A light and bright lemon parsley pasta dish with olive oil to enjoy as a spring or summer dinner meal. The dish contains fresh herbs and tastes better if you pick quality ingredients, just like the Italians would. Video and process shots will be added tomorrow! Ingredients This pasta shines when prepared with fresh or whole spices. I'll explain here what to look … [Read more...]
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Lemon Yogurt Sauce Recipe
Lemon yogurt sauce prepared from scratch with a few ingredients. This sauce has multiple uses and can be served with a variety of meals and cuisines. 📕 What is this Sauce? I created this sauce because I wanted a lemon flavored yogurt sauce. It's tart and enhanced with bright citrus notes, making it a great accompaniment as a dip with meat and seafood main … [Read more...]
Pan-Fried Lemon Thyme King Oyster Mushroom
Pan-fried king oyster mushroom cooked in one pan with thyme and lemon flavors. Similar recipes to try, include our sautéed oyster mushrooms and these pan fried lions mane mushrooms. 📕 What are King Oyster Mushrooms? King oyster mushrooms are also known as king trumpet mushrooms, royal trumpet, and some other regional names. They are part of the oyster … [Read more...]
Lemon Marmalade Recipe
A homemade all-natural 2 ingredient Lemon marmalade. Based on the french orange marmalade and kumquat marmalade recipe. It's without artificial pectin. 🆚 Marmalade VS Jam VS Jelly So what's the difference between a marmalade a jam and jelly? 🍋 Ingredients You will only need 2 ingredients to make this citrus fruit marmalade from scratch. US and … [Read more...]
Lemony Olive Oil Tortellini Recipe
A simple but flavorful tortellini dinner meal idea, coated in a skillet with lemon, garlic, basil and olive oil. 🍋 Ingredients Here is an overview of the ingredients and the process. That should give you an idea how it comes together. The full recipe with US and metric measurements is located further below in the recipe card. 🔪 How to make it? The … [Read more...]
Lemon Garlic Butter Shrimp Recipe
Lemony garlic butter shrimp prepared over the stovetop in one pan within minutes. This is a quick and easy sautéed dinner meal. This shrimp recipe is suitable for a low-carb, keto, gluten-free and low calorie diet. 🦐 Ingredients If you want to add more seasonings and flavors, add a tsp or two of cajun seasoning, thyme or fresh dill or terragon. If you … [Read more...]
Pork Medallions with Lemon Wine Sauce
Juicy perfectly cooked pork medallions prepared over the stovetop in one pan. This recipe comes with a rosemary-infused lemon wine sauce (yep prepared in the same skillet!) 📕 What are Pork Medallions? Pork medallions are about 1 inch (2.54 cm) sliced pork tenderloin pieces. They are filet meat pieces, and that's the most tender and most expensive meat … [Read more...]
Lemon Chicken Piccata Recipe
Irresistible Chicken Piccata coated with Parmesan and served with a citrusy lemon sauce. My low-carb chicken dinner meal is quickly and easily prepared in one skillet. What is Chicken Piccata? Chicken Piccata is an Italian dish, which originally was prepared with thin slices of veal meat. The chicken version is called Piccata di pollo in Italian. Piccata refers … [Read more...]
Ginger Lemon Honey Tea
Soothing Ginger Lemon Honey Tea is not only great for your health but also tastes amazingly good! In this post, I show you how to make your own homemade ginger lemon honey tea from scratch with instructions, tips, and a quick video. I discovered the combination of Ginger lemon and honey tea when I traveled across India. India is a tea country and tea stalls can be … [Read more...]
Lemon Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies
Melt in the mouth Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies with lemon flavor are our favorite cookies right now. They are easily made and we get to use up my beautiful raspberry jam. 📕 What are Thumbprint Cookies? Thumbprint cookies are called that way because you press into a ball of raw cookie dough with your thumb to create a crater. The cookies are then filled … [Read more...]
Fresh Lemon Cucumber Mint Water
Lemon Cucumber Mint Water is another healthy-infused water that I want to share with you. The purpose of this series of infused waters is to remind us to drink water because water flushes out all the toxins in your body and gives you the glow that your skin needs! Making your own infused cucumber lemon water with mint is not just fun but also so very healthy for … [Read more...]
Lemon Gin Elderflower Cocktail
My Lemon Elderflower Gin Cocktail is prepared with clear Gin, elderflower syrup, tonic water, and fresh lemon juice. 📕 What is Elderflower? Elderflowers are cream-colored small edible flower blossoms that grow on a shrub in bunches before turning into elderberries. Elderflower and elderberries come from the same plant. The blossoms of the elderflower are … [Read more...]
Lemon Elderflower Syrup Recipe (No Cooking)
My Lemon Elderflower Syrup is a family recipe prepared without cooking. You will need fresh elderflower for this recipe so that the syrup gets infused within 2 days. 📕 What are Elderflowers? The elderflower is a flowering plant with strongly flavored, small cream-colored blossoms. It's also known as Sambucus. The little blossoms of an elderflower bush taste … [Read more...]
Quick Indian Lemon Rice Recipe
This Lemon rice recipe is a delicious side dish to serve with any main dish. The South Indian inspired yellow rice can be served with Indian as well as Western fish, meat and vegetable meals. This is a quick and easy version prepared with a few ingredients. When you visit Goa, the first thing that you do is to take around to the beach and chill in one of the … [Read more...]
Lemongrass Tea Recipe with Fresh or Dried Leaves
The Lemongrass tea recipe is for you if you are looking for a refreshing hot beverage. 🍵 What is Lemongrass Tea? Lemongrass tea is prepared with fresh or dried green lemongrass leaves, white lemongrass stalks, or roots. It's a herbal tea, tisan. You might have spotted lemongrass tea on your Asian neighborhood restaurant's menu, or you got introduced to it … [Read more...]
Limonana - Mint Lemonade
Limonana is a popular refreshing middle eastern lemonade with mint. Flip flops, summer hats, picnics, beach life, burning sun, suntan, fun games, palm trees, sun beds, and the bar. Does that sound familiar, or does it remind you rather of a distant but familiar dream? Hasn't the hot season arrived yet in your corner of the world? Soon enough, summer … [Read more...]
+24 Asian Shrimp Recipes
Authentic and Asian style shrimp recipes to get inspired in the kitchen. Learn new cooking techniques, experience new flavors, and immerse yourself into the world of shrimp recipes. Below you will find my favorite shrimp (and prawn for all Indian and British readers) recipes. I also asked my food friends to share their top Asian shrimp recipes, and this is how this … [Read more...]
+29 Asian Soup Recipes to get inspired!
You know, I LOVE, Asian soup recipes. They are flavorful, easy to prepare and good for you. Therefore, I have compiled a list of the best Asian soup dishes with the help of my recipe friends. Get inspired and collect some ideas. Most soups can be enjoyed all year round and are great as a main course meal or as a starter. The list below includes Asian inspired soup … [Read more...]
Star Fruit Juice (Carambola)
A special homemade star fruit juice can be so very refreshing! Star Fruit is also known as Carambola and below I show you how to make a juice from scratch. Most, probably, you know the star fruit as a cocktail decorator. It's a beautiful fruit, but the tropical exotic fruit can do more than just food deco. I have a thing for tropical fruits. If you feel the … [Read more...]
Kir Royale Cocktail
The Kir royale is a classic french special occasion party cocktail. The purple shades and fruity berry taste make this sparkling wine apéritif a hit every time! 📕 What is a Kir Royale? A Kir royal is a French apéritif cocktail made with crème de cassis liqueur and a French sparkling wine. This elegant cocktail is also known as Kir pétillant in French. The Kir … [Read more...]
+30 Authentic Oktoberfest Food Ideas to Turbocharge your Party
Visiting Oktoberfest or are you looking for some delicious original Oktoberfest food ideas for your party? I compiled a collection of the best Oktoberfest recipes, savory and sweet. Grab some ideas for your Oktoberfest food party further below, or learn about the food offering before your Oktoberfest visit! This is an updated version, inspired by our recent trip to … [Read more...]
Home Canned Pears in Syrup Recipe
Make home canned pears in syrup from scratch. This is as per French canning customs and it's our family recipe. I take you through the process so that you successfully prepare a batch of home canned pears. 📕 What are canned pears? Canned pears are fresh whole, halved or quartered peeled pears, that are covered in a medium to light syrup in a canning … [Read more...]
Curry Mayonnaise Recipe
Curry Mayonnaise is for all those Mayo and curry powder loving folks out there. It's a simple way to spruce up your mayonnaise game and to add diversity to your dipping options for fries, roasted chicken and hot dogs. Are you looking for dipping sauces? I can recommend my spicy mayonnaise or the velvety yum yum sauce. 📕 What is it? Curry Mayonnaise, also … [Read more...]
Mint Infused Water Recipe
My instructions will help you to make homemade mint infused water from scratch within minutes. 📕 What is this Mint Water? Mint water is basically water flavored with fresh mint leaves. The leaves are left in the water to infused them slowly. The result is a subtly flavored minty water, which isn't overpowering. These flavored waters are also known as infused … [Read more...]
+23 Jackfruit Recipes (Ripe and Unripe)
Jackfruit is such a versatile tropical fruit and to celebrate that, I have put together a selection of jackfruit recipes. Discover fresh ripe and young canned jackfruit recipes below. There is something for everyone with lunch ideas, sweet desserts, Asian and Indian recipes, as well as American and European classics prepared with jackfruit. Yet, here you will mainly … [Read more...]
Gooseberry Jam Recipe
Wonderful gooseberry jam prepared the French way without artificial pectin. You will need just 2 ingredients to make this all natural, foolproof jam from scratch. 📕 What are Gooseberries? Gooseberries are marble-sized oval-round berries growing on irregular shrub branches native to Europe. Varieties exist across the board, with green and red ones being the … [Read more...]
+18 Flavored Rice Recipes
More than 18 flavored rice recipes to jazz up your rice cooking skills. Take your bland rice to the next level, and season your rice as per your choice with these inspiring recipe ideas. What's flavored rice? Flavored rice is also known as seasoned rice. It is rice infused with a set of flavors. You do that by adding spices, herbs, condiments such as soy … [Read more...]
Simple Kohlrabi Salad with Vinaigrette
A simple kohlrabi salad recipe prepared with grated or shredded raw kohlrabi and dressed with an easy to prepare vinaigrette dressing. This refreshing salad can be prepared in advance. Here is how it's made from scratch at home. 📕 What is Kohlrabi? Kohlrabi is a roundish bulb root vegetable. It's juicy on the inside, and it has a hard thick skin, which will … [Read more...]
Substitute For Paneer: Options with Pros and Cons
So, you are looking for a substitute for paneer in a recipe or meal? I have got you covered with a list of the best and worst options compared, with pros and cons. 📕 What is Indian Paneer Cheese, and how is it used? Paneer is an Indian cottage cheese. It's firm and white, a bit squeaky, and it doesn't melt. Paneer is prepared by adding vinegar or lemon … [Read more...]
Simple Buttered Peas Recipe
Buttered Peas is a lovely universal side dish. It is best prepared with fresh green peas to bring out all those good sweet natural flavors. Here you will learn how to make it and I share some flavor variations, tips to store it properly and a how-to video. 📕 What are Buttered Peas? Butter peas are green peas sautéed in butter. It's a popular side dish that … [Read more...]
Jam Cream Cheese Puff Pastry Dessert Recipe
A flaky jam cream cheese puff pastry dessert, golden baked to perfection. Sweet temptations made in a jiffy, and it can be transported to work or school. 📕 What is this? Puff pastries with a jam and cream cheese filling are inspired by filled cream cheese danish pastries. Danish are not the same as puff pastry because danish pastry includes yeast. … [Read more...]
Spicy Hummus without Tahini Recipe
Hummus without tahini recipe – with a selection of spices to add wholesome flavors to your chickpea dip! 📕 What is Hummus? Hummus is a popular and traditional middle eastern dish, prepared with chickpeas (aka garbanzo beans) as the main ingredient. It's creamy, thick and the chickpea flavors come through with the seasoning. Hummus is known to be … [Read more...]
+34 Greatest Asian Chicken Dinner Recipes
More than 34 of the greatest Asian chicken dinner recipes to discover and prepare at home. With modern and delicious classics to choose from. Get inspired by the choice of homemade Asian chicken recipes in this collection. I picked our favorite recipes and the best from other food preparation talents out there. Here you will find a mix of “true to the culture” … [Read more...]
Buffalo White Bean Dip Recipe
Buffalo flavored hot White Bean Dip with a recipe to make it either chunky or velvety smooth. This dip takes about 20 minutes to prepare from start to finish, and it is a vegan healthy, dairy-free dip. You won't need a food processor for this recipe, you will just need a skillet! 🧅 Ingredients Here is a quick overview with info on what you will need, to … [Read more...]
Strawberry Fool Dessert Recipe
The strawberry fool is your dessert if you are looking for a delicious, quick, and easy treat. 🍓 Ingredients My fool is simple and straightforward to prepare. Yet, I have added a small flavor element to keep things interesting. You can find the detailed US and Metric measurements listed in the recipe card further below. 🔪 How to make it? I show you in a … [Read more...]
Guava Fruit
The guava fruit is a beautiful tropical fruit. It has many delicious and useful uses. Here you will find everything you need to know to start enjoying guavas all the more. 📕 What is a Guava? Guava is a tropical fruit in every sense of the word. It grows in the tropics around the equator, smells like the tropics, and is the fruitiest of all the fruits out … [Read more...]
Chicory Root Tea
Chicory Root Tea is a nifty way to ditch your bad health habits. In this post, we explore how to use it and the differences between raw and roasted chicory root. 📕 What is Chicory Root? Chicory is a hardy bushy plant that grows beautiful blue flowers. It's a wild plant in Europe and you can see it there on the roadside. The plant has been known for its … [Read more...]
Individual Salmon Wellington Recipe
Individual Salmon Wellingtons are baked puff pastry wrapped salmon filets inspired by my mini beef wellington. Here you will find a recipe with easy progress pictures and video. 🐟 Ingredients Here is a quick overview of what you will need to make your own salmon wellington (almost) from scratch. Get the detailed measurements in the recipe card further … [Read more...]
Roasted Parsnip Recipe
A simple oven-roasted parsnip recipe to enjoy this healthy and unique root veggie. This is an effortless vegetable side dish idea. 📕 What are Parsnips? Parsnips are a root vegetable. They resemble carrots in shape and a bit in flavor. When you take a bite of cooked parsnips, it will remind you of a cross between carrots and parsley roots. They are all … [Read more...]
Italian Passatelli Soup Recipe
Passatelli in brodo (in clear soup broth) is a regional Italian food specialty. 📕 What are Passatelli? Passatelli is an Italian regional pasta specialty, that originated in the province of Pesaro and Urbino. The dish is a specialty from Emilia-Romagna but it appears all over northern Italy. We had it in Venice too. The reason why this pasta variety is so … [Read more...]