http://www.kayotic.nl/blog Welcome to Kayotic Kitchen. Where food and photography unite! Tue, 15 May 2012 07:31:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/wp-content/mbp-favicon/kayotic_favicon.ICO http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/summer-rose http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/summer-rose#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 06:30:51 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=12605 I had way too much fun making this recipe. We were trying to create milkshakes for grown-ups. You know; something easy, tasty and colorful to serve on a hot summer’s day. A fun way to enjoy life’s little luxuries. Now, I’ll spare you all the unusual and sometimes even crazy combinations we tried over the weekend—it was hilarious—though I’m tempted to post one or two in the weeks to come....]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/summer-rose/feed 3 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/project-jalapeno-v http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/project-jalapeno-v#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:27 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=12599 They’re growing alright. Perhaps a bit too fast, seeing as they are already developing flower buds. Technically I was told I could leave them on if the plant was at least 4 inches tall and chances were the first flowers would fall off naturally. I measured them and they were a whopping 5 inches. Not to shabby, huh?   However, I decided that they would probably be better off putting...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/project-jalapeno-v/feed 3 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/potato-cauliflower-pea-curry http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/potato-cauliflower-pea-curry#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 11:11:36 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=12588 You can never have enough cauliflower recipes, right? Here’s an easy, vegetable and potato curry that was born out of necessity when I wanted to make a cauliflower casserole one day and found myself having to cut away most of it because there were some serious brown spots only 2 days after I had bought it. Thanks a lot, Albert Heijn. I looked online for recipes and found an idea...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/potato-cauliflower-pea-curry/feed 6 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/kitchen-utensils http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/kitchen-utensils#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 20:31:32 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=12579 Some time ago someone told me I needed do a posting about my favorite kitchen utensils. I wanted to, I really did, but somehow I never got around to it. Until my new lens arrived today and I needed a subject and my kid couldn’t even be bribed into posing. So I figured “Kitchen utensils“, that’s a whole lotta willing photography subjects! Is that killing two birds with one stone...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/kitchen-utensils/feed 24 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/ice-cream-sandwich http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/ice-cream-sandwich#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 08:00:51 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=12542 When I think of life’s little luxuries, I envision coming home from a long day of work to my family, prop my feet up and relax while eating a pint small bowl of ice cream with my son and watch a movie. But, as relaxing as that may be, it doesn’t really translate into a recipe. But no worries, I came up with the next best thing: home-made chocolate chip...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/ice-cream-sandwich/feed 17 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/project-jalapeno-iiii http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/project-jalapeno-iiii#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 17:51:39 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=12566 If there was one thing I didn’t expect from this project up ’til now, it was that ever single seed I planted would germinate. That every single seedling I so carefully transferred, twice now, would thrive. I expected a few, if not many, to shrivel up and perish underneath my inexperienced hands. They didn’t. They don’t. Indoors, photo taken just now. And outdoors, in the foil house. I keep it...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/project-jalapeno-iiii/feed 6 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/baked-cod-with-crispy-herbed-topping http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/baked-cod-with-crispy-herbed-topping#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 18:35:33 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=12531 Just to show you how versatile the ranch mix I posted earlier this week really is, I used it as the starting point for this wonderful fish dish. I kinda like the sound of that, fish dish. Anyway, if you don’t like to eat food that’s heavy on herbs, this might not be the right recipe for you or you can always tone it down a notch. The flavors in...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/baked-cod-with-crispy-herbed-topping/feed 8 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/project-jalapeno-iii http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/project-jalapeno-iii#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 07:20:26 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=12516 And so came the day that our babies grew up to be strong, healthy toddlers. They were almost bursting out of their 4″ pots. Some were already growing their sixth set of true leaves, so it was time to move them to sparkly new 8″ pots. Bought the 8″ pots, and lots of organic potting soil and we set up the foil greenhouse because I’d be needing extra room. Much...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/project-jalapeno-iii/feed 4 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/hidden-valley-ranch-seasoning http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/hidden-valley-ranch-seasoning#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:33:33 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=12506 After scouring the internet on a rainy Sunday afternoon, I was so happy to run into this copycat jewel. Ranch dressing isn’t a condiment but a staple in our house, so I’m always eager to try new ideas. I must admit that I have no idea what the official seasoning mix tastes like—we don’t have Hidden Valley here and the only store that sells it charges $8,95 per bottle, I...]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/hidden-valley-ranch-seasoning/feed 16 http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/the-star-of-the-show http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/the-star-of-the-show#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:44:50 +0000 Kay http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/?p=12500 Next one in line for a canvas was one of the most fragrant and beautifully star-shaped spices in the world: Star anise. Highly photogenic.  ]]> http://www.kayotic.nl/blog/the-star-of-the-show/feed 4