Hummus with peanut butter.

As I didn't have any tahin at home today but wanted to make hummus, I decided to use peanut butter instead. 
I'd prefer tahin but it was tasty though and definitely a variation which I will keep in mind. And it's Woschech approved! 

- 1 big can chickpeas
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter
- salt
- smoked paprika (optional)
- cumin
- olive oil
- paprika


Blend the drained chickpeas together with peanut butter, salt, smoked paprika and cumin. Add splashes of water until you have the preferred consistency. Serve with a little olive oil on top and sprinkle with paprika.

Summer food.

From time to time I cook at punk shows for a bunch of people and I never know what to cook until last minute. I barely can follow a recipe, recipes make me totally confused and so I just think about something that sounds good, make a rough plan and go shopping. If I find everything I planned - yay. If I don't find everything - I make something different. It doesn't matter because I use everything I find in the particular kitchen where I cook and often change the plans during cooking anyway or add something I never thought of beforehand. I improvise and it's always way too much but more or less it's tasty.
Yesterday I got asked: "So you make awesome stuff off the top of your head?" Erm, yes. Kind of.
But then I always forget how I made it, which is irrelevant most of the time, but yesterday I made the best lentil salad ever. I hope, that I can remember everything.

- red lentils
- ground hazelnuts
- garlic
- lemon (juice and zest)
- mint
- salt, pepper, paprika, ginger, soy sauce
- olive oil
- dash of sugar

Heat a little olive oil in a pot, add lentils. Stir and fry for about 5 minutes. Add water until lentils are covered and stir from time to time. Red lentils cook very quickly, from 10-15 minutes. Add salt, pepper, ginger (I didn't have fresh one, I used powder as I found this in the kitchen and thought: oh, ginger!), juice from one lemon, soy sauce, sugar.

In a small pan heat some olive oil and add ground hazelnuts and smashed and chopped garlic, stir well until it smells very, very good and the hazelnuts are getting a bit darker. Turn off the heat and put the pan aside.
Chop a lot of fresh mint. When the lentils are done fold in the mint and the hazelnut-garlic mixture together with the zests of one lemon.

Serve on chicory leaves and enjoy. I might have good ideas for cooking, unfortunately I don't have good ideas for names. So this is just a very good summer lentil salad. Or THE summer lentil salad.

Yesterday I served this salad along with arugula salad with caramelised cherry tomatoes; the dressing was something like balsamic vinegar, oil, tahini, salt, water, mustard. The main dish was tagliatelle with a zucchini-snow peas-sage-cream sauce and roasted walnuts, which were also very good and I was very happy with the result altogether.

In general: just add roasted nuts and as much fresh herbs as you can and everything will be perfect.

summer lentils

arugula with caramelised cherry tomatoes

tagliatelle w/ zucchini, snow peas, oat cream, roasted walnuts

Banana tofu with avocado cream.

200g tofu

1 ripe banana

soy sauce

oil

basil

pepper

paprika

avocado

lemon juice

salt

Cut tofu into cubes and the banana into slices. Fry tofu in some oil until it starts to get slightly golden, then add the banana slices as well as some soy sauce, pepper and paprika. Stir carefully.

Mash the avocado together with lots of lime juice, salt and pepper.

When the tofu gets darker brown and the banana slices are mushy add some fresh basil and serve with the avocado cream. This is an unbelievable creamy deliciousness.