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...]
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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...]
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...]
Sesame Oil
Sesame oil has many fantastic uses in Asian cuisine, but it can be a confusing ingredient! Here you will learn about the different types, how to use them, the smoking point, substitutions and the best way to store your sesame oil. 📕 What is Sesame Oil? Sesame oil is extracted from Sesame seeds, which come in white or black varieties. The plant grows vastly … [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...]
Cumin Uses + Recipe Ideas
So, you want to learn more about cumin spice? This post will help you to understand better how to use cumin spice in your food, and you will collect some ideas too. 📕 What is Cumin? Cumin is a spice seed grown from the cumin herb, a plant with small white flowers. It's a warm, heating spice. Cumin tastes aromatic, pungent, and nutty. Due to the flavor … [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...]
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...]
Falooda Ice Cream Recipe
A falooda is a great summer treat! It's an ice cream pepped up with syrup and basil seeds. 📕 What is Falooda? Having probable roots in Persia and available in Middle Eastern and East Asian countries, Falooda is an Indian drinkable ice cream dessert that will certainly be the most refreshing way to enjoy your summer. There are many ways to enjoy falooda - it … [Read more...]
Simple Stewed Tomatoes Recipe
Simple flavored stewed tomatoes, prepared from scratch from whole fresh tomatoes and peeled. I share seasoning, storing options and ways to use them. 📕 What are stewed tomatoes? Tomatoes are peeled and then slowly cooked over a medium to low heat setting. The tomatoes can be diced or cooked as a whole. Stewed tomatoes and variations exist all over the … [Read more...]
Austrian Linzer Cookies Recipe
Homemade melt in your mouth Linzer cookies prepared from scratch. I show you how to make these classic Austrian cookies in ease. My Oma's recipe! 📕 What are Linzer Cookies? The Linzer cookie is a tender, nutty double-decker confection with a peek-a-boo jam eye. The traditional Linzer cookies are scalloped and have three jam eyes. But often, you can find … [Read more...]
Quince Jelly Recipe
The best and only quince jelly recipe you will ever need! Make your own vegan quince jelly with 3 ingredients and without artificial pectin added. You get all the info you require below in the post to succeed! 📕 What is Quince? Quince is a pear-like fruit. In fact, it looks like a cross between a pear and an apple. It mostly grows in temperate climates, … [Read more...]
Guide to Florence Italy
A transparent travel guide to Florence in Italy. Plan your vacation to the great Tuscan city after social distancing times. This guide has a focus on getting there by car at the bottom of the article. What is Florence Italy famous for? Florence (called Firenze by the locals) is located in Tuscany, a region in central Italy, Europe. The city is known for being … [Read more...]
Japanese Teriyaki Chicken Recipe
This is an authentic Japanese Teriyaki Chicken Recipe prepared with boneless chicken thighs and a handful of pantry ingredients. This recipe is without cornstarch and ginger. Momoko, our Japanese food expert, joined the team a little while back. She has been helping me film her heritage food and I'm translating her knowledge into useful recipe posts. We have … [Read more...]
Creamy Avocado Dressing Recipe
Green creamy avocado dressing is delightfully good in so many ways. The simple dressing is vegan dairy-free, perfect for a plant-based diet, and healthy because it's low carb and gluten-free. 🔪 How to prepare the dressing? You will only need a handful of ingredients to make this avocado dressing. Get fresh ripe avocados and you are almost good to go. Here … [Read more...]
How to travel Doha in Two Days [Qatar]
How to travel Doha in two days to make the most of your trip to the luxurious city amidst the dunes. Aistis from astraveler.com is sharing his 2 days Doha Qatar itinerary with us, including beautiful hot spots which you shouldn't miss! We make a stop to Doha almost twice a year because Qatar is on our way to Goa, India. Yet so far we hadn't had a chance to visit … [Read more...]
Pignoli Cookies Recipe
Soft and moist Pignoli Cookies prepared with almond paste and honey. These Italian Christmas cookies are a real treat and make a great holiday gift. When I worked as a teenager at an Italian gelateria, I came across these special cookies. My boss was from North Italy, but his mother was Sicilian, so he would make them for Christmas. His cookie recipe included … [Read more...]
Oven Roasted Turnips Recipe
Oven roasted turnips are a great low carb every day and holiday side dish. I show you how to prepare your turnips and how to roast them from scratch easily with the help of my how to process shots. We had tons of turnips growing this year that we ended up with a huge surpluses. I love turnips turned into mashed turnips or cooked and served with a béchamel sauce and … [Read more...]
Quick Spelt Bread Recipe
Making spelt bread has never been easier with this quick recipe. Spelt flour and seeds make this bread amazingly nutritious. The moist and great tasting bread recipe with video can be found at the bottom of the post. 📕 What is Spelt? Spelt, also known as dinkel, is a grain related to the common wheat grain, but it has a nutty flavor. It is known as an … [Read more...]
Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Apple
Bright, healthy and the best roasted butternut squash soup with apple and cream. This easy butternut squash soup with deep beautiful flavors will be your new fall soup favorite! Watch the video how-to and get the recipe with process shots further below. 🍎 Ingredients For this recipe, you will need a handful of ingredients. These are some of the main … [Read more...]
Herb Compound Butter Recipe
Make your own Herb Compound Butter easily at home, with your choice of herbs. I share below how to make your homemade herb butter after your own preferences, and explain further how to use it to it's fullest potential. 📕 What is compound butter? Compound butter flavored butter, which you can use further in your recipes. Seasoned butter can be enhanced with … [Read more...]
3 day Vienna itinerary Austria
You will find the best things to do in Vienna in this post! This is from an Austrian local perspective so that you can get the most out of your trip in this 1 to 3 day itinerary! I have been to Vienna countless times over the years and thought to myself, it's about time I share my wealth of knowledge with y'all! In this post, you will find first the best things that … [Read more...]
French Apple Cake Recipe
Our French Apple Cake is an authentic easy and moist French family recipe from my grandmother's side, who hailed from Normandy. If you like homemade apple cake recipes with fresh apples, check out the German apple cake too! 🍏 Why this French apple cake? Can you remember the last time when you had a bit of a cake and it transported you to another time and … [Read more...]
Exotic Tropical Fruits List
Tropical Fruits are juicy, sweet, and remind us of our last holiday at the beach. Sun and summer, hot happy feelings ebb and flow when we think of Mango, Pineapple, and Papayas. But these popular tropical fruits are just a fraction of what we know. There are countless quirky but super flavorful and natural sweet exotic fruits out there! I reached out to … [Read more...]
Lebanese Moussaka Stew (Maghmour)
Lebanese Moussaka is a flavor-packed vegan stew from the middle east, which is better known as maghmour. Prepare your own easy moussaka with my video recipe below. 📕 What is Lebanese Moussaka (Maghmour)? The Lebanese Moussaka is a stew, that includes mainly Eggplant, Tomato, and Chickpeas. The eggplant chickpea stew is also known as maghmour. Some … [Read more...]
Homemade Pomegranate Molasses
Homemade Pomegranate Molasses is a useful DIY food condiment, used in middle eastern cuisine to add flavor to meals. My pomegranate molasses recipe is made of real seedless pomegranate juice and is the base of this easy recipe! 📕 What is pomegranate molasses? Pomegranate molasses is a reduced boiled down, thick syrup made of pomegranate juice. A small … [Read more...]
How to make Fenugreek Seed Tea
Healthy fenugreek tea prepared with seeds will help your body in various ways. Fenugreek is an amazingly useful plant known since ancient times for its health benefit effects. The seeds are especially useful and this is why we are going to focus on the seeds to prepare tea from scratch at home. 📕 What is fenugreek? The fenugreek plant resembles a … [Read more...]
Pomegranate Juice without Juicer or Blender
In this post, I show you how to make pomegranate juice without a juicer or blender. You will be able to prepare fresh pomegranate juice whenever you need it from scratch. How to make it? To be honest, I don't prepare pomegranate that often to justify the need for a special juicer just for that fruit. This method in this recipe with a ziploc bag, involves simply … [Read more...]
Guide to Hallstatt Austria
Hallstatt Austria is a picture-perfect village at a lake, hidden between dramatic mountains. I'm going to show you why you need to plan your next trip to Europe's most beautiful village! Where is Hallstatt Austria? Hallstatt in a quaint village, tightly nestled between the Salzkammergut mountains and the Hallstätter lake in the Austrian Alps in central … [Read more...]
A Guide to Hiking in New Zealand
Hiking in New Zealand is a travel adventure every mountain and nature lover should experience at least once in a lifetime! You guys will recall from our most memorable mountain trip to the Himalayas, that we love to take in high peaks and breathtaking landscape views. Dan and Bailey from Destinationless Travel, got us excited to pick one of the famous hiking trails in New … [Read more...]
Black Coconut Macaroons (Halloween Cookies)
Black Coconut Macaroons with Chocolate for your Halloween party guests, because even black souls need to feed on something. These easy coconut macaroons are deep black in color, achieved by a natural coloring of the cookies. The cookie base is a HOT red chocolate mixture, which unravels on your tongue. Watch my quick, fun how-to video further … [Read more...]
Spicy Moroccan Lentil Soup - Veg Style Harira
Moroccan Lentil Soup, aka Harira, is a spiced North African soup. This is a vegan version of the Harira soup, and it's not a traditional authentic recipe. It's based on the original, which is prepared with meats. If you like soups like my Indian lentil soup, then this one-pot easy soup should be your next dinner meal! 📕 What is Moroccan Soup (Harira)? Harira … [Read more...]
Lebanese Zaatar Bread - Manakish, Manoushe Flatbread Recipe
Zaatar Bread is a soft flatbread topped with a zaatar seasoning mixed with olive oil paste, which is then baked like a pizza. The bread is enjoyed still hot in the middle east for breakfast or with a meal. You will love this seasoned flatbread if you are into pizza, pita, and other middle eastern/Mediterranean baked delicacies! Zaatar Bread is the … [Read more...]
Indian Lentil Soup Recipe
Flavorful Indian Lentil Soup - comfort level is high because the soup will brighten up your dinner with the heartwarming colors and nutritious ingredients. Besides, the soup comes together rapid and easy; therefore the soup is a perfect meal idea after a long day at work as each bite revitalizes you. Plus point: the soup is vegan. 🆚 Indian Lentil soup … [Read more...]
Lebanese Zaatar Spice Blend Recipe
A flavorful Lebanese Zaatar Spice Blend Recipe so that you can make this wonderful Mediterranean spice blend at home with your own spices. This will give you the option to use only real ingredients in this popular Levantine seasoning blend and at the same time, you will understand what ingredients make this spice blend so amazing! 📕 What is … [Read more...]
Chinese Five Spice Powder
Chinese Five Spice is a worldwide common spice blend consisting mainly of 5 distinct spices. Most probably you have come across this spice mixture in the past or you tasted it in a dish without knowing. 5 Spice is a useful spice blend to have in the kitchen, and you can make it at home too. Use it in desserts such as my 5 spice poached pears. 📕 What is … [Read more...]
Shakshuka with Feta Recipe
Shakshuka with Feta is my new obsession! The popular basic Shakshuka Mediterranean brunch has been a staple in my home for years. Then I discovered this fantastically enhanced shakshuka with feta. Shakshuka with Feta is a whole new ball game! 📕 What is Shakshuka? Shakshuka (or Shakshouka) is a breakfast and brunch dish commonly prepared in the … [Read more...]
Green Sorrel Soup Recipe
Sorrel Soup is prepared with fresh Sorrel Leaves and natural seasoning, making this a super healthy and delicious homemade soup! I like to serve my freshly prepared creamy sorrel soup with croutons to add some crunch to my meal. The Sorrel soup recipe is further below. 📕 What is Sorrel? Sorrel has been left behind in the staple food revolution, which is a … [Read more...]
Pineapple Mojito with Mint
Pineapple Mojito Recipe with Mint — Bring some tropical vibes into your life! This pineapple mojito is prepared with mint, and it's a hassle-free easy cocktail version so that you get to enjoy the drink flavors all the more. The only cocktails I ever end up ordering again and again, anywhere in the world, are the cocktails based on pineapple, such as this … [Read more...]
Turkish Red Lentil Soup Recipe
Turkish red lentil soup is a blended smooth soup prepared with veggies, red masoor lentils and selected spices. A topping made of olive oil, chili and mint, takes this soup to a whole new level. The Turkish lentil soup is stuffed with flavors, and you can make the Mediterranean lentil soup at home from scratch within 30 minutes in just one pot! I came across … [Read more...]