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Pic by Franzi. Can there be anything more autumnal than apples or potatoes? …Or, even better, a dish that combines them both by the help of a creamy sauce? Imagine a cold and rainy day (or just look out of your windows right now) and you may immediately crave for comfort food. The apple-potato gratin […]
Fall Dish: Apple-Potato Gratin! Weiterlesen »
Pic by Franzi My good friend Vivien stayed at my place over the weekend for a visit. On the first evening she decided to cook something for us both and prepared her own kitchen classic, the couscous salad. I love this dish, because its simply made, consists of fresh and healthy ingredients and is really
Vivien’s fail-safe Recipe: Couscous Salad! Weiterlesen »
You may have already recognized it: I love zucchini! The yellow ones as much as the green ones. The small examples as much as the big summer squashes. I already shared two of my favorite zucchini recipes with you (Baked Courgettes and Pasta with Zucchini Sauce). Today I would like to present you the extreme
Pic by Franzi. This week is quite stressful for me. After a wonderful weekend at the sea I had to get up the next four mornings at 5 a.m. Coming home in the evenings I’m feeling pretty much exhausted. But what can help better in this state of mind (or body) than a simple healthy
Tomato-Onion Soup with Egg Weiterlesen »
It’s official: The tomato season has started: On my own balcony, in the vegetable gardens, on the farmers market. And I’m always again surprised about the variety of forms and colours you can find there. What a sharp contrast to the always pale red things you find in the supermarket the whole year-long. But what
Not only on my balcony: It’s Tomato Season! Weiterlesen »
Like promised last week, I start today with testing different cookbooks and the potential of their recipes to make us full and happy :). The series starts with the book Nigella Express: 130 Recipes for good food fast by Nigella Lawson which has its home in Isa’s kitchen. Together we tested a whole range of
How Good Are Your Cookbooks? Today: Nigella Express! Weiterlesen »
My pal Isa came up with a gorgeous idea last week: Why not test the potential of the cookbooks in our kitchen drawers? This will bring us three BIG advantages: First, we will finally prepare recipes from them and not only look at the pictures and plan to make something someday in an uncertain future.
New Series: How Good Are Your Cookbooks? Weiterlesen »
I’m melting… its 33°C (91°F) and that’s quite HOT for Germany. But don’t panick, I have already found the perfect solution to cool down myself a bit: Sweet, refreshing, simple sorbet. Yummi! I will try out one of these tasty looking recipes after the other… This also means that from now on I need a
Pic by Franzi. I was 12 years old when I made it official to my family that I’m a vegetarian (…who eats fish). Even before that moment, I never liked meat (in all its variants). Thus, I don’t believe it came as a big shock. Nevertheless, my parents reacted the first years a bit…, well
Vegetarian Classic: Baked Courgettes Weiterlesen »
Pic by Franzi My pal Marie prepared me last week this delicous banana bread. She got the recipe from Australian friends and I just can say one thing: Yummi! Ingredients: Melted butter or margarine (to grease the tin), 265g self-raising flour, 40g plain flour, 1tsp ground cinnamon, 140g firmly packed brown sugar, 125ml milk, 2
Best Banana Bread Ever Weiterlesen »