Cheese Bread Dumplings, better known as Kaspressknödel, is an Austrian regional Knödel dumpling variety. Those are great comfort food and help you to use up stale bread. 📕 What are Pressknödel? Pressknödel are flattened cheese bread dumplings. They are a specialty in the region of Tyrol, Austria, and South Tyrol Italy. The word Pressknödel means a … [Read more...]
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Turmeric Spice, Uses + Recipes
Turmeric spice can be easily included in your cooking. I show you how in this post. Also, why is turmeric such a great spice, which one should you buy and a selection of recipes with turmeric to choose from. 📕 What is turmeric? Turmeric is a yellow-orange root that has been used as a spice in Indian and Asian cooking for centuries. Turmeric is also known … [Read more...]
Pastina Soup Recipe
A quick, simple pastina soup for when the days are cold, and you are feeling under the weather. Make this clear Italian pasta soup within minutes in one pot only. 📕 What is Pastina? Pastina is a soup made with a variety of tiny shaped pasta that originated in Italy. The most common pastina pasta soups are made with the star shaped stelline, which may or may … [Read more...]
Smoked Salmon Appetizer with Dill Sour Cream
Smoked salmon appetizer bites with dill sour cream are great finger food to serve for a crowd this holiday season. They taste delicious, are easy to prepare and please everyone. I think the best Christmas and New Year's appetizers, besides little smokies and pigs in a blanket, are salmon bread bites. You can also call them smoked salmon tartine, mini salmon toasts … [Read more...]
German Christmas Cookies
Traditional German Christmas Cookies count as some of the best in the world. And that for a good reason! I have compiled a collection of the best german cookies below. The Internet is full of precious, delicious cookies, and German Christmas Cookies top the list as some of the most coveted cookies during Christmastime. German cookies are traditionally made … [Read more...]
Cinnamon Candied Almonds
Cinnamon candied almonds are a sweet holiday snack that you will love! The pan-roasted almonds are layered with an irresistible sugar-cinnamon layer that you won't be able to resist. Make these Christmas spiced almonds to gift to your family and friends this season! 📕 What are candied almonds? Candied almonds are roasted almonds coated with a … [Read more...]
Vanillekipferl Cookies Recipe
Vanillekipferl are melt in the mouth crescent-shaped Christmas time cookies. The cookies are flavored with vanilla, hence why they are also known as a vanilla crescent or moon cookies. This is one of my Oma's traditional Austrian Christmas cookies recipes. The cookies are also known as Viennese almond crescents. Read up the history of this iconic cookie just … [Read more...]
Healthy Broccoli Casserole Recipe
You are going to love this broccoli casserole if you are looking for a flavorful vegetable loaded casserole. I show you in my recipe video and in the process shots further below how to make my broccoli cheese casserole from scratch. I was inspired by my zucchini casserole and broccoli cheese soup when I came up with this broccoli casserole recipe. Brace yourself … [Read more...]
Mashed Turnips Recipe
Best mashed turnips prepared with whole or frozen turnips, all low carb. Watch how to make mashed turnips with my short video clip and process shots further below. This is your holiday side dish if you like a healthy, easy to prepare, low-calorie mash. 📕 What are turnips? Turnips are round-shaped roots, which average the size of a fist. Varieties exist, … [Read more...]
Homemade Eggnog Recipe
Creamy homemade eggnog recipe to enjoy your holiday season with your loved ones. Choose if you want it spiked with alcohol and if you want to add egg whites. I show you further below how to make eggnog from scratch easily with whole ingredients. 📕 What is Eggnog? Eggnog is a thick holiday milk egg punch that may or may not include rum or any other … [Read more...]
Black Forest Cake Recipe
The Easiest Black Forest Cake Recipe out there, and the tastiest as well. Make your own foolproof, creamy, moist Black forest gateau. Learn how to with my video instructions and process shots further below. 📕 What is the Black Forest Cake? The Black Forest Cake is a moist layered chocolate Torte with a cream layer and whole cherries. The cake is a … [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...]
Sour Cream Dill Dip Recipe
Easy Sour Cream Dill Dip Recipe to enjoy with raw fresh vegetables, over baked salmon, cooked potatoes or simply with smoked salmon and much more! 💡 Choice of dill I tend to prepare a fresh dill dip with garden fresh dill but you can use dried herbs too. But keep in mind that fresh dill makes a better dip. Also, there are dill weed varieties out … [Read more...]
French Cherry Clafoutis
Cherry Clafoutis is a classic French cherry dessert made with a flan-like batter. I share our authentic easy cherry clafoutis recipe further below with how to process shots. 📕 What is clafoutis? Clafoutis is a French baked dessert that consists of a layer of fruits and a layer of flan-like batter. A clafoutis is rich in eggs and is not overly sweet. The … [Read more...]
How to make Spaetzle Recipe
Best Spaetzle recipe, delicious and so easy to make! Spaetzle are made with a spaetzle maker or spaetzle press. Learn how I make my homemade Spaetzle recipe further below with the video and step by step instructions. 📕 What are Spaetzle? I love to make fresh pasta and noodles because it tastes amazing. What I don't like about fresh pasta is … [Read more...]
French Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe
There is nothing better than french vanilla ice cream with real vanilla beans. I share how to succeed in making delicious, creamy, flavorful, and hence, the best vanilla ice cream out there with my video below. I partially based this vanilla ice cream recipe on my bavarian cream recipe after having tried failed vanilla ice cream recipes from the web. This is a … [Read more...]
French Yogurt Cake Recipe
French Yogurt Cake is a quick soft cake that you can prepare anytime when you crave a simply delicious cake. I have made this cake countless times in a square and round mold. Pick your cake pan shape and let's make my family's yogurt cake recipe. 📕 What is this cake? The French yogurt cake is probably the easiest cake in the world and is prepared by using … [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...]
Ham and Cheese Croissant Recipe
Baked ham and cheese croissant are my guilty brunch time pleasure. Prepare these hot cheesy ham filled croissant easily at home within minutes and let's indulge each bite slowly. This is a super easy breakfast, brunch, lunch or anytime-I'm-craving-comfort-food idea. The recipe is easy and straightforward but just in case... What's this ham and cheese … [Read more...]
Semmelknödel Recipe (Bread Dumplings)
Semmelknödel are round bread dumplings from Southern Germany. I show you how we make them from scratch at home with stale bread in this recipe. I talked about Semmelknödel years ago, where I showed you how to cook homemade fermented Sauerkraut. Ingredients The ingredients for the homemade authentic bread dumplings are straightforward. For the dumplings … [Read more...]
Chocolate Beet Cake Recipe
Chocolate Beet Cake is a popular cake in my home. This super moist and decadent cake is easy and quick to prepare. Lately, I have been obsessed with two ingredients mixed, beets and chocolate. You wouldn't imagine the earthy sweet pink/red beetroot together with the sinful dark chocolate, and yet, both complement each other outrageously well. Do you like … [Read more...]
Hibachi Fried Rice Recipe (Copycat)
Easy Hibachi Fried Rice Recipe to make this tasty copycat Japanese steakhouse fried rice recipe at home from scratch. I can never get enough eating it! 🔪 How to make it? Simply follow the steps to make your own Japanese steakhouse fried rice at home! Step 1 Keep all your ingredients cut ready, your proteins, vegetables, cooked rice and mix the sauce … [Read more...]
Tuna Asparagus Salad with Microgreens
Take advantage of the Asparagus season with a cold tuna asparagus salad, microgreens, and lemon vinaigrette dressing. Enjoy this spring and summertime salad as a low carb lunch meal or as a side dish with other dishes. If you are looking for more lunch salad ideas then check out this flavorful strawberry spinach feta salad. 🔪 How to cook asparagus for … [Read more...]
Quick Pickled Jalapenos Recipe
A quick refrigerator pickled jalapenos Recipe so that you can preserve and enjoy these beautiful jalapenos. I'm sharing a basic jalapeño pickle recipe with flavor and ingredient adjustments, tips and ideas. 📕 What are pickled jalapeños? Pickled Jalapeños are preserved in a vinegar, water, and salt solution to increase the shelf life of fresh … [Read more...]
Bratkartoffeln with Bacon - German Fries
Bratkartoffeln with Bacon is a great dinner meal idea. The German fries recipe is great with leftover boiled or roasted potatoes. 📕 What are Bratkartoffeln? Bratkartoffeln are German pan-fried Potato Fries. Boiled potatoes are cut into thick slices and pan-fried with butter and bacon fats until crisp. This is a very common dish in all … [Read more...]
Panda Express Fried Rice
Did you know that making your own panda express fried rice is super easy? The budget-friendly, one-pan, copycat fried rice prepared at home has its perks and I love it with Black Pepper Chicken. You get to adjust it the way YOU like it, turning it into a healthier meal! Does that sound great to you? Great! Then let's dive into the details further … [Read more...]
How to make Meatballs
I'm covering everything on how to make meatballs further below! Read up some useful tips on how to prepare the best, soft, moist, juicy easy round meatballs from scratch at home or watch my short video further below. I love all kinds of minced meat dishes, but I can be rather picky. I hate to bite into a burger patty or a meatball and watch myself grind and … [Read more...]
Salami Bread Appetizer
These quick Salami Appetizer are always part of my bite-sized party food selection. Each bite is perfectly balanced in flavors and ingredients, and is great for entertaining your guests with an apéritif! This is your appetizer if you are looking to serve more than just deviled eggs. This is a handy and tasty little party bite, also called amuse bouche. If … [Read more...]
White Chocolate Liqueur Recipe
Easy white chocolate liqueur recipe to prepare this classic creamy holiday liqueur at home. This chocolatey liqueur resembles the Mozart white chocolate vanilla cream liqueur from Salzburg in Austria. Watch further below how to make it from scratch so that you can enjoy your white chocolate cream liqueur in your drinks or gift a bottle to your loved ones. The … [Read more...]
Mashed Potato Recipe
Learn how to make mashed potato easily with my quick video. Enjoy your own homemade mashed potatoes as a side dish, or check out some tips further below on how to use left-over mashed potatoes or to create different mashed potato variations! Are you like me?! A total mashed potato fan? I make mashed potatoes whenever I'm craving a homely feeling. That's when … [Read more...]
Creamy Polenta Recipe
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...]
Bavarian Cream Dessert Recipe
Our Bavarian Cream Recipe so that you get to try this amazing and delicious dessert at home! Make the cream and let it set in pots to serve as dessert with your favorite toppings or fruits. Watch my quick and easy how to make Bavarian cream video further below. 📕 What is Bavarian Cream? Bavarian Cream, also advertised as Crème bavaroise in some places, is … [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...]
Vegan Marzipan Recipe
Basic Marzipan prepared easily, no cooking involved, all-natural with real flavors, and only 4 ingredients! This is based on our German raw marzipan mass recipe which is further used in cakes, cookies candies. This recipe is vegan and without eggs. 📕 What is Marzipan? Marzipan is a raw mass of flavored almond paste. Whole almonds are peeled and reduced … [Read more...]
German Apple Cake Recipe - Apfelkuchen
Easy German Apple Cake, also known as Apfelkuchen in German, prepared with raw harvest time apples. This is a traditional recipe is authentic and from my region Tyrol Austria and Bavaria Germany. 📕 What is the German Apple Cake? To prepare the German apple cake, a dough is mixed and the apples are cut and placed on top of the cake before being baked. This … [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...]
Hot Mango Habanero Sauce Recipe
My super hot Mango Habanero Sauce with real fresh habanero chili peppers and mango fruit. This sauce is irresistibly hot and sweet, plus it also looks stunning! This is part of my homemade hot sauce series, which also includes the Thai sweet chili sauce and Buffalo sauce. 🔪 How to make it? Here is a quick overview to give you an idea of how this sauce … [Read more...]
Chicken Pad Thai Recipe
Chicken Pad Thai is one of my all-time favorite Asian noodle dishes. The popular Thai meal is not only tasty but healthy as well, and brace yourself, a super quick 20-minute prep and cook dinner recipe! It's a win-win all along, and this chicken pad thai will be your next favorite recipe at home! Trust me, I know what I am saying. Learn within a minute … [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...]
Fluffy Waffle Recipe
The Fluffy Waffle Recipe is a classic and usually, my mum used to prepare waffles the French way once in a while as a special dessert afternoon treat for us. Nowadays light and crispy waffles are one of my favorite brunch meals. To make fluffy waffles is not rocket science. There is a great technique to create gorgeous waffles every time again! My … [Read more...]