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A few weeks after having made a Padel Racket for Mark, my son Arjen had to dress up as a Man in Black . Building the racket was a first attempt at working wi...
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Many years ago I started out printing and building my own 3D printer. Over the years I’m a very happy Zortrax M200 owner and 3D printing has become a commodity - it is really a tool for me, not a focus by itself.
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A few weeks after having made a Padel Racket for Mark, my son Arjen had to dress up as a Man in Black . Building the racket was a first attempt at working wi...
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In december 2017 I joined in a Secret Santa event organised by Henk Reickaert , amongst others known for his fun making endeavours in the Koterij .
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When my godchild L was about to do his confirmation (for my Dutch-inclined friends: “zijn vormsel” - I had to look it up also 😇) I had to come up with a way ...
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I really can’t say why I am also so facinated by the famous Tintin Rocket. Maybe I’ve never been very outspoken about it, still whenever I’m confronted with ...
Yes, I use a coding agent to maintain parts of this website. To be ultra-clear about it, I’ve asked 🤖 to include a banner and tag to all content he coauthors, along with the prompt that created that content.
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If you’ve noticed something a bit different about some pages on this site, you’re not imagining things. Yes, a coding agent helped create this very page. And...
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I love airbrushing because it allows me to achieve beautiful results using various techniques, even though I’m not the best painter.
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A few weeks after having made a Padel Racket for Mark, my son Arjen had to dress up as a Man in Black . Building the racket was a first attempt at working wi...
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In 2025 heb ik me opnieuw ingeschreven voor een opleiding aan de kunstacademie: grafisch ontwerp en illustratietechnieken. Als ik voor mezelf geen morele ver...
Where have you been all my life? ;-)
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Arayes is geweldig _street food_ uit het Midden-Oosten. En met mijn nieuwe lieveling in de keuken, is het ook het eerste toppertje op onze nieuwe Airfrydays!
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Op Airfrydays mag het al eens snel zijn. De naam/omschrijving is immers bijna het volledige recept
Although I started with its fundamental core, the AVR-based microcontrollers, Arduino and I cross paths now and then.
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Not everything has to be all work and no play. Sometimes, we just play. My good friend Anthony sometimes hosts team building events. His current topic of ch...
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In 2014 Anthony and I hacked together the first edition of Fri3d Camp, a family-friendly hacker camp. Two years later, we did it again, now with a team of 8...
The AVR architecture, by Atmel, was the first embedded platform I encountered when I entered the hardware space. A lot of my first steps involved this series of MCUs.
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The Atmel ATMEGA168 was the first MCU I programmed completely by myself, and it’s true what they say: when, after hours of fiddling and reviewing the circuit...
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To handle the programmer when programming e.g. my ATMEGA168, I use avrdude.
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In 2014 Anthony and I hacked together the first edition of Fri3d Camp, a family-friendly hacker camp. Two years later, we did it again, now with a team of 8...
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There are many programmers, but because I know I’ll also will need to debug stuff on my MCU’s, I decided to buy the more advanced JTAGICE mkII.
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XT0F-002 is a programmer for a 24-pin ATMEGA8 MCU. It allows you to to connect the ISP (In System Programmer) to the MCU’s SPI
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In 2012 I was introduced to Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) and it didn’t take too long before I fell in love with this (relatively) new technology. As it wil...
All work and no play makes Christophe a dull boy.
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Welcome to Artware City! Founded around 1990 by a curious teen, who was moving from the TRS planes to the PC suburbs.
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Ever since I designed and had my concrete house constructed, I wanted to create some personal concrete art pieces. So, as usual, it took a few years before I...
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It doesn’t always require rocket science to make a gift more personal. Sometimes, a little attention to the wrapping can make all the difference.
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Not everything has to be all work and no play. Sometimes, we just play. My good friend Anthony sometimes hosts team building events. His current topic of ch...
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A few weeks after having made a Padel Racket for Mark, my son Arjen had to dress up as a Man in Black . Building the racket was a first attempt at working wi...
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My son, like many sons (and daughters) loves Minecraft. He especially likes the Enderman . When he wanted to use the character as a base for a school project...
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Since about a year now, I’m experimenting with eva foam. I’m starting with small projects to get a grip on the material.
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In december 2017 I joined in a Secret Santa event organised by Henk Reickaert , amongst others known for his fun making endeavours in the Koterij .
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I’ve been wanting to play with combining wood and resin for some time, yet never found the time to do so, until Veronique’s birthday came up and what do you ...
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When my godchild L was about to do his confirmation (for my Dutch-inclined friends: “zijn vormsel” - I had to look it up also 😇) I had to come up with a way ...
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I really can’t say why I am also so facinated by the famous Tintin Rocket. Maybe I’ve never been very outspoken about it, still whenever I’m confronted with ...
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In 2025 heb ik me opnieuw ingeschreven voor een opleiding aan de kunstacademie: grafisch ontwerp en illustratietechnieken. Als ik voor mezelf geen morele ver...
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I know, I’m late to the WS2811 party. But better late than never ;-) During the Christmas period of the wonderful year 2020, we decided to make a “Happy New ...
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Roughly a year after I made a Padel Racket for Mark, my partners in many crimes, Christophe & Rozanne organised a garden party for too many good reasons....
Maybe the most versatile making tool a maker can own, my Beambox Pro laser cutter is one of the most used tools in my shop.
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It doesn’t always require rocket science to make a gift more personal. Sometimes, a little attention to the wrapping can make all the difference.
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A few weeks after having made a Padel Racket for Mark, my son Arjen had to dress up as a Man in Black . Building the racket was a first attempt at working wi...
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My son, like many sons (and daughters) loves Minecraft. He especially likes the Enderman . When he wanted to use the character as a base for a school project...
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Since about a year now, I’m experimenting with eva foam. I’m starting with small projects to get a grip on the material.
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I’ve been wanting to play with combining wood and resin for some time, yet never found the time to do so, until Veronique’s birthday came up and what do you ...
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When my godchild L was about to do his confirmation (for my Dutch-inclined friends: “zijn vormsel” - I had to look it up also 😇) I had to come up with a way ...
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I really can’t say why I am also so facinated by the famous Tintin Rocket. Maybe I’ve never been very outspoken about it, still whenever I’m confronted with ...
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In 2025 heb ik me opnieuw ingeschreven voor een opleiding aan de kunstacademie: grafisch ontwerp en illustratietechnieken. Als ik voor mezelf geen morele ver...
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Roughly a year after I made a Padel Racket for Mark, my partners in many crimes, Christophe & Rozanne organised a garden party for too many good reasons....
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If you’ve noticed something a bit different about some pages on this site, you’re not imagining things. Yes, a coding agent helped create this very page. And...
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Although most of my customers require some form of professional discretion about their projects. Sometimes I can share some abstract information.
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This thing is the third instalment in a triptych about me being an architect. Some time ago I started out by explaining what I consider a good architect. Rec...
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In het kader van het C3PO - Collaborative City Co-design PlatfOrm contacteerde Studio Dott mij voor de ontwikkeling van een interactieve luisterbox.
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Dearly beloved, I am honoured to present to you the holy grail of information technology, the one to rule them all, the ultimate, the one and only, behold… t...
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As a freelancing nomad, I’m confronted with two kinds of holiday: the one most of us have, a break from the busyness at work, and then I also have the in-bet...
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💡 You first might want to quickly jump to the bottom and read a brief note about this essay.
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In 2015 I was contracted by a very large industrial/pharmaceutical company to design and implement a solution for their QA team to be able to inspect certain...
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I believe in full transparency and open communication and I always try to practice what I preach. I do not pretend to be a leadership guru, nor do I write th...
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Ja, ik geef het toe: ik heb altijd gezegd dat ik “bij mijn leest ging blijven”. Dat ik de rol van software architect puur ging houden, omdat daar mijn kracht...
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Tijdens de 2016 editie van Fri3d Camp, ontstond het idee bij de CEO van Novid om een eigen online content-management platform te laten ontwikkelen als vervan...
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Hi, my name is Christophe... and I'm a problem seeker. Don't you mean you're a problem solver?! 😅 ...
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Starting 2025 marked the end of my first 25 years in the IT industry and the beginning of another chapter that will span approximately the next 15 years. It ...
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When I tell people that I am technology agnostic, they open their eyes a little bit more. Usually something along the lines of: “But Christophe, you’ve been ...
I confess, I’m a sucker for robots. Step by step I’m moving closer to the point where I’m able to design and build my very own robot.
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In 2015 I was contracted by a very large industrial/pharmaceutical company to design and implement a solution for their QA team to be able to inspect certain...
I don’t keep a blog, am not really active on so called social networks, but I sometimes feel the need to write down my very personal opinion about things.
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This thing is the third instalment in a triptych about me being an architect. Some time ago I started out by explaining what I consider a good architect. Rec...
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Note: This thing is already quite old and just like social networks, I’ve also evolved and moved on. So I’ve annotated the first paragraph (only) to represen...
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If you’ve noticed something a bit different about some pages on this site, you’re not imagining things. Yes, a coding agent helped create this very page. And...
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Dearly beloved, I am honoured to present to you the holy grail of information technology, the one to rule them all, the ultimate, the one and only, behold… t...
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As a freelancing nomad, I’m confronted with two kinds of holiday: the one most of us have, a break from the busyness at work, and then I also have the in-bet...
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💡 You first might want to quickly jump to the bottom and read a brief note about this essay.
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I believe in full transparency and open communication and I always try to practice what I preach. I do not pretend to be a leadership guru, nor do I write th...
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While visiting The Good Home exposition in Aalst, I had a great chat with Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino and Dries De Roeck about the intersection of design,...
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Hi, my name is Christophe... and I'm a problem seeker. Don't you mean you're a problem solver?! 😅 ...
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Having decided to return to full-time studying presented me with an incredible opportunity to make a personal evaluation of our education system and academic...
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Starting 2025 marked the end of my first 25 years in the IT industry and the beginning of another chapter that will span approximately the next 15 years. It ...
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When I tell people that I am technology agnostic, they open their eyes a little bit more. Usually something along the lines of: “But Christophe, you’ve been ...
For no specific reason, by the end of 2019, I got intruiged by vegetarian cooking. For no other reason it deserves its own tag ;-)
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Voor dat moment dat de kids een cakeje verdienen, maar wanneer de vorige cake weer al volledig op is... Klaar in één minuut, soms ook wel verorberd op diezel...
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Een dochter + TikTok, meer heb je some niet nodig voor een life-saving-life-hack die je heerlijke Chocolat Chip Cookies bezorgt in ... ongeveer 10 minuten.
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Een Amerikaanse klassieker met een aangenaam verrassende twist.
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Super snel, maar ook super lekker en leuk nagerecht, dat zich laat combineren tot een groots dessert.
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Dit is mijn variatie op een recept van Gordon Ramsey. Bekijk zeker de video onderaan, want zijn stijl is toch onovertroffen.
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3 ingrediënten en toch moet ik elke keer naar E bellen om het "recept" te vragen. Vanaf heden... niet meer.
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Een verrassend lekkere Amerikaanse klassieker!
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Ideaal eenvoudig broodje dat zich ideaal laat bereiden met veggie gehakt.
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Cho - co - la la la laaa - de ...
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De eenvoud zelve, maar een heerlijk frisse opener of zelfs volwaardig voorgerecht.
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Dé klassieke luchtige en knapperige wafel...
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Misschien wel mijn favoriete saus, volledig vers gemaakt.
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Een eenvoudig en fris bijgerecht bij stevige vleesmaaltijden.
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Misschien wel hét dessert der desserten... Of toch één van dé ;-p
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Letterlijk een deeg-moer, maar dat kan het de kids niet schelen. Ik vroeg me af of ze een zelf gebakken versie ook lekker zouden vinden. Simpel antwoord: JA!
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Een eenvoudige versie van de frisse Libaneese broodsalade.
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Dit is een gerecht uit mijn beginjaren, nog voor er kinderen waren. Vandaag, anno 2023, heb ik het opgefrist met een andere saus en afwerking, tot een verras...
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Wie zegt dat op een pizza tomaten en mozarella moeten? Deze pizza bewijst dat anders verdraaid lekker kan zijn. De kids waren er dol op.
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Een dochter met een voorliefde voor gezonde voeding en papa volgt in haar voetsporen ... soms ;-)
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Een ontdekking op onze meest recente ski-trip naar Oostenrijk: Kaiserschmarrn. Op basis van een recept van Mr. Jerre himself, een iets kleinere versie met ie...
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Ik ben geen "snoeper", maar voor de kids maak ik wel eens een uitzondering ;-)
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Aardappelen + kaas ;-) #IRestMyCase
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Na lang zoeken en proberen, hebben we dit eenvoudige recept gevonden voor een heerlijke portie nachos, as they should be.
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Één van Italië's trotsen ... gekookte room!
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Super feestelijk en heerlijk.
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Niemand kan weerstaan aan verse profiterolles. Je eet er _altijd_ minstens eentje te veel ;-)
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Twee kinderen, twee keer een Rainbow Velvet Cake. Gebaseerd op een recept van Laura voor een rode versie, heb ik er enkele kleuren extra bij gehaald en er ee...
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Herfst is soepseizoen, en elke dinsdag sowieso ten Huize VG. De meesten bij ons houden van de gegronde smaak van rode bietjes. Deze versie is met de groene z...
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Altijd lekker bij allerhande gerechtjes. Topper bij een Croque Chasseur, net zoals Vijgenchutney.
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Heel lang geleden, tijdens een fijn weekend in de Ardennen liet Rozanne ons kennis maken met deze heerlijke salade. Sindsdien heeft deze ons meermaals op een...
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Ondanks alles kan je Amerikanen één ding niet ontzeggen: appreciatie voor hun sauzen. Deze variatie op de klassieke mayonaise is werkelijk heerlijk. We hebbe...
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Echt een frisse sorbet, niet te zoet en lekker complex van smaak...
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De gevulde canneloni's variant is iets traditioneler, deze versie scoort hier aan tafel hoge toppen.
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Ik had er al een versie van, dit is een update met een andere toets
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Net iets meer dan alleen aardappelen en spinazie.
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Tijdens een culinaire wandeling door Rome maakte we kennis met "suppli" en dat moest stante pede op het menu staan toen we terug thuis waren...
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Dit Thais Kokossoepje is zo snel klaar en zo lekker, gewoon te handig voor een snel avondmaal op een drukke weekdag.
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Tiramisu is een van die gerechten die ik helemaal in het begin van mijn kookcarriere heb leren maken. Het is op misschien 1 of 2 andere na haar favoriete nag...
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Net iets meer dan gewoon wat gesneden tomaatjes.
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Een ultra-simpele versie van deze lekkere Mediterrane dip saus.
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Vrijdagochtend, tijdens een welverdiende vakantie, geen pannenkoeken mix meer in huis ... twee sippe kids? Nee hoor, want vers pannenkoekendeeg maken is eige...
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Altijd lekker bij allerhande gerechtjes. Topper bij een Croque Chasseur, net zoals Rode Uienchutney.
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Na wat experimenteren werd dit één van de hoogtepunten van een zomer waarin ik eindelijk een hoop mensen eens kon uitnodigen om ons nieuwe thuis te komen ver...
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Een écht veggie recept dat wortelen omtovert tot een visuele variant van americain.
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Een fris en pittig sausje, gebaseerd op Griekse yoghurt.
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I really can’t say why I am also so facinated by the famous Tintin Rocket. Maybe I’ve never been very outspoken about it, still whenever I’m confronted with ...