![Ancient Ayutthaya Temples & Ang Thong, Thailand's Gold Basin [1 Day Bangkok Itinerary]](https://www.masalaherb.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Ayutthaya-gog-1-150x150.jpg)
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...]
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Brown Sugar Glazed Carrots Recipe
Brown sugar-glazed carrots are a great side dish addition to your holiday food table. These candied carrots are easy to prepare, delicious, and a total crowd pleaser! 📕 What are brown sugar glazed carrots? Basically, brown sugar-glazed carrots are sheet pan caramelized candied carrots that are roasted in the oven. The sugar is sprinkled over the … [Read more...]
Jalapeño Deviled Eggs Recipe
Spicy Jalapeño Deviled Eggs are a great party appetizer to wow your family and friends. They are so good that you will catch yourself preparing these jalapeño flavored deviled eggs for yourself. 🥚 Ingredients I simplified this recipe so that you can make this within minutes and save time prepping these deviled eggs. You will need 8 ingredients and about 20 … [Read more...]
Thai Red Shrimp Curry Recipe
Easy Thai red curry shrimp recipe prepared with coconut milk. This curry is bursting with flavors and comes together super quickly. Perfect weeknight dinner idea! I think so the first time I tried a Thai shrimp curry it was either a yellow or red paste shrimp curry and I just remember I instantly fell in love with the flavors and aroma. This is one of my … [Read more...]
Haluski Bacon, Cabbage and Noodles
This is a quick Haluski Recipe that I picked up from my former Slovak work buddies. Traditionally, Halušky is prepared with homemade noodles, this is an easy weeknight dinner Haluski with noodles, cabbage, and bacon which you can prepare within 20 mins. 📕 What is Haluski or Halušky? Halušky are various noodles and dumplings or even the name of the dish … [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 a … [Read more...]
Chai Spice Mix Powder
Chai Spice mix is a dry spice blend mix used to prepare the popular Indian tea, masala chai. Instead of using whole spices to prepare the tea, you save time by adding the finished chai spice mix to the cooking milk with tea leaves. Further below I share my knowledge about the spices used, some tips and chai spice mix variations and further uses. 📕 What is … [Read more...]
Black Coconut Macaroons (Halloween Cookies)
![Black Coconut Macaroons with Chocolate [Halloween Cookies]](https://www.masalaherb.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Black-Coconut-Macaroons-gog-2-150x150.jpg)
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...]
Apple Jelly Recipe
Homemade, all-natural apple jelly is a wonderful fall treat! Especially when you have a load full of gorgeous apples waiting to be used. I show you how it's done in my recipe. TL;DR My parents have various apple types growing at home, and the best way to use them up is by turning them into an apple jelly. We have always prepared jam, jellies, and even marmalade at … [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...]
Creepy Halloween Candy Creatures with Marzipan
Creepy Halloween Candy Creatures will be the ultimate realistic candy at your Halloween party! Your guests will think that those slugs, maggots, woodworms, and earthworms are for real. The candy creatures are prepared with marzipan paste, which is really fun and easy to color and shape. The marzipan figures are also healthy and completely vegan! I … [Read more...]
Chai Pumpkin Spice Tea Recipe
A cup of hot Pumpkin Spice Tea between your hands will warm up your cold bones. Comfort guaranteed with this 5-minute homemade spiced pumpkin spice chai tea recipe! Autumn is one of my favorite seasons of the year, and that is for a good reason. I enjoy all the bounties of the year to the fullest, while the air is getting crisp, and I get inspired by the … [Read more...]
Portobello Mushrooms with Wine and Thyme
Sautéed Portobello mushrooms prepared in a skillet with wine and fresh thyme herb. It will take you only a few minutes to prepare this outstanding flavore-packed side dish. See how I prepare the portobello mushrooms further below in my video and get the recipe. TL;DR Portobello mushrooms are grown out of button mushrooms. They taste very umami and somewhat … [Read more...]
German Potato Pancakes without Eggs (Kartoffelpuffer)
German Potato Pancakes (Kartoffelpuffer) are savory shredded potatoes shaped into a flattened small dumpling-like pancake. Those are then simply fried and usually served as a side dish with a meat main course. My easy Kartoffelpuffer are vegan, prepared without eggs. To make the German potato pancakes is rather easy, so I invite you to try them out and give … [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...]
Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix
Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice is the ultimate fall spice mixture, radiating warmth and comfort. Prepare your DIY spice mix to create a superior quality of Pumpkin Pie Spice! TL;DR Pumpkin pie spice is a warm fall spice blend, popular across North America. The spices used in the DIY seasoning combine to complement each other. The spice blend is called pumpkin pie … [Read more...]
Hot and Sour Soup with Noodles and Sweet Corn
This delicious Hot and Sour Soup with Noodles and Sweet Corn is a quick and easy one-pot vegetarian recipe, ready within 20 minutes. Fresh ingredients such as sweet corn, leek, and mushroom, turn this soup into a comfort food delight. 📕 What is this hot and sour soup? Hot and Sour soup is usually a Chinese Soup variety prepared with spicy hot chilies and … [Read more...]
Simple Green Salad with Vinaigrette
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 salad for … [Read more...]
Stuffed Baked Apples with Walnuts
Stuffed Baked Apples with Walnuts is my mom's French recipe. Easy and quick, this fall dessert will leave an impression! TL;DR My mom used to prepare this fall dessert almost every Sunday. As a child, I didn't particularly like it, but nowadays, I adore this dessert, especially with some ice cream. Yet, whole baked apples are also a healthier dessert if you … [Read more...]
Spicy Moroccan Lentil Soup - Veg Style Harira
![Spicy Moroccan Lentil Soup - Veg Harira Recipe [+Video]](https://www.masalaherb.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Moroccan-Lentil-Soup-gog-2-150x150.jpg)
Moroccan Lentil Soup, aka Harira, is a spiced North African soup. This is a vegan version of the Harira soup, and it's not a traditional authentic recipe. It's based on the original, which is prepared with meats. If you like soups like my Indian lentil soup, then this one-pot easy soup should be your next dinner meal! 📕 What is Moroccan Soup … [Read more...]
Flammkuchen Recipe - Alsatian Tarte Flambée Pizza
![Flammkuchen Recipe - Alsatian Tarte Flambée Pizza [+Video]](https://www.masalaherb.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Flammkuchen-gog-1-150x150.jpg)
Flammkuchen or Tarte Flambée is a delicious flat pizza-like dish, topped with fresh cream, bacon, and onions. 📕 What is Flammkuchen aka Tarte Flambée? Flammkuchen is a Pizza-like dish with cream bacon and onions as the main original topping ingredients. Flammkuchen is also known as Tarte Flambée/Flammekuechen and is primarily an Alsatian French pizza … [Read more...]
German Cheese Dip without Beer (Obatzda)
Obatzda is a super flavorful Southern German cheese dip, and this recipe is without beer. The dip is a common sight in Munich in the beer gardens, the Alms in the Alps, and of course at the Oktoberfest in autumn and resembles the Liptauer spread. What is this dip? Obatzda is a German cheese dip or bread spread prepared with aged cheese such as Camembert, Romadur, … [Read more...]
Spicy Thai Noodle Soup Recipe
Spicy Thai Noodle Soup Recipe with red curry paste is stuffed with whole ingredients. This soup brightens up, is filling, it's a one-pot wonder and full of gorgeous flavors. This spicy soup is for you if you enjoy spicy flavorful coconut soups such as the Thai Tom Kha Gai soup or if you are into deep complex Asian food flavors. This Thai noodle soup is not a … [Read more...]
Zell am See Austria (Summer)
![Zell am See Austria [Summer]](https://www.masalaherb.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Zell-am-See-gog-2-150x150.jpg)
Zell am See is a picturesque small town, nestled in the Austrian Alps between mountains. A large lake known as the "Zell" touches the town, which makes Zell am See all the more beautiful! Where is Zell am See? Zell am See is situated in the region of Salzburg in Austria, at 750 meters elevation above sea level. Zell am See is situated near the well-known Skiing … [Read more...]
Five Spice Poached Pears
Poached Pears are a very seasonal treat and can be infused with various flavors. Today's poached pears are infused with 5 spice seasoning. Besides the poached pear recipe, you can watch how poaching is done. 📕 What are poached pears? Poached Pears are cooked/stewed peeled dessert pears. The pears can be poached in whole, half or quarter. The … [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 is the … [Read more...]
Bavarian Potato Salad Recipe
This Bavarian Potato Salad Recipe is a warm potato salad. It's commonly made in Bavaria, a region in Southern Germany. I share the authentic recipe, just the way that it's prepared and served up at popular Bavarian beer halls in Munich and at our family gatherings. How is this Bavarian potato salad different? This potato salad is known as Kartoffelsalat or … [Read more...]
Lebanese Zaatar Bread - Manakish, Manoushe Flatbread Recipe
Zaatar Bread is a soft flatbread topped with a zaatar seasoning mixed with olive oil paste, which is then baked like a pizza. The bread is enjoyed still hot in the middle east for breakfast or with a meal. You will love this seasoned flatbread if you are into pizza, pita, and other middle eastern/Mediterranean baked delicacies! Zaatar Bread is the … [Read more...]
Sweet Onion Sauce Recipe
Sweet Onion Sauce is my take on the onion sauce that you get at Subway. I have modified the sauce so that it can be used beyond subs and sandwiches. TL;DR I call my Subway Sweet Onion Sauce a fake copycat recipe because it's used as a topping for subs. I have modified the ingredients used and the looks to make it rather mild but smooth as well and not that … [Read more...]
Indian Lentil Soup Recipe
![Easy Indian Lentil Soup Recipe [Vegan]](https://www.masalaherb.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Indian-Lentil-Soup-gog-150x150.jpg)
Flavorful Indian Lentil Soup - comfort level is high because the soup will brighten up your dinner with the heartwarming colors and nutritious ingredients. Besides, the soup comes together rapid and easy; therefore the soup is a perfect meal idea after a long day at work as each bite revitalizes you. Plus point: the soup is vegan. 🆚 Indian Lentil soup … [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
![Super Hot Mango Habanero Sauce Recipe [DIY]](https://www.masalaherb.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Mango-Habanero-Sauce-gog-150x150.jpg)
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...]
Cheesy Gnocchi Cream Sauce with Bacon
Amazingly cheesy Gnocchi cream sauce with bacon for my Italian homemade Potato Gnocchi. Love this gnocchi sauce recipe so much, I don't make any other cream sauce for gnocchi at times! The other day I shared my homemade Potato gnocchi recipe. The dough is a potato dough, the kind which is common in North Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Croatia, … [Read more...]
Homemade Potato Gnocchi Recipe
![Homemade Potato Gnocchi Recipe [How to Video]](https://www.masalaherb.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Potato-Gnocchi-gog-2-150x150.jpg)
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...]
How to Sprout Mung Beans DIY
I am showing you in this post how to sprout mung beans easily at home. Here you'll learn tips, what to look out for, and what to avoid. We will also cover the pros and cons of DIY style Mung bean sprouts at home so that you can make a sprout salad or a pad thai at home! TL;DR If you have been following me for a while, you will know that this is not my first post … [Read more...]
My favorite Travel Movies for your Wanderlust!
![My favorite Travel Movies for your Wanderlust! [inspiring but realistic!]](https://www.masalaherb.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/travel-movies-gog-150x150.jpg)
I have watched a lot of travel movies over the years, besides binge watching food-related movies (more about that in another post). This is a list of my favorite travel movies and why each of these films inspired me to travel and dive into my adventures. None of the movies are the same and they all have a lot of meaning, are intensely realistic and they will all give … [Read more...]
Caprese Pasta Salad
![Easy Caprese Pasta Salad [Summer Salad]](https://www.masalaherb.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Caprese-Pasta-Salad-gog-150x150.jpg)
Easy Caprese Pasta Salad, a summer salad classic with a twist. This Italian tomato mozzarella Caprese pasta salad is a variation of the classic Caprese salad, which is one of my favorite salads! TL;DR I had the Caprese pasta salad in North Italy in a restaurant next to the Como Lake years ago in a village restaurant when we visited with my parents. In … [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...]
Paprika Cabbage Sausage Skillet Recipe
Cabbage Sausage Skillet is a quick lunch or dinner meal that tastes great any time of the year. At the same time, the sausage, and cabbage skillet is an inexpensive meal which is a great idea when you don't know what to cook. TL;DR I originally came up with this recipe because I was short on time, lazy, and I wanted to clear out my fridge by using up a piece of … [Read more...]