheese and sweet onions are a very classic combination which is why this burger recipe works so well. And of course, any burger should include some kind of sauce to give it that juicy, gooey comfort. I am a big fan of BBQ sauce and making your own is incredibly easy and delicious!…

Jewelled Rice

June 27, 2017 By amodernrose Leave a Comment

I have made no secret of my love for Middle Eastern food. It is one of the most vibrant and delicious cuisines out there. The use of fresh spices and herbs such as turmeric and coriander and the heat from the chillies and paprika make for the most wonderful of seasonings for good quality meat and vegetables. I love the use of chunky, fat aubergines all ready to soak up plenty of olive oil. I am also a big fan of the sweet and spicy taste that you often get with Middle Eastern food, for example by using dates or sultanans…

Quesadillas with Guacamole and Salsa

June 23, 2017 By amodernrose Leave a Comment

Berlin is steadily improving in the Mexican food department! When I first moved here and until recently Mexican style restaurants were clearly catering towards the German taste of all things bland and fear of anything that has spice. The complete opposite to the hot, spicy, fresh and zingy tastes of Mexican food that it is no wonder a lot of places simply serve stodgy style enchiladas baked in cheese and smothered in sour cream or nachos that are made up of cheap supermarket tortilla chips…

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