2nd day of Easter

 

First the big Easter breakfast with my Parents in Naarden and than paying a visit to the open farmersdays in Oudekerk aan de Amstel. Learning the city kid a bit about farmerslife :) They have lambs and  calves that were born today, so cute!

Lamb Chops on the BBQ

After the huge Easter brunch we almost didn't have to eat for the rest of the day, but I had some lovely Lamb Chops from De Krat in the fridge so the BBQ was used again for a simple Easter dinner. Lamb Chops  marinated in some Olive Oil and fresh Thyme with Sea Salt and Black Pepper for half an hour. Then BBQ-ed for 8 minutes, left over Baguette put next to it. Dressed some Lettuce with vinaigrette of Red Wine Vinegar and Olive Oil. Other ingredients on top: Cherry Tomatoes cut in half, Pine Nuts roasted for a couple of minutes, Spring Onion in slices and some fresh cut Mint.

Full Easter Breakfast @TheHague

A big Easter breakfast with family-in-law at The Hague. Smoked Salmon, Lots of cheeses, Home made tomato soup & bread, Fresh juices and of course: Eggs

Easter Eve BBQ with a Grilled Veg and a Sunny Salad

Although the weather wasn't very helpful these last couple of days we decided to have an Easter Eve BBQ, if only because De Krat was so full off lovely ingredient screaming to invite some guests. Only ingredients we had to add for a 6 person BBQ with salads and bread were some steaks, 1 avocado, pinenuts and some fresh basil and thyme. Alright, and some merquez sausages.

Salad 1: Grilled Veg Salad
Slice 1 Courgette and 1 yellow Pepper, brush the slices with olive oil and grill for a couple of minutes on each side. Mix it up with a chopped peace of Garlic, chopped Basil, a squeeze of Lime juice and some salt and pepper. Put aside. Fry some Pine nuts, cut some Cherry Tomatoes in half. Mix up 1 tbsp Red WineVinegar with 3 tbsp Olive Oil for the vinaigrette. Dress 3 hands full of fresh Spinach with the vinaigrette and put all the other ingredients on top. Finish of with some salt, pepper  and fresh Basil



Salad 2: Sunny Salad
This salad was solely based on the fact De Krat brought me pansies to use in the kitchen, so we had to make them into salad that added a little sunshine to our Easter Eve BBQ. All you need to do for this salad is slice and mix and its ready.
Cut and wash (a) Green Lettuce, slice an Avocado, cut Cherry Tomatoes in half, slice up half a Yellow Pepper. Slice a Leek  into thin rings, put in a bowl and pour some boiling water over, put aside. Make a dressing of 1 tbsp (Fennel) Vinegar, 3 tbsp Olive oil, 1 tsp (Spring) Mustard, 1 tsp  Honey and s+p. Dress the lettuce and put on a plate. Drain the leek and put on top, together with the other ingredients. Finish of with the Pansies, some Fresh Herbs (I used fresh Mint and Perilla) and maybe some Pine Nuts.


For the rest we needed some meat and bread. Where else to get your steaks than from butchery Louman (http://www.louman-jordaan.nl/) who truly sell the best steaks you can get in Amsterdam. Their Merquez Merquez sausages are also not to sneeze at by the way.
Bread of course from De Krat, who brought us some nice Walnut bread from Menno this week. And also got some brown Baguette at the Vlaams Broodhuys.

Despite the low temperature it was a very successful Easter Eve BBQ with thanks to De Krat en butchery Louman!