Not only are tea sandwiches fun to eat, but they are also fun to create, with a variety of flavours that can be put together. With different kinds served all together on one plate, they are truly a feast for the eyes.

Roast peppers from a jar have become my favourite summer time ingredient. I like to serve them as antipasti, add them to salads and in this case delicious cream cheese, roast peppers tea sandwiches.

Cream cheese is great with almost everything because of its moderate taste. In this sandwich, it goes so well together with the ready-made smoky roasted peppers and fresh parsley. Delicious!

Green asparagus, bacon and egg is such a classic Easter dish. We have enjoyed it as a light starter, marveling how quickly we’ve managed to clear the plates. Traditionally, during the family Easter lunch I am serving my mother-in-law’s recipes of German White Asparagus Soup or Flemish Asparagus in Egg & Butter Sauce. Both are absolutely delicious! However, this time I am opting to lighten up the menu, serving a green asparagus starter instead.

Green asparagus don’t take long to cook. I prefer to steam them for a little while before adding butter and season with salt and pepper. As a result, they remain vibrant green, perfectly solid, yet wonderfully soft in a bite. There is no denying, crispy bacon fits green asparagus very well. But to add an extra texture to the dish I am adding crispy Asian fried onions as well. Topped with a perfectly boiled egg, with a yummy yellow center, the dish is a pure delight.

Before the clock strikes twelve… anything could happen. Music, dance and cheers. Family meals or party with friends. Time for retrospect and being alone or time to launch yourself into the New Year with fierce determination and absolutely no regrets. Whatever the mood and however the entry, every New Year’s Eve deserves sparkling start.

We like to start the party, decorating the table with all kinds of canapés and small bites. These puff pastry muffin tin baked gorgeous creations are so extremely easy to make. A disk cookie cutter, muffin tin, ready made puff pastry, red pesto, and store bought salami. The rest is just a kitchen play until the tins are filled and set to bake. What a better way to start the party than a glass of champaign and a flaky mouth watering bite?

It is a late summer afternoon and just like that we feel like having something. Not too much, so we do not spoil our dinner, not too sweet so we keep a healthy lifestyle… Something tasty, something light, something to keep the little hunger away while still delighting all the senses. Something closely resembling the famous English high-teas with freshly baked scones and cucumber sandwiches.  Yes, I admit, I am watching too much Pinterest. But there is hardly too much of a good thing, and when it comes to things bringing joy and happiness it is usually a good thing to indulge.

Too lazy to make scones, all my attention goes to the cucumber sandwiches – little toasts of cottage cheese, topped with perfect round circles of cucumber, cherry tomato and radish slices, sprinkled with sunflower and pumpkin seeds and garnished with fresh oregano. This is our high-tea English heaven!

The cottage cheese is something special, grainy and soft, it usually does not have much taste on its own and goes well both with savoury and sweet. It resembles very much crème fraîche, but is a way more healthy option. It is the perfect accompaniment to a toast and the star ingredient of our canapés today – something little, something light, tasting sublimely great!