http://www.kayotic.nl/blog Welcome to Kayotic Kitchen. Where food and photography unite! Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:43:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/wp-content/mbp-favicon/kayotic_favicon.ICO http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/super-bowl-sunday-recipes http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/super-bowl-sunday-recipes#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:18:34 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=12085 Time flies, that’s for sure. Can’t believe it’s almost Super Bowl Sunday again. Let’s hope that whoever sings the American national anthem this year won’t mess up the way Christina Aguilera did last year. Ouch, that was really painful to watch (and hear), even for me, and I’m Dutch! But I do have a few recipe suggestions for you! You know, for when you want something to nibble on not...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/super-bowl-sunday-recipes/feed 0 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/chicken-marrakech-sandwich http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/chicken-marrakech-sandwich#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:22:25 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=12071 I had chicken breasts in my fridge, a kitchen cabinet filled to the brim with fragrant spices, a crunchy ciabatta, and some Greek yoghurt. Plus—and this is the important part—my beloved sweet mango chutney. I can’t live without that stuff. That was really all it took to create this explosion of tantalizing flavors. My new favorite sandwich is born!   Ingredients: 1 large ciabatta 2 chicken breasts 1 large onion...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/chicken-marrakech-sandwich/feed 22 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/bacon-wrapped-stuffed-dates http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/bacon-wrapped-stuffed-dates#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:19:55 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=12064 I made these for a friend of mine. She’s a huge fan of sickening sweet foods. Something I’m not. Quite the opposite, really. I didn’t want to deprive her of her beloved dates all together, but I wasn’t gonna eat them like this for sure. To counteract the somewhat overwhelming sweetness (and that’s putting it nicely), I stuffed them with cream cheese—to which I added a fresh note—and then wrapped them in...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/bacon-wrapped-stuffed-dates/feed 7 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/theyll-make-me-go-to-rehab http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/theyll-make-me-go-to-rehab#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:51:31 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=12049 And not only because my intentions to eat healthier in 2012 already seem to have morphed themselves into something quite he opposite. I’ve failed 5 years in a row now! But it’s not my fault. Not completely. They keep coming up with these kinds of dessert. Like this dessert of the month, Zeeuwse bolus pudding. They’re a Dutch pastry; a spiral dough drizzled with treacle, brown sugar and cinnamon. They...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/theyll-make-me-go-to-rehab/feed 5 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/the-dark-side http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/the-dark-side#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:22:01 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=12042 I’m a little late to the party, I know, but I finally did move over to the dark side (they didn’t even have cookies!). I ordered an iPhone. Yes, I did. If all goes well it will be delivered today. Suffice to say I’m still praying to the Gods of postal services. I did some iTunes searching and already got the standard apps; the instamatic, whatsapp and twitter stuff. Just...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/the-dark-side/feed 25 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/moroccan-style-pork-kabobs http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/moroccan-style-pork-kabobs#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:44:08 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=12031 And then it happened; I seriously craved pork. And kabobs, especially those with a warm, oriental flavor. Add some fruit and red onion, delicious. You’d be hard-pressed to find pork in Moroccan cuisine, so obviously you can make this with lamb or chicken as well. Pork, kinda like lamb, is irresistible when seeped in fragrant spices such as cinnamon, caraway and cardamom. Peaches aren’t in season, so I just opened...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/moroccan-style-pork-kabobs/feed 18 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/sloppy-joe-meatball-sandwich http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/sloppy-joe-meatball-sandwich#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:05:25 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=12017 I was so glad I grabbed my camera when I decided to give this recipe a try. Here’s what happens when Sloppy Joe meets Parmesan meatballs and is slightly tweaked. It’s a serious mix and match of ingredients that I at first didn’t think would work out at all. Boy, was I wrong. This is meatball love on a bun.   Ingredients: bread of choice 1 pound ground beef 1/2 small...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/sloppy-joe-meatball-sandwich/feed 6 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/sambal-goreng-buncis http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/sambal-goreng-buncis#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:33:00 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=12003 I was trying to come up with a new beef stew recipe for Kayotic Kitchen. The best side for beef stew, in my opinion, is a crunchy green bean dish and steamed rice. I already posted an Indonesian-style green beans recipe some time ago, but you can never have enough recipes for those green little fellas, right? Especially recipes that have an Indonesian influence. They’re so darn tasty. Here’s an...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/sambal-goreng-buncis/feed 6 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/crockpot-chicken-a-lorange http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/crockpot-chicken-a-lorange#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:11:16 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=11994 Here’s one you must try, provided you have a slow cooker. I’ve gone crazy with my crock-pot this past week, and this recipe—along with a gazillion other ones—turned out to be a real keeper. Crazy simple, hardly any prepping involved, but so tasty you’ll want to lick the plate clean. The scent alone had me drooling all day long. It’s a recipe that came with the crock-pot … but since I...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/crockpot-chicken-a-lorange/feed 25 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/my-lighting-setup http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/my-lighting-setup#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:32:50 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=11987 Like every food blogger out there, I too struggle with a serious loss of light during those long autumn and winter months. Never made a secret of the fact I prefer shooting with natural light, but alas, not a whole lot I can do about it. So, I’ve toyed with my studio lights a bit more and after a lot of trying (and some minor cussing), I think found the setup that...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/my-lighting-setup/feed 7