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...]
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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...]
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...]
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 Thai Noodle Soup Recipe
Spicy Thai Noodle Soup Recipe with red curry paste is stuffed with fresh ingredients. This soup is bright, filling, a one-pot wonder, and full of amazing flavors. TL;DR 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. The soup is not a traditional dish but … [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. TL;DR Poached pears are cooked/stewed, peeled dessert pears. The pears can be poached whole, halved, or quartered. The cooking water can be flavored in various ways and always includes sugar as well. In this poached pears recipe, … [Read more...]
Mixed Mushroom Risotto Recipe
Easy Mushroom Risotto Recipe with variously mixed mushrooms, white wine, and parmesan. The risotto rice dish is stuffed with comforting flavors, and in this particular Italian recipe, you get to pick your mushrooms. Perfect, during fall when we collect mushrooms in the woods or when we discover a bountiful mushroom harvest in the grocery market. Ingredient … [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
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 rapidly and easily; therefore, the soup is a perfect meal idea after a long day at work, as each bite revitalizes you. TL;DR This particular Indian lentil soup was inspired by … [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
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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...]
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...]
Caprese Pasta Salad
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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...]
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. Ingredient Notes 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...]
Burger Seasoning Recipe
Burger Seasoning is another amazing useful blend of spices, herbs, and salt! Besides, preparing burger seasoning from scratch is super easy. It will turn your burgers into the best burgers at the next BBQ grill hangout this summer! 📜 Why make your own Burger Seasoning? The ingredients to make burger seasoning are common pantry spices. This is a … [Read more...]
Kunzum Pass, Himalaya India
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Traveling the Himalayas is for you if you are adventurous if you are looking to experience nature to it's fullest and if you are not the type who cares about comfort. Because only the toughest travelers will appreciate this raw but beyond beautiful corner of our mother earth. Kunzum, a mountain pass in India was an amazing adventure during our trip through the … [Read more...]
+30 Essential Mango Recipes
More than 30 Mango Recipes, la creme de la creme, and only the best! You get to pick your future favorite Mango dish! See what I and my food blogger friends share on mango recipes further below. I think we covered everything from dessert to salads and anything in between. 📅 Mango Season We are celebrating Mango months right now, so to fully enjoy 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...]
Vanilla Iced Coffee Recipe
A vanilla iced coffee is bound to be part of your routine if you are a coffee drinker like me. I figured a simple homemade no fuss vanilla iced coffee ought to be shared. After all, it's part of my life too, although I don't go to Starbucks, Dunkin and donuts or MC Donald's for a vanilla iced coffee. Further below, I cover how to make vanilla iced coffee and … [Read more...]
Cheese Eggs and Potatoes Skillet
Cheese Eggs and Potatoes Skillet is a meal in itself which we commonly prepare in the Austrian Alps. Slices of potatoes are fried in the skillet with eggs and sprinkled with cheese to create a comforting and easy to prepare meal. This is the right lunch or dinner for you if you are looking for a one-pan comforting, easy to prepare recipe. Further below, I share … [Read more...]
Thai Pineapple Fried Rice Recipe
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Thai Pineapple Fried Rice is a real one-pot wonder stuffed with flavors thanks to the curry powder, pineapple chunks and other amazing fresh ingredients! The yellow curry fried rice comes together quickly and easily as well. You are going to enjoy the discovery of this dish if you are the kind of person who loves homemade food with fresh ingredients and needs … [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? TL;DR Pineapple jam brings out the tropical flavors of this poky fruit. It always transports me back to the Caribbean islands. You must have noticed my love for Caribbean food when I shared my recipe for the outstanding banana jam … [Read more...]
Chinese Five Spice Powder
Chinese Five Spice is a worldwide common spice blend consisting mainly of 5 distinct spices. Most probably you have come across this spice mixture in the past or you tasted it in a dish without knowing. 5 Spice is a useful spice blend to have in the kitchen, and you can make it at home too. Use it in desserts such as my 5 spice poached pears. 📕 What is … [Read more...]
3-Ingredient Pad Thai Sauce Recipe
A Pad Thai Sauce Recipe is a useful addition to any Asian food lover's kitchen repertoire! If you are into Pad Thai noodles, then making your own pad thai sauce from scratch is the next step to add value to your Asian food plate. What is Pad Thai Sauce? Pad Thai sauce is a stir-fry sauce used to flavor the popular pad thai stir-fry noodle dish from Thailand. A … [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...]
Yat Gaw Mein Soup with Chicken (Yakamein)
Yat Gaw Mein Soup (aka Yakamein) is a Chinese-influenced clear broth soup enhanced with deep Creole flavors. TL;DR This Chinese and New Orleans fusion dish is prepared with noodles, and this particular yat gaw mein has chicken strips. I stumbled upon yat gaw mein on Reddit in a post, and then I saw this. That was all the motivation I needed that night to make … [Read more...]
Creole Seasoning Recipe
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Creole Seasoning is a super useful blend of spices and herbs which is used in creole cuisine across the South of the US and the Caribbeans. This Creole-style seasoning is a quick fix blend which is put together in less than 3 minutes. You will need common pantry ingredients to follow my creole seasoning recipe. 📕 What is Creole Seasoning? Creole Seasoning … [Read more...]
Quick Indian Lemon Rice Recipe
This lemon rice recipe is a delicious side dish to serve with any main dish. The South Indian-inspired yellow rice can be served with Indian as well as Western fish, meat, and vegetable meals. This is a quick and easy version prepared with a few ingredients. When you visit Goa, the first thing that you do is to take a walk around the beach and chill in one of the … [Read more...]
Panda Express Orange Chicken Recipe (Copycat)
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Panda Express Orange Chicken Recipe is my little sticky sweet and sour secret! This addictive “healthier” fake-out copycat meal is another must try for any serious food lover out there. Spicy, sweet and sour sauce over crispy fried juicy chicken. I show you today how to make this popular and famous Asian-American dish at home with my how to clip further … [Read more...]
Green Sorrel Soup Recipe
Sorrel Soup is prepared with fresh Sorrel Leaves and natural seasoning, making this a super wholesome and delicious homemade soup! I like to serve my freshly prepared creamy sorrel soup with croutons to add some crunch to my meal. The Sorrel soup recipe is further below. What is Sorrel? Sorrel has been left behind in the staple food revolution, which is a … [Read more...]
Cajun Pasta with Chicken and Tomatoes Recipe
Creamy Cajun Pasta is a favorite weeknight dinner when we crave something comforting and flavorful at the same time. My Cajun Pasta recipe includes chicken bits in a Cajun Alfredo sauce. You will want more than a plateful of this creamy Cajun chicken pasta recipe! 🍝 Ingredients for Cajun Pasta Recipe This Cajun Pasta is based on a creamy Alfredo pasta … [Read more...]