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...]
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Spicy Rasta Pasta with Chicken
Easy Rasta Pasta Recipe inspired by the sunny Jamaican life philosophy, freshly prepared from scratch! Rasta Pasta, aka jerk chicken pasta. With flavorful, vibrant coconut milk based rasta pasta sauce. You can use jerk chicken or plain chicken with jerk seasoning to prepare this amazing Caribbean Rasta Pasta Recipe. Covering further below what rasta pasta … [Read more...]
Turkish Red Lentil Soup Recipe
Turkish red lentil soup is a blended smooth soup prepared with veggies, red masoor lentils and selected spices. A topping made of olive oil, chili and mint, takes this soup to a whole new level. The Turkish lentil soup is stuffed with flavors, and you can make the Mediterranean lentil soup at home from scratch within 30 minutes in just one pot! I came across … [Read more...]
Cheesy Cauliflower Casserole
Baked Cauliflower Casserole was the dish that my mum made to get us to eat our vegetables when we were kids. And it worked! I always happily gobbled up my cauliflower cheese bake. This cheesy cauliflower casserole bake is a skinny french version, without the unnecessary calories, and it's meatless. 📕 What is cauliflower Mac and Cheese? The … [Read more...]
Goan Masoor Dal Recipe
Spice-infused Masoor Dal Curry, prepared the Goan way. This comfort one-pot dish is all yours if you love warm and vibrant, nutritious lentil meals and food from Goa, India. The post, Masoor Dal, was first published on the 12th August 2011 (it's one of the first recipes here!) and has been updated and enhanced ever since. Overview Masoor Dal is an Indian lentil … [Read more...]
+20 Millet Recipes to get inspired!
Millet Recipes — A collection of flavorful dishes prepared with the ancient grain known as millet. I believe the world should take a look at this grain, known as Millet! That's why I have put together some knowledge about what millet is, why you need to try this ancient grain, the types of millets, why Millet is significant and how to cook with millet. You will … [Read more...]
Spanish-Style Paella with Seafood
A Spanish-Style Paella Recipe, loaded with seafood and gorgeous flavors. This popular rice one-pot wonder dish includes seafood, chicken, and spices and is easily prepared from scratch without much effort. Spanish paella is a well-known dish all over the world. If you have traveled to Spain or if you were invited to a homemade Spanish dinner prepared by a … [Read more...]
Brioche Bun Recipe
Brioche Bun Recipe is easy to make from scratch and almost effortless if done properly. I love the smell of a freshly baked sweet brioche bun in my house! I am sharing my grandmother's authentic French soft brioche bread roll recipe so that you can make these brioche buns too! Learn how to make brioche buns further below, with the step-by-step instructions … [Read more...]
Imitation Crab Salad
Easy crab salad recipe comes together really quickly with the imitation crab and can be prepared in advance to take for lunch to work or school. I caught myself adding the crab salad into wraps and bread rolls, so this seafood salad can be used according to your preferences! The crab salad comes with a special mayo dressing. We have been addicted to … [Read more...]
14 Indian Cauliflower Recipes
Indian cauliflower recipes can come handy in so many ways! If you like spiced curried food and the humble, delicious, filling and always affordable cauliflower, then you need to save this cauliflower collection. BTW, Gobi is the Hindi word for Cauliflower. Cauliflower is such a versatile vegetable, and I have not met many people who don't like … [Read more...]
Cheese Spaetzle Recipe (Käsespätzle)
Comfort food at large! Cheese Spaetzle noodles are easy to prepare if you have spätzle noodles at home. Prepare this dinner meal in one pan within minutes! 📕 What are Cheese Spätzle? Cheese Spaetzle are Spätzle noodles prepared with caramelized onions, covered with cheese and served in a pan. Käsespätzle is the German word which just means cheese … [Read more...]
Shredded Daikon Radish Salad Recipe
Daikon Radish Salad is a little salad loaded with strong flavors and character! This daikon salad recipe is for you if you are looking to add more raw vegetables in form of a salad to your daily meal planning. Also, the Daikon Radish Recipe is surprisingly versatile and makes a great must have during the colder winter months! I came across this radish for the … [Read more...]
Baked Ham and Cheese Crescent Rolls Recipe
Perfect Ham and Cheese Crescent Rolls, prepared with a soft dough and from scratch! Everyone loves to snack on those stuffed crescent rolls and you can make them at home now. Learn how to make ham and cheese crescent rolls, step by step, with the instructions further below. You will be in for a treat! The stuffed Ham and Cheese Crescent rolls are for all … [Read more...]
Shrimp Fra Diavolo Pasta Sauce Recipe
Shrimp Fra Diavolo is a fiery spicy, tomato-based sauce, which is most commonly served with pasta. This delicious, hot, one-pot shrimp fra diavolo (or shrimp diablo) comes together rather quick and easy and is packed with gorgeous flavors to make your weeknight all the more special! What is Shrimp Fra Diavolo? Shrimp Fra Diavolo is a tomato-based sauce … [Read more...]
Persian Shirazi Salad Recipe
Shirazi Salad is a refreshing cucumber, tomato herb salad. It has its origins in the Persian cuisine. You can prepare this salad easily with these commonly available ingredients and because I made it simple for you, you can serve the Shirazi salad with kebabs and similar dishes. 📕 What is Shirazi Salad? Shirazi salad is named after the region, Shiraz, in … [Read more...]
Shrimp Chow Mein Recipe
To prepare a Shrimp Chow Mein Recipe from scratch is super easy if you know how to! These Chinese one-pot noodle stir-fries look complicated, but they are not. Besides, preparing a shrimp chow mein from scratch will take you only 15 mins. Ingredients To prepare shrimp chow mein from scratch, you will need a few ingredients. For the stir-fry … [Read more...]
Galette Bretonne Recipe (Stuffed Egg Ham Cheese Crepes)
Galette Bretonne is a savory buckwheat crêpe that is stuffed with ham, a fried egg, and cheese. You can make your own delicious stuffed buckwheat crêpes recipe to enjoy as a savory breakfast crêpes, brunch, or lunch meal. 📕 What are Galette Bretonnes? French Galette Bretonnes are savory buckwheat crêpes that are stuffed with a layer of ham, cheese and a fried … [Read more...]
Dudhsagar Falls Goa India
Dudhsagar falls is a place for you to visit, if you are looking for a short nature excursion in Goa or when you want to escape with your family to a neat picnic place. I share further on how to get there, travel charges, what time to visit and what to expect from the Dudhsagar falls! A while ago, my husband and our Bavarian friends decided to go for a trip to the … [Read more...]
Mexican Cafe de Olla (Spiced Coffee)
Cafe de Olla is a spiced black filter coffee sweetened with palm sugar, popularized in Mexico. The spices enhance the coffee in such a way that your cold bones are warmed up instantly! That's why Cafe de Olla is a favorite during cold winter days. And to our luck, it's super easy to prepare Cafe de Olla from A-Z! What is Caffee de Olla? This particular Black … [Read more...]
Semolina Orange Pudding Dessert
Semolina Pudding is a quick and easy dessert which makes a common appearance in our home because this orange-flavored cream of wheat porridge tastes wonderful with its comforting familiar flavors. TLDR This is a very classic Austrian/German semolina pudding recipe, and you can find the how-to further below. Semolina pudding was always there during my childhood. My … [Read more...]
Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe
Cilantro Lime Rice Recipe is a vibrant & fragrant side dish, which can be accompanied by other main dishes that may contain vegetable, meat, or seafood. Cilantro Lime Rice in my realm is in the same category as the sunny yellow lemon rice, the enthralling cumin rice or the natural-looking clove rice. I love these aromatic rice side dishes, they give character to … [Read more...]
+17 Indian Lentil Recipes
This is a collection of + 17 Indian Lentil Recipes, which I have put together because we need healthier and nutritious food dishes in our life. And the best way to achieve that is with flavorful and spiced Indian Lentil dishes. So if you are looking for more inspiration, read on! For a very long time I didn't have a clue that there were that many ways to add … [Read more...]
Palak Paneer Curry (Spinach Cottage Cheese)
This Palak Paneer Recipe is a flavorful concoction of Indian spices with spinach and paneer cheese. Did you know that to make a Vegetarian Palak Paneer is actually quite easy? I have put together a delicious recipe with useful how-to instructions to make palak paneer from scratch at home. You will succeed even if you have never cooked Indian food … [Read more...]
Lemongrass Tea Recipe with Fresh or Dried Leaves
The Lemongrass tea recipe is for you if you are looking for a refreshing hot beverage. 🍵 What is Lemongrass Tea? Lemongrass tea is prepared with fresh or dried green lemongrass leaves, white lemongrass stalks, or roots. It's a herbal tea, tisan. You might have spotted lemongrass tea on your Asian neighborhood restaurant's menu, or you got introduced to it … [Read more...]
Yum Yum Sauce Recipe
The Yum Yum Sauce Recipe will be your favorite shrimp sauce recipe to make in the future! The pink Yum Yum Sauce is flavorful and easily prepared fresh at home. Wondering what's in the sauce, and what makes the yum yum sauce that special? 📕 What is Yum Yum Sauce? Yum Yum Sauce is a popular Japanese Hibachi Steak House Sauce. Usually, this … [Read more...]
+39 Amuse Bouche Ideas: Bite Sized Hors d’Oeuvres Recipes
Great selection of Amuse Bouche Ideas! There is something for everyone. Discover useful bite-sized hors d'Oeuvres and tiny party food appetizers. TL;DR Get inspired by these cute and delicious little party bites. I have included various creative party bites. Each is delicious in its own right. Here you will find something for everyone, for adults, kids, … [Read more...]
Quick Beef Liver Pâté Recipe
A no-fuss homemade beef liver pate bread spread. The meat Pâté makes a great bite-sized Hors d'oeuvre Appetizer. Well, contrary to the belief, the fast homemade pate version can be prepared in less than 10 minutes. We have been making this for years and using liver spread over little bread slices for special occasions. What is Beef Liver Pâté? Pâté is a French … [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. Nonetheless, you can make the Norwegian porridge for breakfast any time of the year! What is the Norwegian Porridge? The Norwegians Porridge is a common lunch dish on Christmas day in the Scandinavian countries. They call … [Read more...]
Yule Log Recipe - Christmas Bûche de Noël Cake
Yule Log Recipe is a Christmas Roulade cake, common in French-speaking countries and it's neighbors. The Yule Log is better known as Bûche de Noël in French and both names will tell you that the cake looks like a wooden tree branch. So, how do you easily make a Yule Log look like a tree branch? See further below the Yule Log recipe and how I and my mum … [Read more...]
Spiced Chicken and Rice Recipe
Make this One Pan Spiced Chicken and Rice Recipe on busy days when you are craving a flavorful but comforting dish after a long day at work. Easy mouthwatering and only 25-minute weeknight meal for two. I always believed that rice and chicken are meant to be! These two ingredients go hand in hand, and you can make so many versions of flavorful dishes 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...]
Strudel Dough Recipe
This Strudel Dough Recipe is a basic dough recipe which you can use for any Strudel recipe, such as Apple Strudel! The dough is made from scratch with just a few ingredients. Wondering what a Strudel dough is and why it's any different from other dough? 📕 What is Strudel Dough, and where is the Strudel originally from? In a nutshell, Strudel is a stuffed … [Read more...]
Nako - Village in the Himalayas - Kinnaur Himachal Pradesh India
Nako village is India's best kept secret! This dream like village from another time is located right next to the Tibetan border, above 3600 m above sea level altitude, in the Himalayan highlands of the Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh region. You might recall my latest Himalaya post, which is all about our recent road trip form Goa to the highest mountain range in … [Read more...]
Chicken Mulligatawny Soup Recipe
A Mulligatawny soup is a must-have in your spicy recipe repertoire. This one pot chicken curry soup is a flavor experience, and it will warm you up from within. Whether you want to warm up during cold nights or you just want comforting flavors, a homemade Mulligatawny soup recipe will be your best friend in any case. It's a wholesome soup, and it doesn't have any … [Read more...]
North Goa Beach Guide
The aim of this North Goa beach guide is to direct you easily and quickly to a beach of your liking. Beaches in the north Goa stretch are versatile and each has gone through a lot of changes in the past few years. Find out with this north Goa beach guide, which is the best beaches in Goa for you according to your unique preference and learn which one you can skip with a … [Read more...]
Chicken Schnitzel with Sesame Recipe
Chicken Schnitzel coated with breadcrumbs and sesame seeds for dinner tonight. 📕 What is Schnitzel? A Schnitzel is a boneless thin-cut breaded piece of meat (aka escalope). The original Schnitzel is the Vienna veal, Wiener Schnitzel. The Schnitzel in West Austria and South Germany is prepared with pork meat. Chicken Schnitzel is sometimes also called the … [Read more...]
Spiced Pumpkin Puree with Carrot
Pumpkin Puree is a delicious side dish, which suites this time of the year well! I went a step further and enriched my pumpkin mash with carrots and some spices to give it an extra health boost! While browsing through my old recipe posts, I noticed that I was short on interesting side dishes and tantalizing salads. How did it come to that? Well, I … [Read more...]
Aloo Gobi Masala Curry (Potato Cauliflower)
Aloo Gobi Masala is quite a popular & filling vegetarian dish, not just in India, but recently globally as well. The vegetarian curry includes potato and cauliflower, making it a delicious spiced meal for any Indian food lover! I always make sure to include pure veg Indian dishes into my weekly menu plan. You can imagine the upside of eating … [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! TL;DR 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...]
Papaya Paste Meat Tenderizer
Did you know that Papaya Paste can make your meat super tender? Papaya paste tenderizes meat deliciously well and very effectively so that the meat melts in your mouth with each bite and the angels start to sing. The first time I heard papaya was used as a meat tenderizer, I didn't believe it. How could such a plainly tasting tropical fruit, which has never … [Read more...]