light-bites Archives — Days of Jay

Vibrant Wild Garlic Pesto

20th March 202024th March 2020 light-bites, preserving, spring, vegetarian

We’ve had three days of glorious sunny weather here in Bavaria. It seems hard to believe all the goings-on in the world when the sky is a brilliant blue, the birds are singing and the first tender leaves of wild garlic are pushing through the ground. Currently, we have been

Turkish Red Lentil Soup

13th March 202024th March 2020 Cypriot, light-bites, Soups & Stews, Turkish

Sometimes there is nothing better than coming home to a big, comforting bowl of soup. When the week has been full-on and the media full of hysteria, I need something earthy and grounding. A moment of calm to close the week and steady the nerves. There is something truly peaceful

Quick and Easy Hummus

9th March 202024th March 2020 light-bites, Turkish

Wow, it’s been a crazy start to the week and it’s only Monday evening! Reading the papers each day seems to bring more alarming and alarmist stories from across the globe, however life here in Munich seems to be carrying on much as usual so far. I did notice the

Spicy Herby Calamari Rings

4th March 202024th March 2020 fish, light-bites, seafood

It’s the middle of the week, we’ve been on the road the last two days and I had a craving for some quick and easy seafood for dinner. Definitely a night for some Spicy Herby Calamari Rings. Living in Munich where the nearest ocean is around 600 kilometres away, I’ve

Homemade Sesame Bagels

2nd March 202024th March 2020 baking, bread, light-bites Polish

March has arrived. The weather doesn’t know whether it is up or down, there seems to be one international crisis after the other in the news, Mercury is retrograde - is it just me or does everything seem a little topsy-turvy at the moment? When everything seems a little upside-down

Perfect Chicken Liver Pâté

29th February 202024th March 2020 French, light-bites

It’s the 29th of February, the date where we correct the calendar so the seasons don’t drift out of place. It’s always struck me as curious how easily we accept that some years have more days than others, so we just tack an extra day onto the end of February.

Asparagus and Bacon Quiche

27th February 202024th March 2020 baking, French, light-bites, main-event, Pastry, spring

I’m looking out the kitchen window watching huge fluffy snowflakes drift down from the sky. Just two days ago it was so gorgeously warm and sunny that I thought maybe, just maybe we’d escaped winter and spring was on the way. It’s not that I mind winter, but as it

Easy Sweetcorn Fritters

11th February 202025th February 2020 light-bites, main-event, vegetarian

It’s wild weather outside with Storm Sabine bringing some crazy winds, heavy rain and even a few flurries of snow, so I’m tucked up inside as per usual when the weather turns awful. My kitchen is unsurprisingly my favourite room of the house, and I can cheerfully spend all day

-Brezn- Homemade Soft Pretzels

3rd October 201922nd November 2019 baking, Bavarian, light-bites

At the centre of any good Bavarian table you will find a basket of that most beloved of baked goods, the pretzel. Known locally as Brezn, this is comfort food of the highest order for all Bavarians and an indelible part of the local culture. This simple bread has a

-Obazda- Bavarian Cheese Spread

22nd August 201923rd November 2019 Bavarian, light-bites, summer

It’s that time of year again, Munich is buzzing, the tourists are flooding into town, the Wiesn is covered in beer tents and roller coasters, that must mean that the mother of all celebrations, Oktoberfest is nearly upon us. Love it or hate it, the Oktoberfest is an absolute phenomenon.