Here are some great chanterelle mushroom recipes to make the most out of your fresh, dried or frozen chanterelles. 📕 What are Chanterelle Mushrooms? Chanterelle mushrooms, or chanterelles as they are also called, are vibrant yellow or golden colored and funnel-shaped mushrooms. Variations exist between the white and black color spectrum. Some … [Read more...]
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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...]
Creamy Coconut Chickpea Curry Recipe
A creamy coconut chickpea curry prepared with wholesome spices. This is a healthy plant-based dinner meal. 📕 What is this Curry? A Chickpea curry is an Indian inspired, spiced curry prepared with whole cooked chickpeas, spices and coconut milk. This recipe is based on the Indian Chole Masala/Chana Masala or restaurant style chickpea tikka masala. It's not … [Read more...]
+5 Inside out Sushi Roll Ideas (Uramaki Sushi)
More than 5 fantastic inside out sushi roll ideas to help you get inspired! These can all be easily made from scratch at home. 📕 What are inside out sushi rolls? Inside-out sushi rolls are inspired by traditional Japanese maki zushi. Regular maki sushi comes with ingredients and rice on the inside and the nori seaweed on the outside. There are two main … [Read more...]
Rayu Japanese Chili Oil Recipe (Layu)
Deep red Rayu Chili Oil is a lovely Japanese multi use condiment that you can prepare at home now! It can be used a flavored cooking oil in Asian food or as a topping for a ramen soup, as a dipping sauce for gyoza or other Asian pot stickers. The rayu chili oil is part of the Japanese food series that I filmed together with Momoko, our Japanese food expert. A big … [Read more...]
Ham and Cheese Puff Pastry Hand Pies
Golden baked, flaky soft puff pastry hand pies, stuffed with ham and cheese. 🥧 Ingredients Here is what you will need to make these amazingly delicious ham and cheese puff pastry hand pies. Find the detailed US and metric measurements in the recipe card below, 🔪 How to make it? I love these stuffed puff pastry hand pies because they come together … [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...]
Cranberry Muffins Recipe
Nothing beats homemade, soft, and still warm baked cranberry muffins for breakfast! This recipe is simple and oh so good! The muffins are not too sweet, just perfect! 🥣 Ingredients Here is a quick overview of what you will need. The full recipe with US and metric measurements is located further below in the recipe card. 🔪 How to make it? The process … [Read more...]
Baked Ricotta Cheese Dip with Jam
Entertain your guests with this baked ricotta cheese dip. The dip is enriched with herbs and spices, topped with jam, and baked hot. I have been trying my hands on different hot cheese dips prepped with a jam topping. This baked ricotta dip was inspired by the baked brie with fig jam appetizer. 📕 What is ricotta? Ricotta is a grainy soft by-product of … [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...]
Salisbury Steak Recipe
Juicy browned Salisbury steak cooked in a homemade mushroom gravy sauce. This is a classic from scratch skillet one-pot dinner meal. 📕 What is it? Salisbury steak is a hamburger steak cooked and served with mushroom gravy or a so-called brown sauce. It's a typical US-American meal, popularized for the first time 100 years ago by the European immigrant … [Read more...]
French Green Lentils with Sausage (Puy Lentils)
A French recipe for green lentils cooked with sausages. This is a family one-pot recipe. It's one of my favorite winter-time dinner meals. My mum would prepare it every once in a while for us. 📕 What are French Green Puy Lentils? The french green lentils are an important ingredient in the french homemade local cuisine. They are better known as Lentille … [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...]
Nourish Me Soup Recipe
A nourishing soup prepared with fresh root vegetables, pasta, and soup seasoning. This soup is vegan and a convenient one-pot dish. 📕 What is this soup? The nourish me soup is, as the title explains, a healthy comfort food soup. Chunks of root vegetables are cooked in a clear broth with a handful of soup spices. It's inspired by and resembles the … [Read more...]
Hampi South India
A non-biased guide to visit Hampi and its ancient monuments in South India. 📕 Where and what is Hampi? Hampi is a place in South India, Karnataka, known for its ancient Indian monuments. It was the capital of the notorious Vijayanagara Empire. The capital of the empire was also known as Vijayanagara and was the second-largest city in the world in 1500 CE, some 500 … [Read more...]
Seaweed Pearls aka Vegan Seaweed Caviar
Everything you need to know about seaweed pearls aka vegan seaweed caviar. 📕 What is it? Vegan caviar is a type of vegan gourmet food that mimics the look and feel of fish roe. It's a sustainable plant-based alternative to black caviar, that's why this food ingredient is also known as seaweed caviar, kelp caviar or vegan caviar. It is usually made from … [Read more...]
Skillet Hamburger Steak with Bell Pepper Sauce
Homemade juicy hamburger steak prepared in a skillet and served with a creamy colorful bell pepper sauce. This is a one-pan low-carb friendly dish. 📕 What is this dish? This dish was inspired and resembles a Salisbury steak. The beef patty is the same but the sauce consists of sweet bell pepper and cream. It's a great dinner meal idea, which I … [Read more...]
Tobiko
Everything you need to know about Tobiko, how to color them, ideas to use tobiko, and the best way to store this precious seafood ingredient 📕 What is Tobiko? Ever wonder what the fancy orange pearls on Sushi are? That’s Tobiko. Tobiko is a Japanese word that essentially means Fish roe/eggs that are particularly harvested from flying fish. Fun fact? … [Read more...]
Salmon Furikake Seasoning
Flavor-packed Salmon Furikake Seasoning to use as a topping over rice meals. This is a Japanese recipe. 📕 What is it? Furikake are multi-purpose Japanese seasoning blends, used to season mainly rice and noodle dishes among others. They are categorized as dry or wet furikake. They are sold as a condiment in small packets in Japan and many variations exist. … [Read more...]
Homemade Lobster Stock
Lobster stock can be prepared at home from scratch and it's in fact a good zero waste practice if you are boiling a lobster anyway. This is a basic plainly flavored seafood stock. 📕 What is lobster stock? Lobster stock is prepared from lobster shells. The shells are infused in the boiling water over a slow simmering flame. Once you have boiled a lobster, … [Read more...]
How to dehydrate Mushrooms
Dehydrating mushrooms can be useful and it's super easy! I share tips and instructions on how to dry mushrooms at home. I'm using shiitake mushrooms as an example. The flavors of a shiitake mushroom turn out more intense after the mushroom has been dried. It developed more umami. Also drying mushrooms is more commonly done in the East, hence why I picked … [Read more...]
South Indian Sambar Recipe
A super flavorful and easy recipe to prepare South Indian Sambar at home, with vegetables from your grocery store or garden. This south Indian lentil recipe is vegan, gluten-free, and low-calorie friendly. This recipe was filmed with Ajpa. It's also her take on Sambar, a dish she loved to prepare while she studied in Chennai, South India. South Indian food lovers … [Read more...]
Chicken Katsu Recipe
Homemade Chicken Katsu, perfectly fried Japanese Chicken! 📕 What is it? Chicken Katsu is boneless chicken meat, coated with a layer, all-purpose flour, egg, and Japanese panko bread crumbs. Essentially it's a deep-fried chicken from Japan and it's wildly popular there! The word Katsu is a short version of the Japanese word for cutlet. Another Japanese … [Read more...]
Home Canned Plums
Canned plums are a great way to preserve your fruits for the coming months. Turns out, it's easy to do this at home! 📕 What are canned plums? Canned plums are made to last and are preserved in light sugar syrup. Commercially canned fruits are the norm these days but preparing home-canned plums is still the norm in some places. During harvest season you … [Read more...]
Spicy Shrimp Stir Fry Recipe
My spiced shrimp stir-fry prepared in a skillet over the stove top within minutes. They can be served with most Asian side dishes and fried rice, or even in Asian flavored Tacos! I somehow started adding sesame seeds, chili flakes and green onions to everything and the results are super good. Here we go with my stir-fried spicy shrimp. :) 🍤 … [Read more...]
Garlic Onion Sauteed Zucchini Recipe
Sauteed Zucchini with onion and garlic is a simple side dish to serve along with your main course meals. This recipe is gluten-free and vegan. 🧅 Ingredients You can add more flavors to this side dish by adding a dash of Italian seasoning or Herbes de Provence. If you want it spice, as in the zucchini stir fry, add a dash of chili pepper flakes or a few … [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...]
How to make Mayonnaise in 5 Minutes
Homemade easy classic mayonnaise prepared within 5 minutes from scratch with pantry ingredients! 📕 What is this Mayo recipe? This is a homemade mayo recipe that you can prepare from scratch within 5 minutes at home. You will need an immersion blender and a tall jar to do that. It's a quick and easy basic mayonnaise recipe that you can use instead of the … [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...]
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...]
Indian Roti Flatbread Recipe
The Indian roti, which is also known as chapati, is a delicious but simple put-together soft flatbread prepared with whole wheat flour. 📕 What is a Roti? A roti is a round Indian flatbread, which can be compared to wheat tortillas. Every family household in the Indian subcontinent prepares a batch of fresh rotis every single day. The whole wheat flour … [Read more...]
Zesty Zucchini Stir Fry Recipe
A quick zucchini stir fry with spices to serve as a side dish with your Asian main course meals. This is a low-carb Chinese, Thai, and Korean-inspired dish. This dish doesn't belong to a particular cuisine. 🧅 Ingredients Main ingredients: Stir fry Sauce: Topping: 🔪 How to make it? Here is an overview on how to make this from scratch. … [Read more...]
Chicken Alfredo Fettuccine Recipe
Creamy chicken alfredo fettuccine inspired by olive garden. This is the ultimate comfort dinner meal and YOU can prepare it now from scratch at home with this easy skillet recipe. 🍗 Ingredients 🔪 How to make it? Here is an overview of how to make this homemade meal. The complete recipe with US and metric measurements is further below in the recipe … [Read more...]
Chicken Yakisoba Noodles
Stir fried Chicken Yakisoba noodles with a quick homemade yakisoba sauce. This Japanese dish makes a perfect weeknight dinner meal for two! This chicken yakisoba is another classic Japanese stir fry noodle recipe from our Asian food series with Momoko, our Japanese food expert. We recorded it together back in February in Goa, India. 🍜 What are Yakisoba … [Read more...]
Spicy Black Bean Dip Recipe
Jalapeno and fresh ingredients make this chunky black bean dip irresistible. Serve it up cold, warm or hot as a Mexican inspired party appetizer. So, you like party dips and salsas? I recommend the buffalo flavored white bean dip, dill flavored sour cream dip and the peach salsa. 🍅 Ingredients This black bean appetizer has a spicy touch to it and it's … [Read more...]
Simple Caramelized Onion Recipe
Caramelized Onion are cooked slowly in a skillet, releasing natural sweet flavors as they turn brown and super delicious! This is a simple recipe that shows how to make, including ideas to use your homemade caramelized onions. 📕 What are caramelized onion? Caramelized onions are slowly cooked in a skillet and that way the natural sugars are released and … [Read more...]
Butter Garlic Onion Sauteed Mushrooms
Sauteed mushrooms in butter with garlic and onions. A simple vegetarian side dish prepared in one pan. 🍅 Ingredients You can also flavor this mushroom side dish with more seasonings. Add oregano, lemon juice, Italian seaosning, herbes de provence or thyme. Another idea is to add a few drops of worcestershire sauce, or soy sauce or tabasco sauce or … [Read more...]
Austrian Food Guide
This is a guide about Austrian food and drink specialties. It covers everything you need to know if you are a gourmand traveling Austria or if you want to simply learn more about our food culture. The food guide is from the perspective of a West Austrian, so I may have mentioned more specialties from there because, well that's my expertise. But I have also … [Read more...]
Johnny Marzetti - Ground Beef Noodle Casserole
Johnny Marzetti is a baked comfort noodle dish prepared with tomato sauce, ground beef, and topped cheese. It's a 100% delicious, fool-proof recipe and a family favorite! 📕 What is Johnny Marzetti? Johnny Marzetti is a baked pasta casserole dish prepared with ground beef and tomato sauce. It's an Italian-American dish from the midwest, Columbus … [Read more...]