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5 Spice Poached Pears – How to Poach Pears

Last updated on August 20, 2018 By Helene Dsouza Leave a Comment

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 […]

Easy Mushroom Risotto Recipe with Mixed Mushrooms

Last updated on August 20, 2018 By Helene Dsouza Leave a Comment

Easy Mushroom Risotto Recipe with various 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 the fall season when we collect mushrooms n the woods or when we discover a bountiful mushroom harvest in the […]

Easy German Apple Cake Recipe – Apfelkuchen

Last updated on August 17, 2018 By Helene Dsouza Leave a Comment

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 together and the apples are cut and […]

Authentic German Potato Salad Recipe [Bavarian]

Last updated on August 15, 2018 By Helene Dsouza 3 Comments

The Authentic German Potato Salad Recipe is a warm potato salad which is super common in Bavaria and across our border in Austria. This German potato salad is prepared easily but it’s different than others. The serving options are endless as well! What’s the German Potato Salad? When people say German potato salad they mostly […]

Lebanese Zaatar Bread – Manakish, Manoushe Flatbread Recipe

Last updated on August 13, 2018 By Helene Dsouza 4 Comments

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 […]

Easy Sweet Onion Sauce Recipe

Last updated on August 9, 2018 By Helene Dsouza Leave a Comment

Sweet Onion Sauce is my take on the onion sauce that you get at Subway, however, I have modified the sauce so that it can be used beyond subs and sandwiches. The fake Subway Sweet Onion Sauce can be used also as a dipping sauce, as part of a salad dressing, as well as in […]

Easy Indian Lentil Soup Recipe [Vegan]

Last updated on August 6, 2018 By Helene Dsouza 2 Comments

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 real quick 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 […]

Lebanese Zaatar Spice Blend Recipe

Last updated on August 3, 2018 By Helene Dsouza Leave a Comment

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 […]

Super Hot Mango Habanero Sauce Recipe [DIY]

Last updated on August 6, 2018 By Helene Dsouza 5 Comments

Easy Hot Mango Habanero Sauce with real fresh habanero chili peppers and Mango fruit. This sauce is irresistibly hot and sweet! I get the compulsion to make chicken wings or fried chicken just so that I can dip my warm crispy chicken in this amazing hot sauce. Made with natural ingredients. This is part of my […]

Cheesy Gnocchi Cream Sauce with Bacon

Last updated on July 30, 2018 By Helene Dsouza 2 Comments

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, […]

Homemade Potato Gnocchi Recipe [How to Video]

Last updated on July 27, 2018 By Helene Dsouza 2 Comments

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 […]

Easy Caprese Pasta Salad [Summer Salad]

Last updated on July 19, 2018 By Helene Dsouza 1 Comment

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! I had the Caprese pasta salad in North Italy in a restaurant next to the Como lake, years ago in a village restaurant […]