Thursday, October 7, 2010

A Very Filling Dinner...

 I tried all of these recipes a few nights ago. It was a very filling dinner. All named dishes are from Let's Go Dutch by Johanna (van der Zeijst) Bates.

To be honest, I wasn't sure what an endive looked like and I forgot to look it up before I went to the store. The grocery store didn't have them labeled clearly, so I guessed (the cashier didn't know what they were either) - and I was right! The grocery store only had half the endive's I needed for the recipe. I made a lot of extra sauce which I used in a thrown together side-dish. This Gebakken Witlof Met Kaas was very tasty. It's nice to have a new vegetable recipe to add to my favorites.
Gebakken Witlof Met Kaas (Creamy Baked Belgium Endive)
I will never buy a boxed-scalloped-potato mix again. This Aardappelen Met Gouda Kaas En Room recipe was scrumptious! *Tip: If you are in search of a less expensive Gouda, I've found 3-4 different imported Gouda's for very good prices at the Costco store near us.

Aardappelen Met Gouda Kaas En Room (Scalloped Gouda Potatoes)
Aardappelen Met Suiker (Sugared Potatoes). This did not turn out the way I think it should have so I will try again another time. The cooking process did not go as planned - I got distracted. I used them in something else the next day.

Aardappelen Met Suiker (Sugared Potatoes)

Here is everything together (except Aardapplen Met Suiker). The Bare Little Bums in The Grass are in the "distance".
I did not get an individual shot of Blote Billetjes In Het Groen (Bare Little Bums In The Grass) because I was hungry, forgot and ate it. It was good. It is white beans mixed with french style green beans... so they look like their namesake!
I made too many white beans, so I contributed them to the other bean dish.  This side-dish was made with the other half of the endive sauce, the rest of the white beans and some ham chunks.
Clockwise from top:
Blote Billetjes In Het Groen (Bare Little Bums In The Grass),
the dish I made up (not yet named),
Aardappelen Met Gouda Kaas En Room (Scalloped Gouda Potatoes),
Gebakken Witlof Met Kaas (Creamy Baked Belgium Endive)

1 comment:

  1. dear Dutch-Monki, I am mouth watering as i read your post, your Dutch dinner looks delicious, the Aardappelen Met Gouda Kaas En Room (of course i copy/pasted the name heh heh) sounds like my kind of dish... when I was in Amsterdam in 2007 i tried some Dutch food but not too much, also i got a croquet dish at the Dutch McDonald's but that wasn't too good ;)

    i promise to make home-made tacos for you if you cook this for me when we finally meet again

    love from San Diego!

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