Month: January 2022

Nasi Goreng (Indonesian Fried Rice)

Nasi Goreng (Indonesian Fried Rice)

This is a popular dish, not only in Indonesia but also in the Netherlands. You can make this as a side dish, and with the addition of some meat this can be a complete meal. It is often served with 2 eggs scrambled into the 

Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce

Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce

Chicken Skewers have become popular as a catering dish, showing up at weddings and meetings everywhere. Here is the original dish from Indonesia. You can cut the chicken into chunks or strips. Chunks work better if you will be eating with chopsticks, while strips look 

Dutch Lettuce Salad

Dutch Lettuce Salad

This is a traditional Dutch salad with a sweet and sour dressing made with bacon. I remember my Mom making this salad when I was young. The combination of soft egg, crisp lettuce and creamy dressing is delicious..

Gravy from Broth

Gravy from Broth

If you would like to make a gravy but you haven’t cooked any meat for pan drippings, you can make this gravy out of broth, stock, or bouillon.

Cream Style Corn

Cream Style Corn

If you like Cream Style Corn, you don’t have to buy it in a can from the store. You can make a more delicious version from scratch using canned corn or frozen corn. This version has more flavor than store bought, and it makes enough 

Grilled Pork Loin

Grilled Pork Loin

This may be the easiest meal to grill. It’s also delicious and inexpensive. We can buy whole pork loins from our local store (often for less than $2/pound) which they then cut up for us into 4-6 center cut loin chops and two pork loin 

Boeskool

Boeskool

This is a favorite dish of mine from childhood. Made with potatoes and cabbage it is a type of an old Dutch dish called stamppot which is generally potatoes mashed with vegetables. This is traditionally served with mettwurst or some other smoked sausage, but my 

Peanut Brittle

Peanut Brittle

This is part of our Christmas Candy routine, but this is a more involved process and can be made anytime so I included this as a separate recipe. The nice thing about making it in the winter is that you can set it outside to 

Christmas Candy

Christmas Candy

This is actually several recipes together, because the one shopping list will make them all. This is typically a project for us on the Saturday before Christmas, so we can share them with our neighbors before they have company over. All of our kids have 

Smashed Red Potatoes

Smashed Red Potatoes

Here’s another delicious and unique way to serve potatoes for dinner. These potatoes would go good with BBQ or with a fancy prime rib. You can adjust the cooking time, depending on how crispy you would like them to get.