The Fried Breadfruit Recipe is a delicious healthier snack or side dish idea. You can serve this vegan and gluten-free fruit instead of Potato French Fries/ Chips with other meals. 📕 What is a breadfruit? Breadfruit is a starchy round fruit, which is about 1–2 pounds (1/2 - 1kg) heavy. The breadfruit tastes rather plain and can be compared to the flavor … [Read more...]
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Green Peppercorns in Brine Recipe
Green Peppercorns in Brine is a very nifty way to preserve fresh green peppercorns. I captured in my how-to video below the way I pickle my green peppercorns. If you love homemade pickles, take a look at my pickled Jalapeños Recipe! 📕 What are Green Peppercorns in brine? Green Peppercorns in brine are pickled fresh green peppercorns that are preserved in a … [Read more...]
Strawberry Jam Recipe
The BEST Strawberry Jam without pectin. Only natural organic ingredients make this beautiful strawberry jam. I share my tips, tricks and complete recipe, so that you can make your own strawberry jam asap! I hope you are ready for strawberry season because I have got you covered already with my strawberry rhubarb jam. BUT I'm not done because one of my all-time … [Read more...]
Balsamic Spinach Strawberry Feta Salad with Walnuts
Balsamic Spinach Strawberry Feta Salad with Walnuts is one of our favorite salads at home. The salad is savory, sweet with the light sour dressing and has both soft and crunchy elements to make you want more instantly with each bite. This salad was partially inspired by my Arugula Feta Salad. 🍓 Ingredients I didn't understand for a very long time why … [Read more...]
Asian Meatballs Recipe
My Asian Meatballs make a great party appetizer. Prepared with minced pork and/or beef, and further topped with an oriental sauce, the meatballs make for a welcoming change. I show you further below, how to make these babies quickly and easily! If you love Asian flavors and meatballs, then these bite-sized appetizers should be on your bucket list. The Asian … [Read more...]
Glogg Mulled Wine Recipe
Make your own easy Glogg Recipe this winter season! A cup of Scandinavian spiced mulled wine will heat you up to the core. 📕 What is Glogg? Glogg (aka Glögi, Glödgat Vin, Gløgg or Glögg) is the name for the Scandinavian version of a Mulled Wine. That means Glogg is prepared in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and even in Finland and Estonia. Glogg is … [Read more...]
Apple Jelly Recipe
Homemade Apple Jelly is a wonderful fall treat! Especially when you have a load full of gorgeous apple waiting to be used. What better way to use up your apples than turning them into a two ingredient apple jelly. 🆚 Jelly VS Jam The difference between Jelly and Jam is clear. Both can be prepared with fruits, and both jelly and jam involve … [Read more...]
Simple Green Salad Recipe
My everyday green Salad is actually not my invention but rather a side salad dish that my family prepares to accompany any lunch or dinner. This simple salad is truly a daily salad in my world, which comes together really quickly and can be served with most meals. This green salad cannot be missed for any meal or at any event. My mum would prepare this … [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...]
French Green Bean Salad Recipe
My French Green Bean Salad is a staple at home and at family gatherings. It's easy to prepare, budget-friendly, good for you and tastes great as a side dish with most main course meals. 🧅 Ingredients This string bean salad is made with fresh ingredients and a homemade French mustard vinaigrette dressing. For the full US and metric measurements, see the … [Read more...]
Mango Sorbet Recipe
Mango Sorbet is a real treat during the hot summer days! Fruity, almost pure in flavor and oh so very refreshing. The best part is, besides being insanely good, that the sorbet with mangoes is super easy to prepare from scratch! You only need to follow basic sorbet making rules. I have searched out the best scoop and tips for you. The full video how-to is … [Read more...]
Pineapple Jam Recipe
I adore Pineapple jam slathered over my breakfast bread! Did you know that it's super easy to prepare a 2 ingredient pineapple jam? You are going to love pineapple jam if you are into tropical fruity flavors! I have put together a how to make pineapple jam video and recipe further below, with some lesser known tips and tricks to preserve it … [Read more...]
Mango Pineapple Banana Smoothie
Mango Pineapple Banana Smoothie is one of my favorite fruit smoothies prepared with greek yogurt. It's filling, tastes great, and the creamy thick smoothie reminds me of summer holidays at the beach. The tropical fruit combination of Mango Pineapple and Banana is a real pick me up in the morning, that's why I also call this my sunrise smoothie! I am a bit … [Read more...]
Chicken Pathia Curry Recipe
Chicken Pathia Curry is a British Curry house dish. Chicken is cooked and prepared in a hot sweet and sour sauce, creating a perfect balance of aroma for all those who like to indulge in deep, intense flavors. In this Pathia Curry with Chicken, further below, you can adjust the heat to your liking and you are welcome to add this one-pot wonder to your meal prep … [Read more...]
Tamarind Paste Recipe
Tamarind Paste is a universal ingredient used in Asian, African, Caribbean, and South/Central American cooking. You use it to build up curries, or stir-fry sauces, as part of a meat marination or in cold beverages. I will teach you how to make Tamarind Paste, which you can keep in your fridge for further use. 📕 What is Tamarind? Tamarind is a sour, pulpy … [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...]
Strawberry Banana Smoothie without Yogurt
Strawberry Banana Smoothie can be prepared easily from scratch without yogurt! I love this pink fruity smoothie recipe because it's vegan and makes me feel better about myself. Kind of like a conscious cleanser to start the day the right way with a tasty, healthy and easy strawberry smoothie breakfast! Can you relate to that? Read further below and get the how … [Read more...]
Norwegian Porridge Recipe (Risengrynsgrøt)
Norwegian Porridge, aka Risengrynsgrøt, is a one-pot rice meal prepared and enjoyed on Christmas day in the Scandinavian regions in Europe. It's a super easy recipe. Yet, you can make the Norwegian porridge as a healthy dish for breakfast any time of the year! Learn how to make the Norwegian Porridge from scratch with the step-by-step recipe with … [Read more...]
Candied Orange Peel Recipe
Candied Orange Peel sweetens the colder winter days. Vibrant healthier bites to snack on or to use in your cooking and baking. I show you how to make them from scratch! 📕 What are Candied Orange Peels? Candied orange peel is a wonderful way to turn something we usually throw away into something fragrantly delicious and decadent. A frugal way to add … [Read more...]
Guava Paste Recipe
Guava Paste (aka Guava Cheese, Goiabada) is a sweet delicacy which is common in former Portuguese colonies and several tropical regions in this world. Guavas fruits are currently in season and if you have been following me on Instagram you will know this already! Guava fruits are in season again! It's one of my favorite fruits, it just … [Read more...]
Persimmon Jam Recipe without Pectin
Add this Persimmon jam without pectin recipe to your to-do list this autumn! Learn how to make easy persimmon jam from scratch with the step-by-step picture instructions further down in the recipe and get into the autumn groove! You might remember that I had mentioned my love for Persimmons in the past here. Those unique, kind of odd fruits, are in season … [Read more...]
Blackberry Jam Recipe
A good blackberry jam can sweeten your day. Fruity and luscious, nature's gift. To make this natural blackberry jam recipe at home from scratch with fresh hand-picked fruits and without pectin is straightforward and so very delicious. Preserve the season's goodness in a jar! 📕 What blackberries to use for blackberry jam without pectin? Blackberries … [Read more...]
10+ Papaya Recipes that will make you want to have more!
I think, we need more Papaya Recipes, more ideas and inspirations to use up this unique fruit! Papaya is a tropical fruit and there are actually great uses for this humble fruit! I came up with two great uses over the years; however, I am not the only one, other talented food blogger friends got some fantastic papaya recipe ideas as well. It doesn't have to … [Read more...]
Vanilla Pear Preserves Recipe
Sweet pear preserves might turn you obsessed this season. This easy-to-prepare homemade pear jam recipe, with vanilla and without pectin, is my favorite winter jam. You can make these pear preserves and use it in so many ways. Read about its uses and get the detailed step-by-step picture recipe below. ❔ Why you need to make this wonderful Pear … [Read more...]
How to roast Cashews - How to prepare Cashew Fruit
I am sharing how to roast cashews and how to prepare the Cashew Fruit. This post is meant to educate how to roast small quantities of raw cashews in the outdoors and you will understand why further below. Cashews have turned, in the last few years, into a prime snack time choice for health-conscious people in the western world. Cashew nuts have always been … [Read more...]
Kletzenbrot Recipe - Christmas Fruit Bread
Kletzenbrot is a Christmas fruit bread from Tyrol Austria and that's how we make this traditional recipe from scratch at home. For more baked Christmas goodie recipes, see my mom's Bûche de noël recipe or this British traditional christmas cake recipe. 📕 What is Kletzenbrot? The Kletzenbrot is a dense and moist rye flour fruit bread prepared during … [Read more...]
Veal Cordon Bleu Recipe
Breadcrumbs coated veal cordon bleu, stuffed with ham and cheese. This dish makes a lovely date night or Sunday family meal. 📕 What is Cordon Bleu? Cordon Bleu is a cheese and ham stuffed Schnitzel. A Schnitzel is a flour and breadcrumbs coated thin slice of boneless meat, a veal escalope. A ham and cheese can be either rolled or folded into the meat or … [Read more...]
Poppy Seed Filling Recipe
Homemade poppy seed filling to use in cookies, cakes and desserts. Prepare it from scratch within minutes with the help of my how to guide. In this recipe, I would like to share with you how to make a delicious home-made poppy-seed paste. You can use it as a filling in various baked goods, such as a poppy-seed rolls and buns, strudel, stollen, and as a rich layer … [Read more...]
Blueberry Tart with Custard Recipe
Fruity creamy dessert, as dark as the night, come to me I will treat you well and savor each slice, each layer and every single bite. Oh so blue and scrumptious, still fresh and hot, we ate you completely, so that there was nothing left. This is what happened with the blueberry tart with custard in the picture. Impatient as I am around food classics, I couldn't … [Read more...]
Sweet and Sour Papaya Sauce
Hello orange Season, welcome back! I have been seeing oranges lately, not in a bad way of course, no I am talking about the change of seasons and the time when orange-colored vegetables and fruits appear more frequently in the market. It might be Europe, the Americas or India, every September you'll notice warmer colored produce. While the old wives summer (also … [Read more...]
Austrian Jagertee Recipe
The alpine skiing slopes are famous all over the world. Why? Mostly because of the tipsy making hot beverages, such as the heart-warming Jagertee. 📕 What is a Jagertee? Jagertee, Jägertee or Jagatee means Hunter's tea and Jaga is the local Tyrolean (regional Austrian German) word for Jäger in German. My conclusion is that in the old times, Hunter's used … [Read more...]
Coco Loco Brain Juice [Halloween]
As you have already realized, Halloween is nearing and some of us, including me, are all busy creating new Halloween Food Idea. If you click on the link, you 'll be able to see our Halloween Pinterest Pin board, already stuffed with great creative and spooky Halloween goodies from the Food Blogger community. Head over for some … [Read more...]
Mirabelle Plum Tart Recipe
The Mirabelle Plum is a delicate fruit, commonly grown in France. This is a Mirabelle tart with almond flour and a homemade shortcrust pastry. When I take a bite of our homemade Mirabelle Tart, it is as though I end up in another world. Drifting away with its taste and aroma. Well, in fact it's not just any tart, it is a complete inspirational … [Read more...]
Green Mango Pickle
Its the Mango season, the time when you indulge the fruity gems in masses, the time when you end up eating only fresh mangoes the whole day and the time when you have to be aware that some of your house tiles might get jammed by falling fruits. What would we do without the juicy, refreshing goodness? It is unimaginable, so deeply rooted and needed are the mangoes. … [Read more...]
Cold Tomato Orange Soup with Buffalo Mozzarella
A cold tomato orange soup prepared with fresh peeled tomatoes, orange juice and enriched with chunks of soft buffalo mozzarella and basil leaves. 📕 What is this soup? A simple, flavorful cold summer soup to beat the heat. This soup is like a Spanish cold gazpacho soup. It's served cooled. This soup doesn't require cooking it, it can be prepared within 20 … [Read more...]
Sapodilla Fruit Smoothie
My sapodilla fruit smoothie prepared with fresh sapodillas, aka chikoo, chiku, sapote/sapota fruit. This smoothie tastes like a fruity caramel, and this recipe includes milk. I show you how to use this tropical fruit in this recipe. Sapodilla is that brown inconspicuous round oval fruit the size of an egg, which you might have encountered on your travel to … [Read more...]