Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Here we are at September's #EattheWorld event. The year is flying by, especially as we, at least on California's central coast, are entering our twenty-fifth week of the shelter-in-place orders. That has meant lots and lots of time in the kitchen. This Eat the World project is spearheaded by Evelyne of  CulturEatz . Read more about her challenge . photo courtesy CulturEatz Evelyne directed us to explore the cuisine of the Netherlands and posted this adorable, kitschy photo. So, today the crew is sharing... Culinary Adventures with Camilla: Memories of Holland, Dutch Traditions, and Sailboat Speculaas Pandemonium Noshery: Mosterdsoep - Dutch Mustard Soup   Amy’s Cooking Adventures: Dutch Farmer’s Cheese Soup (Boerenkaas Soep)   Sugarlovespices: Dutch Apple Tart, Hollandse Appeltaart   Making Miracles: Hutspot met Gehaktballen (Dutch Mashed Potatoes and Carrots with Meatballs)   Sneha’s Recipe: A Small Batch Bitterballen   Chef Mire...

This post is sponsored in conjunction with Christmas Cookies Week.  I received product samples from sponsor companies to aid in the creation of the Christmas Cookies Week recipes.  All opinions are mine alone. Prizes + Giveaway Here we are at day four of a fantastic event helmed by Ellen of  Family Around the Table   with help from Christie of  A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures . These talented ladies are tireless and inspiring. They not only wrangled all of us foodie bloggers, but they lined up some amazing event sponsors who donated to us for recipe creation and also for prizes. Go to  my kick-off post  to read about the prize packages and to enter the giveaway. Or you may enter at the bottom of this post.* You won't want to miss out. Seriously. Your holiday baking will be kicked up more than a few notches. The Rest of the Cookie Tray Celebrating Sinterklaas with Speculaas by Culinary Adventures with Camilla Chocolate Mint Thumbprints b...

So, remember I'm doing things a little bit differently for #BrunchWeek this year?? Click to read about it:  here . The gist - I'm sharing some foods from around the world that people eat for breakfast...and it differs greatly from the American regimen of eggs and bacon or pancakes. Today we're heading to the Netherlands our virtual #BrunchWeek tabletop travel. Now, I lived in the Netherlands for three years when I was a kid and don't remember once eating this for breakfast. Not. One. Single. Time. But, then again, my mom was mean; she's a sweet Nonna, though. But eating bread with chocolate sprinkles wouldn't have been too high on her list of things to allow. I'm sharing this sweet breakfast treat with you all. In the Netherlands, sprinkles are called hagelslag which translates to 'hailstorm'. Hagelslag comes in a variety of flavors, shapes, and sizes, and are most commonly eaten atop of buttered bread. I had fully intended to make homemade b...

As we have already cooked a Dutch dinner, I'm simply reposting those recipes and counting it as our tabletop travel to the Netherlands during this Cooking Around the World Adventure . Quick background: I lived in Holland for three years as a kid. I went to pre-school and kindergarten there. I spoke Dutch fluently; well, fluently for a five or six-year-old. And I thought that I really was Dutch. I lamented my black hair, brown eyes, and weird name; I wanted to look like my friends. I swore to my mom that when I turned eighteen I was going to dye my hair and legally change my name to a Dutch name. Thankfully, that was a fleeting fancy. I am very happy with my dark looks and unusual name now. But I still have my  klompens  and I still put carrots and celery in them for Sinter Klaas on Christmas Eve. And I still love, love, love, love, love my tulips. So, despite realizing that I am not Dutch, Dutch traditions still hold a dear place in my heart. For dinner...  Voori...

Have you ever seen a food and been transported to another time and place? It's a disorienting sense of deja vu that overwhelms you simultaneously with confusion and awe. Total bewilderment. That was how it was for me this morning when I pulled this out of the oven. Despite having finished my book review of Shauna Sever's  Pure Vanilla ,  I am still working my way through her recipes. They are all so amazing. And since it's the first day back from Fall Break, I wanted the boys fortified for learning. I popped my version of Shauna's Vanilla Bean Dutch Baby and a frittata made with leftover Danish meatballs, cauliflower, and potatoes  into the oven. So here's the deja vu : I lived in the Netherlands for three years as a child when my dad was stationed at an Air Force base. We didn't live on base; we had a house in town and I went to the neighborhood school and learned to speak Dutch...with the fluency of a kindergartener. I thought that I was Dutch and ...