Shawarma with home made pita bread and garlic sauce, who doesn't like that? Perfect for game day! | in my Red Kitchen #shawarma #gameday #superbowl #chicken #pita
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Shawarma

Shawarma with home made pita bread and garlic sauce, who doesn't like that? Perfect for game day! | in my Red Kitchen #shawarma #gameday #superbowl #chicken #pita

– Click here for this recipe in Dutch -> Shoarma zelf maken zonder pakjes –

Home made shawarma om freshly baked pita bread with garlic sauce, who doesn’t like that?! We ate this regularly on Saturdays when I was a teenager, and I still think it’s delicious!

When I was 17 I was working at the supermarket, in the butcher shop, on the weekends and Thurday evenings. On Saturdays I had to start at 7am or 8am and in the end I was the one running the butcher shop.
Making ground beef (every day), crushing cutlets, making lots

Kimchi fried rice with bacon - an easy and quick meal that's packed with flavor! | in my Red Kitchen #kimchi #korean #bacon #friedrice
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Kimchi fried rice with bacon

Kimchi fried rice with bacon - an easy and quick meal that's packed with flavor! | in my Red Kitchen #kimchi #korean #bacon #friedrice

– Click here for this recipe in Dutch -> Kimchi nasi met spek –

Are you also so tired lately? I can take a nap every day and every night I fall asleep on the couch around 11pm. That sounds very early to me as we normally go to bed around midnight 😉

I think it’s an end-of-the-year fatigue because I especially suffer from it on cold and rainy days. And I’m looking forward to

Slow cooker pasta sauce, it's the pasta sauce from my dreams! | in my Red Kitchen #pastasauce #slowcooker #slowcookerpasta #pasta
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Slow cooker pasta meat sauce

Slow cooker pasta sauce, it's the pasta sauce from my dreams! | in my Red Kitchen #pastasauce #slowcooker #slowcookerpasta #pasta

– Click here for this recipe in Dutch -> Slowcooker pastasaus –

I love my Crock-Pot and for a long time now I was trying to make the perfect slow cooker pasta meat sauce. I really love a good pasta sauce, with lots of flavor and lots of meat. You don’t need lots of herbs, just use good canned tomatoes and let the sauce simmer for a long time.

Even though I’m at home all the time, I love

Chinese chicken & rice bowl; quick, easy and full of flavor! | in my Red Kitchen #chiciken #chinesechicken #chicken #hoisin #recipe #rice #stirfry #foodtruck #FoodTruckTuesday
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Food Truck Tuesday – Chinese chicken rice bowl

Chinese chicken & rice bowl; quick, easy and full of flavor! | in my Red Kitchen #chiciken #chinesechicken #chicken #hoisin #recipe #rice #stirfry #foodtruck #FoodTruckTuesday

– Click here for this recipe in Dutch -> Chinese kip en rijst bowl –

Can you believe it’s already October? Jeez time flies when you’re having fun. And again it’s the first Tuesday of the month and that means Food Truck Tuesday of course! Time for another recipe, made with Food Truck inspiration.

I love bowls. Big bowls, small bowls, bowls in a cute color or bowls with a hip print. They are all more than welcome in my kitchen. I have more bowls than I have plates and they come in all sizes. I like to serve side dishes or garnishes in small bowls, and preferably ‘mix and match’. We eat our dinner often in deep plates, or large Asian bowls. Definitely always if we are using chopsticks, but also if we’re enjoying a tv-dinner because we’re in the

Spaghetti & meatballs - Mexican style! | in my Red Kitchen #mexican #recipe #spaghetti #meatballs
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Spaghetti with meatballs Mexican style

Spaghetti & meatballs - Mexican style! | in my Red Kitchen #mexican #recipe #spaghetti #meatballs – Click here for this recipe in Dutch -> Mexicaanse spaghetti met gehaktballen –

Oh Mexico! What I would like to come and visit you on vacation! But unfortunately we already used our vacation days this year for our visit to the Netherlands. Maybe next year then? Or should we go to Hawaii?

Last weekend I happened have to a very Mexican weekend in LA, filled of good food. And not Mexican food as I know

Couscous with tomatoes, zucchini and ground beef. A delicious kitchen sink meal! | by 'in my Red Kitchen'
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Israeli couscous with tomatoes and zucchini

Couscous with tomatoes, zucchini and ground beef. A delicious kitchen sink meal! | by 'in my Red Kitchen' – Click here for this recipe in Dutch -> Parel couscous met tomaten en courgette –

A kitchen sink meal doesn’t sound very appealing to me. But appearantly that’s an American thing, this kitchen sink meal. This meal often comes in the form of a salad or soup, and it’s made after cleaning out the fridge and cupboards. This way produce waste doesn’t need to go down the kitchen sink, through the waste shredder. Have I told you yet that I love that thing? It’s also

Meatloaf with an Indonesian twist, great to serve with a salad! | in my Red Kitchen
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Indonesian meatloaf

Meatloaf with an Indonesian twist, great to serve with a salad! | in my Red Kitchen – Click here for this recipe in Dutch -> Indonesisch gehaktbrood –

Talking about food makes hungry right? Well, my friends know that I can talk about food constantly, whole day every day, so that is exactly what I love to do! Yeah d’oh, what do you think? Why did I start this blog in the first place? 😉

Last weekend it happened again, a long talk about food. About Indonesian food this time, the friends that we were travelling from SF to LA with grew up with lots of Indonesian food, something I can really be jealous about! I can’t wait until we will be invited over for dinner (this is not a hint. Or maybe it is…).

Summer burger with strawberries and bacon | in my Red Kitchen
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Summer burger with strawberries

Summer burger with strawberries and bacon | in my Red Kitchen – Click here for this recipe in Dutch -> Zomer hamburger met aardbeien –

The sentence that goes through my head right now is: ‘if a burger with strawberries is wrong, then I don’t want to be right. ”
A terrible cliche but so tremendously true.

Because my oh my… this burger with strawberries is só tasty, even though it sounds like a crazy combination.

Fregola with fresh peas, pancetta and truffle, the besh comfort food dish EVER! | in my Red Kitchen
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Fregola with peas, pancetta and truffle

Fregola with fresh peas, pancetta and truffle, the besh comfort food dish EVER! | in my Red Kitchen – Click here for this recipe in Dutch -> Fregola met doperwten, pancetta en truffel –

Oh boys and girls!I just came up with THE BEST RECIPE EVER! Sorry for shouting but I’m so happy about this one. Look at that! Fregola with peas, pancetta and truffle. Fresh peas! The best pancetta ever! Truffle! What did I say? I mean TRUFFLE! I’m so crazy about this one! I really enjoyed this delicious recipe, this is insane.

I’ve always been a fan of peas. But I