Here is how we cook ebly, instant wheat berries, in France. Cooked wheat berries make for a lovely side dish that you can serve up instead of rice. I explain further below all the details about ebly wheatberries and what to look out for. 🌾 What are Wheat Berries? Wheat Berries are whole wheat kernels without the hull and husk. They come in yellow or red … [Read more...]
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Candy Advent Calendar Filler Ideas
Candy advent calendar filler ideas to inspire you this Christmas season! Get ideas on how to fill your Christmas calendar with delicious sweets. Collect stuffing ideas with homemade candy and get the scoop about the best candy buying options. You will also find ideas on how to make your calendar with DIY material options. While we prepare our Christmas fruit … [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...]
Roasted Butternut Squash Risotto Recipe
My creamy roasted butternut squash risotto recipe is a fall risotto dinner meal idea. The risotto is prepared in one pot with roasted butternut squash and it includes wine as well. I show you further below how to prepare this dish from scratch in my video and with the help of my process shots. Risotto is a classic meal from northern Italy, made of rice and, in … [Read more...]
Salmon in Parchment Paper with Herbs
Salmon in parchment paper is an elegant and healthy fish meal. The fish fillet cooked in parchment in the oven is low carb, nutritious and incredibly easy to prepare. 📕 What is it? Salmon in parchment is a salmon filet wrapped in parchment. The French Mediterranean dish is also known as salmon en papillote or a salmon fish pouch. En Papillote is a … [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...]
Meat Stuffed Patty Pan Squash Recipe
Garden fresh stuffed patty pan squash with a french meat filling. This is a low carb gluten free recipe for small and large patty pan squash! Watch and learn how to prepare this dish at home with my video and process shots further below. I came up with this recipe with the help of my uncle, who grows squash in his garden. The recipe is loosely based on the … [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...]
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...]
French Raspberry Jam with Seeds
Prepare the BEST Raspberry Jam with my easy homemade from scratch Recipe. Use fresh or frozen Raspberries and make this berry fruit jam your own. 🫐 Ingredients This is a French raspberry jam without pectin. I only add natural pectin to help to set the jam. Raspberries You can use fresh or frozen Raspberries. I usually use frozen raspberries because … [Read more...]
Fresh Lemon Cucumber Mint Water
Lemon Cucumber Mint Water is another healthy-infused water that I want to share with you. The purpose of this series of infused waters is to remind us to drink water because water flushes out all the toxins in your body and gives you the glow that your skin needs! Making your own infused cucumber lemon water with mint is not just fun but also so very healthy for … [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...]
Cherry Jam Recipe
The best homemade cherry jam recipe prepared with fresh cherries, completely without artificial pectin sugar. Your jam will be perfectly set, just like my cherry jam in the picture. This is a french cherry jam prepared the way my mother and grandmother showed me. That means we follow the traditional way of making jam, which by the way is 100% safe for consumption … [Read more...]
Guide to Innsbruck Austria
Are you planning a visit to Innsbruck Austria? I have compiled a list of the best things to do when in Innsbruck so that you take the most from your visit to the Austrian alps! Video Walk in 4K Location Innsbruck is located in the alps at the river Inn, in the center of the region of Tyrol in Austria. The name Innsbruck means "The Inn's bridge" and is a … [Read more...]
Red Currant Jelly Recipe
Red Currant Jelly is a classic jelly that we prepare from scratch every year during the months of June and July in Europe. This red currant jelly recipe is without pectin and preservatives, you can make it easily at home with the process shots in the recipe and how to + tips further below. If you like sweet savory spiced chutneys, then check out my red currant … [Read more...]
Rattenberg Village Austria
Rattenberg is a quaint Medieval city located in the Austrian Alps between Innsbruck and Salzburg. I totally recommend that you travel and discover Rattenberg for yourself! Where is Rattenberg? Rattenberg is a city located next to the large river Inn, in the alpine region of Tyrol, in Austria. On the maps, you will find the smallest city of Austria, Rattenberg, … [Read more...]
Chicken Paprikash Recipe
We love Chicken Paprikash at home and over time I created a quick and easy paprikash prepared in one-pot only. 📕 What is Chicken Paprikash? Chicken Paprikash is a chicken in sour cream paprika sauce dish from Hungary. The dish is better known as Paprikás Csirke in Hungarian. This dish is as popular as goulash in hungary and includes a lot of … [Read more...]
Austrian Liptauer Recipe
The Austrian Liptauer Recipe is a flavorful cheese spread enriched awith Paprika and similar spices and ingredients. If you like cream cheese varieties spread over your bread, you might enjoy my spicy cream cheese spread. What is Liptauer? Liptauer is a well seasoned and spiced cottage cheese spread. This particular spicy spread is traditionally made … [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...]
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...]
Indian Fried Breadfruit Recipe
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...]
Vegan Tikka Masala Sauce Recipe
My favorite Tikka Masala Sauce is by accident vegan and so much tastier and healthier than the stuff you get in stores! The freezer friendly curry paste can be used for various tikka masala meals. 📕 What is Tikka Masala Sauce? Tikka Masala Sauce is a thin-spiced curry paste variety to prepare the famous Chicken Tikka Masala dish. Popular discounters such … [Read more...]
Panda Express Black Pepper Chicken Recipe
The Panda Express Black Pepper Chicken Recipe with Celery is one of my favorite copycat recipes from the popular Asian food inspired franchise. I recreated the panda express dish and dare say I even improved it by using quality ingredients at home. For more Asian style meals, take a look at my cabbage and chicken, as well as this Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry … [Read more...]
Mexican Corn Black Bean Salad Recipe
This Mexican Corn Black Bean Salad is stuffed with flavors and we call it a summer comfort dish. I enhanced this black beans Mexican corn salad side dish with a light dressing, which I seasoned with my Mexican spice blend. We both absolutely adore corn and beans in a salad. Paul actually introduced me to his favorite bean and corn salads, ad over the years we came … [Read more...]
2 Weeks Vietnam Itinerary
Your ultimate 2 Weeks Vietnam Itinerary so that you can plan ahead and get the most of your Vietnam travel.Julie from JulieAroundTheGlobe.com is taking us on an epic journey across Vietnam, Southeast Asia, and is sharing her complete 2-week itinerary! Vietnam Itinerary 2 weeks to explore the best Vietnam destinations! The itinerary starts in Ho Chi Minh City (aka … [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...]
Quick Lox Spread Recipe
A delicious lox spread recipe which you can make within minutes from scratch. Bagel with cream cheese lox or any other bread will make this a perfect bite any time of the day. Gigi from the Vicious Foodie is sharing with us today her go-to travel snack, a salmon lox spread recipe! For nearly seven years, I’ve been traveling the world full-time. I’ve … [Read more...]
Apple Banana Smoothie with Ginger
Apple Banana Smoothie is one of my favorite healthy beverages! I enhance mine with ginger, which brightens up the smoothie. This is a vegan, fruit smoothie recipe just like my super energy detox smoothie. Enjoy it for breakfast or all day long or whenever you feel like it. 🍎 Ingredients This smoothie is prepared entirely with … [Read more...]
Chicken Geschnetzeltes with Hunter Sauce
Chicken Geschnetzeltes with Hunter Sauce is a delicious one-pan meal that you can prepare within 25 minutes! This dish is super popular in Austria and resembles the Jagerschnitzel and the Chicken with mushroom white wine. 📕 What is Geschnetzeltes? Geschnetzeltes is a Swiss/Austrian definition for sliced meats. When someone says geschnetzeltes it can either … [Read more...]
Clear Bok Choy Soup Recipe
One-Pan Bok Choy Soup with aromatic spices and Asian flavors in a clear broth. This cleansing light winter soup is flavorful, easy to make and ready within 20 minutes! 📕 What is Bok Choy? Bok Choy is one of the few Chinese cabbage varieties, which is also known as Pok Choy or Pak Choy. The vegetable is a green leave variety popularized in China. … [Read more...]
Energy Detox Smoothie with Fruits
My POW Detox smoothie stuffed with only fresh nutritious fruits. This cleansing smoothie is great to start the day for breakfast or after a fun-filled hangover prone weekend. I added apple, grapefruit, and kiwi to my detox smoothie. The healthy fruit beverage will give you the power boost that you need. Below, you can read up the health benefits and what … [Read more...]
Caribbean Sorrel Drink
Caribbean Sorrel Drink is my Christmas drink obsession! Made from scratch, I additionally spike it with rum, turning this amazing Trinidad sorrel drink into a holiday highlight. Sunita, originally from Trinidad, introduced me to this wonderful beverage prepared with flower buds. Her brother was so kind to send us some pictures from the flower fields growing … [Read more...]
Spiced Roasted Walnuts with Honey Recipe
Spiced roasted walnuts with honey are a real treat and something you have to try if you like spicy sweet snacks! Prepared with honey, those sticky oven roasted walnuts turn out to be a healthier snack for the whole family! Do you like roasted nuts? Try roasted chestnuts or candied almonds. 📕 When are walnuts in season? Walnut harvesting time depends on … [Read more...]
5-Minute Thai Red Curry Paste Recipe
Quick 5 minute Thai Red Curry Paste Recipe. Use this easy small batch DIY paste recipe to prepare homemade Thai curries such as the Thai shrimp red curry or simply add some Thai elements to create fusion meals. 📕 What is Thai red curry paste? Thai red curry paste is a basic wet blended Thai paste, which is prepared with common fresh ingredients in Thailand. … [Read more...]
Ginger Coconut Detox Lentil Soup Recipe
Wholesome Ginger Coconut Detox Lentil Soup to revive your taste senses and to promote inner well-being. The soup is prepared with split red Masoor lentils and other fresh ingredients. You can make this quick and easy vegan soup and enjoy it the same night, or add it to your meal prep plan for the week! This ginger coconut detox lentil soup came together while I … [Read more...]
Ayutthaya Temples & Ang Thong Thailand
The ancient Ayutthaya temples and ruins are UNESCO World Heritage sites near Bangkok. Ang Thong is the gold basin of Thailand, rich in culture where you can immerse yourself and get a peek at the authentic local lifestyle. Both places, Ayutthaya and Ang Thong, are perfect 1-day destinations from Bangkok city. You will enjoy the visit if you want to learn more about … [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...]
German Potato Dumplings Recipe
German Potato Dumplings are a wonderful side dish idea. It's mostly served with delicious meals such as Sauerkraut and Sausage, Sauerbraten with Red Cabbage. Potato Dumplings, aka Kartoffelknödel in German, are easy to prepare. 📕 What are German Potato Dumplings? The German Potato Dumplings are common round dumplings prepared with potato dough. The … [Read more...]
Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix
Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice is the ultimate fall spice mixture, radiating warmth, and comfort. Prepare your own DIY spice mix to create a superior quality of Pumpkin Pie Spice! 📕 What is it? Pumpkin Pie Spice is a warm fall spice blend, popular across North America. The spices used in the DIY seasoning combined compliment each other. The spice blend is … [Read more...]