The quick creamy polenta recipe is a lifesaver and delicious budget comfort side dish. I prepare this all the time because you can serve polenta with most main course meals. See in my video how I make my creamy polenta without screwing up. 📕 What is Polenta? Polenta is a yellow shaded Italian cornmeal Porridge. Before the discovery of the new world … [Read more...]
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Layered Polenta Casserole Recipe
📕 What is Polenta? Polenta is a typical Italian, central European maize (cornmeal) porridge type. Polenta resembles grits, but it's deep yellow. Before polenta was introduced to Europe, they used other ingredients such as chestnut flour or millet. Polenta is cooked with liquids such as water, stocks or milk for a couple of minutes. It's a very quick side dish … [Read more...]
10 Min Pan-Fried Eggs with Green Onions
Pan-fried eggs prepared with green onions in just one skillet. You will take about 10 minutes to make this dish. I love pan-fried eggs because they are simple to prepare and save me time on busy days. Eggs are comfort food in my book! A while back, I came across an ASMR Tokyo street food channel, and they prepared green onion with eggs in a skillet. I thought it was … [Read more...]
Coconut Milk Shrimp Curry Recipe
This is a simple wholesome one-pot Indian-inspired shrimp curry prepared with coconut milk and spices. It resembles the Goan shrimp curry (aka prawn curry) and the Thai shrimp curry but it's a curry in a hurry! 🍤 Ingredients This is what you need to make this seafood curry. Full details in the recipe card further below. 🔪 How to make it? Here is an … [Read more...]
Ground Beef Stuffed Zucchini Boats Recipe
A well-seasoned ground beef cheese stuffed zucchini boats with a tomato sauce, baked and served up in a casserole dish. This makes a healthier low-carb dinner meal. This recipe was inspired by my mum's vegetarian stuffed zucchini boats and our french meat stuffed tomatoes. I thought it would be nice to have culinary herbs and spices in these zucchini boats. … [Read more...]
French Tomato Coulis + How to can it
Homemade tomato coulis seasoned with fresh herbs. This is a French recipe for a thin tomato sauce. The recipe comes with canning instructions. 📕 What's a Tomato Coulis? A tomato coulis is a thin tomato sauce used in French cooking as a sauce base for other dishes. It's basically a tomato sauce, but it's super runny, and it's almost always seasoned with … [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...]
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...]
Guide to Italian Food in Italy
So, you are planning a trip to Italy and Italian food is your passion? This guide covers dishes and drinks that you will come across in Italy and that you will need to try if you love food! You will also learn everything you need to know to get around with your taste buds. No matter where you are in Italy, the food is always awesome! Yet, sometimes it can get … [Read more...]
Mushroom Tikka Masala Recipe
I'm obsessed with this mushroom tikka masala because it's a great meatless alternative to chicken tikka masala. We love to serve it, along with the chicken version and other north Indian meals. 🔪 How to make Mushroom Tikka Masala? Your Mushrooms will marinate first to add more intensive flavors to your tikka masala dish. You can skip the marination if you are … [Read more...]
Ratatouille Stew Recipe
Ratatouille is a French vegetable stew prepared with zucchini, eggplant and tomatoes. This my families french recipe prepared in one pot. 📕 What is ratatouille? Ratatouille is a traditional coarse vegetable stew from the Provence in south France. It's commonly prepared during the zucchini and eggplant harvest season in the summer. The stew is a staple … [Read more...]
Cottage Pie with Ground Beef
A Cottage Pie prepared with ground mince and baked in a casserole pan. This recipe is the easiest from-scratch version you can make at home. I called it originally a shepherd's pie with ground beef because that's what it is known as outside Ireland and Britain. 📕 What is cottage pie and a shepherd's pie? Shepherd's pie is a layered crustless pie, … [Read more...]
Chicken Marsala with Mushrooms Recipe
Creamy flavorful chicken marsala, served up with an elegant quick and easy to prepare mushroom sauce for dinner. This is a great date night, one pan skillet, low carb/keto chicken recipe! (yep all that) This creamy chicken marsala with mushrooms was inspired by the olive garden dish. So, in a way, it's a copycat recipe, but I wanted to stay true to the classic … [Read more...]
German Coleslaw Recipe
German Coleslaw is an easy to prepare low carb vegan salad side dish. The slaw is aromatic and seasoned nicely to bring out the fresh crisp slaw flavors. I show you how to make a proper German European recipe further below. 📕 What's the German coleslaw? The German coleslaw is a traditional-shredded cabbage salad. This is a South German version with … [Read more...]
Meat Stuffed Tomatoes Recipe
Juicy Meat Stuffed Tomatoes Recipe roasted in a casserole dish in the oven. Learn how YOU can prepare this french dish from scratch at home with my process shots and video further below. Do you like meat stuffed vegetable dishes? Then you might enjoy meat stuffed patty pan squash. This is French stuffed tomatoes recipe that we have been making at home since … [Read more...]
Homemade Potato Gnocchi Recipe
Preparing Homemade Potato Gnocchi is so rewarding! Besides, it's not rocket science to prepare these pasta dumplings from scratch and they taste way better then the store bought Gnocchi. 📕 What are Potato Gnocchis? Gnocchis are Italian pasta dumplings which originated in the North of Italy. Potato Gnocchis are the most well known Gnocchi variation out … [Read more...]
Vegetarian Zucchini Boats Recipe
Zucchini Boats are a great family dinner meal and that's how my mum would get us kids to eat our veggies. The stuffing is completely vegetarian, skinny, healthy, and includes cheese. Preparing baked stuffed zucchini boats for dinner is the best way to use up this amazing vegetable! For that, I share an easy vegetarian meatless Meditteranean zucchini boat … [Read more...]
Cheesy Cauliflower Casserole
Baked Cauliflower Casserole was the dish that my mum made to get us to eat our vegetables when we were kids. And it worked! I always happily gobbled up my cauliflower cheese bake. This cheesy cauliflower casserole bake is a skinny french version, without the unnecessary calories, and it's meatless. 📕 What is cauliflower Mac and Cheese? The … [Read more...]
Shrimp Fra Diavolo Pasta Sauce Recipe
Shrimp Fra Diavolo is a fiery spicy tomato-based sauce, which is most commonly served with pasta. This delicious, fiery hot, one-pot shrimp fra diavolo (or shrimp diablo) comes together rather quick and easy and is packed with gorgeous flavors to make your weeknight all the more special! I have created a useful video with the shrimp fra diavolo sauce … [Read more...]
Semolina Pudding with Orange Recipe
Semolina Pudding is a quick and easy dessert which makes a common appearance in our home because this orange-flavored cream of wheat porridge tastes amazing with it's comforting familiar flavors. This is a very classic Austrian/German semolina pudding recipe, and you can find the how-to further below. I also explain the difference between Semolina vs. Cream of … [Read more...]
Austrian Beef Goulash
In Europe, we have something like a spiced meat stew that has gained popularity with time all over the world. As the title suggests, I am speaking of the brown paprika loaded Goulash. Actually, the dish is typically Hungarian. Once upon a time, Hungary and Austria used to be one without borders. It is fair to say that Goulash has become an Austrian favorite … [Read more...]