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Pics by Franzi. Okay, August is officially over and we say „Hello!“ to September! Let’s celebrate this fresh month with the easiest (and very delicious) pumpkin soup recipe I found so far… Recipe: Serves 4. Ingredients: 1 medium-sized butternut pumpkin, olive oil, chili flakes, salt, pepper, app. 500 ml vegetable stock, 2 garlic cloves (peeled), […]
Roasted Pumpkin Soup! Read More »
Pic by Franzi. Another pasta salad recipe… this time the Swedish version with tinned pumpkin, dill and prawns. Fresh and sophisticated! Recipe: Serves 3-4. Ingredients: 300 g tagliatelle pasta, salt, pepper, 200 g tinned pumpkin, 1 bunch of green onions (cut into rings), 2 TSps orange zest, 1 TblSp orange juice, 150 g yoghurt, 3
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Do you like Pumpkin Spice Latte? I somehow have a romantic imagination when I think about this hot U.S. imported autumnal drink. Unfortunately the Starbucks version is way too sweet for me. But what about home-made? The most common recipe I found in the web sounds as following (via allrecipes). I really wanna try it
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Pic by Franzi. I know, I know – I told you a million times that I love pumpkin & bread & …. pumpkin bread. Thus, here is the recipe: Recipe: Makes 1 loaf. Ingredients: 1 medium Hokkaido pumpkin, 80 g soft butter, 500 g flour, 1 package dry yeast, 90 g sugar, 1 TSp salt,
Reminder: Eat More Pumpkin Bread! Read More »
Pic by Franzi. Another newly discovered & delicious pumpkin recipe I will add to my autumn-must-do-recipe list: A roasted pumpkin-spinach salad, topped with crumbled goat cheese. Yummi! Recipe: Ingredients: 1 medium Hokkaido pumpkin, 3 TblSps pistachios, 4 TblSps olive oil, salt, pepper, 425 ml chickpeas, 150 g baby spinach, 1 bunch of fresh chives, 1
Pumpkin & Spinach Salad with Goat Cheese! Read More »
Cranberry Ginger Cake – Apple Pie – Chai Pumpkin Pie. Gateau St. Honoré – Pear Tart with Rosemary – Cheesecake. I am still dreaming about an oven-warmed kitchen, about preparing dough and the smell of fresh oven-made dishes. This week I fantasize about cakes, tarts and pies… Oh those lovely sweet treats! Like always: All
Dreaming About Baking … Cake! Read More »
Pic by Franzi. I am regularly reading American cooking sites. The one thing I see there often and wanted to try out forever is Spaghetti Squash! This season I finally found one and carried it home happily, thinking about all the recipes that would be possible with it. Finally I decided for a „classic“ preparation
Spaghetti Squash & Cheese „Risotto“! Read More »
Pic by Franzi. In the attic of my late grandparents I found my grandma’s cookbook. When I read there the following pumpkin soup recipe for the first time, I couldn’t believe that one should add 100 g (!) sugar and no salt is needed at all. I tried it … and what should I say?
Sweet Pumpkin Soup! Read More »
Pic by Franzi. Pumpkin time! Now I prepare all the pumpkin recipes I love: Pumpkin lasagna, pumpkin onion tart and more! But what to do with the seeds? Roast & spice them! Recipe: Serves 4. Ingredients: Seeds of one pumpkin (I used hokkaido), spices (I used an arabic mixture), salt, pepper, 2 TblSps olive oil.
Spiced Pumpkin Seeds! Read More »
Aaaah… there are so many delicious looking new pumpkin recipes! I have to buy a lot more pumpkins if I wanna try them out all. Maybe I should make a pumpkin party?! Which of these new recipes do you like the most? Drunken Pumpkin Chilli, Pumpkin Black Bean Soup, Pumpkin Cheesecake. Pumpkin Doughnut Holes, Squash
More Pumpkin Recipes! Happy Halloween! Read More »