Milky Carrots

Make and share this Milky Carrots recipe from Food.com.

Croque Madame

Another version of a croque monsieur. Here in Belgium you can eat it in almost every restaurant that serves snacks.

Dutch Apple Pie (Oma’s Appeltaart)

This recipe is for the traditional dutch apple pie, found on a Belgian website. It can be served both warm or cold, usually with whipped cream (but ice cream tastes great as well 😀 ). You will need a *springform* cake pan, or a lot of patience, or you will not be able to get the pie out! Because Dutch recipes generally use grams instead of cups for dry ingredients, I have included the measurements in grams as well. The dough is shortbread-like and may take a lot of time to get right. It took me ages to get it to form a ball, but it worked out fine in the end. If you’re getting tired of it, add a little milk, but don’t despair for with or without the milk, it *will* from a ball in the end. If you want, you can prepare the apple mixture the previous day and keep it in the fridge, the flavors will blend wonderfully. If you want to prepare the dough in advance, take it out of the fridge in time, because it’s really hard to work with when it’s just been in the fridge for a whole night. The preparation time is a rough estimate and assumes that you peel the apples while the dough is in the fridge. I’m quite slow at preparing so it could be anywhere between 1 and 2 hours for you. Last but not least, *do* make sure you have a bit of dough left over for the third to last step – you deserve a little something for all that hard work! 😀

The Classic French Bistro Sandwich – Croque Monsieur

My two versions of this classic French café/bistro sandwich – oven baked for large quantities and ease…….or, the traditional frying pan/skillet method! You can always rely upon the French to add a certain “je ne sais quoi” to even the simplest food …including the humble cheese and ham sandwich. The croque-monsieur (which becomes a croque-madame if you top it with a fried egg) is a great favourite in French cafés & bistros, and there are as many methods of crafting it as there are cafés! This one works for me. But, please be warned … it’s not for calorie-counters, the Cholesterol Police or those of a nervous disposition!!

Bella’s Whole Wheat Belgian Waffles

A good friend gave me this recipe and it produces a waffle that is more substantial. It’s not super light and fluffy like other recipes. They are more like “Eggo” waffles (in terms of texture, not sweetness). Makes 16 (4 1/2″ X 4″) waffles. When preparing them for freezing, I undercook them slightly, so they don’t burn in the toaster.

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