After you've been on the road a lot, trying to eat healthy but also needing portable food, your appreciation for finding such foods rises. Summer and plums go hand in Holland, you can still visit little stands by the roadside or go to any good Saturday market and choose from…

Cucumbers make good candidates for heathy snacks and base ingredients for salads. As a mild-tasting refresher it can be the straight man next to almost any more flamboyant ingredient. I've come to appreciate it as a mid-afternoon snack to dip into home-made mixes out of mayonaise and spicy sauces. Today's…

Lemons, a healthy fruit, picked fresh off a tree in the backyard of a neighbour or friend out here. They are tastiest, sour with a hint of sweetness, when they areyellow going on orange. They work well in lemonade, clear cocktails and tea, when you are thirsty. In food, they…