Strawberry Sunset

No idea whether we are walking out of Strawberry Street any time soon, but I always pretend we are and grab on to any strawberry crate in sight. I was supposed to eat this earlier in the day, but after a warm day at sunset this dessert was just as satisfying.

Blogger Oleandri has honed her Budwig creme making skills and her own recipe for blooming form and motherhood can be found here. This dessert uses the cream.

Strawberry Sunset Dessert

Serves 1-2

250 g-500 g strawberries
2 tablespoons of white fresh cheese
1 tablespoon linseed oil
1 tablespoon agave syrup (optional)
sesame seeds
pumpkin seeds

Wash strawberries, and eat as many as you can during preparation.

Whip linseed oil vigorously in the white cheese, do the same with the agave syrup.

Ladle spoonfuls of white cheese as little heaps in a dessert plate, and put strawberry parts on top. Sprinkle strawberries with sesame seeds, decorate the white cheese with some pumpkin seeds.

Share a portion with someone else at sunset.

Note:
I did add the agave syrup. For once.

Frozen Budwig

Would Johanna Budwig frown upon a cup of frozen Budwig? As I was extremely hungry coming home from work, I wanted some fruit, in milkshake or ice cream, and I threw together this concoction.

Frozen Budwig

2 ripe bananas
300 g pack of frozen exotic fruit (quickly rinse off frost)
250 g white cottage cheese
2 tablespoons linseed oil
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
1 tablespoon bee pollen

Put everything in blender and carefully scoop in the loveliest of glass holders.

Beware of brigands.

Enamor them with lunch

Preparing copious lunch salads is always a treat, and double portions come in handy when visitors surprize you unannounced. Although this Bean Salad from my favorite book Super Salads (Dutch ISBN 90-5920 164 7) by Michael van Straten can also serve as a small appetizer before a meal, as main dish it managed to captivate my guest on a sunny high noon in October.

Bean Salad with Eggs and Curry

4 hard boiled eggs
1 can (300 g) of green flageolet beans
1 can (300g) of white beans
2 tablespoons curry powder
6 tablespoons of mayonaise
1 red onion
2 tablespoons of chopped cilantro

Prepare and combine all ingredients.

Note: I used parsley instead of cilantro, and only white beans. Generous amounts of curry powder give this dish pizzazz. I used Budwig mayo instead of real one (with linseed oil and cottage cheese). The salad is said to stimulate blood circulation.