I like to give away small presents to friends and colleagues every year before christmas. Nothing special or expensive, just a little gift. Last year it was selfmade hot chocolate, this year it is parlines or chocolate bonbon. It is only the second time I made parlines and I tried something new. Next to the […]
Continue readingMore TagVery often I am way too lazy to cook a big meal for myself and then I normally go for pasta. My favourites are Fusilli because they collect the sauce very nicely. Sometimes, I need new ideas but with this dish it always is different when you put something colourful on your plate. I fry […]
Continue readingMore TagVegan Bolognese pasta sauce? It took me quite a while to accept that it is possible to prepare good food with soy. Even more: Food which is in taste well comparable to the meat version. This pasta sauce is one of the dishes where this is true, without doubt. I needed a couple of attempts […]
Continue readingMore TagThe frist step to your own bread is your own sourdough. If you would like to create sourdough from skretch yourself, you will find a few tips from us, which will hopefully help you. Sourdough can be of very different consistency and smell. Mistakes or doing something “wrong” is not really possible! Next to your […]
Continue readingMore TagIf you’re living in Germany, you surely know rose hips. They grow at the roadsides, well, just everywhere where wild roses are growing. However, you can rarely see people picking these fruits for making jam. Actually, last year, an elder man stopped to tell us that he’s happy young people still know how to do […]
Continue readingMore TagSome years ago I got this idea to bake my own bread. I think a fellow student in the university started to bake her own. But not one of these simple breads with yeast, which you can easily bake with a bread machine. No. A real one. A German one. One with sourdough. The first […]
Continue readingMore TagRoxi has moved out, and I am sad. As I turn towards the kitchen shelf, which contains the consolation chocolate, in order to cure my sorrow, I see them… Roxi’s soufflé dishes! Good memories of perfect chocolate soufflés and good times of cooking and eating together fill my mind. I begin to reflect on what […]
Continue readingMore TagAn afternoon in the sun with a few Cantuccini and a coffee, espresso or capuccino, are the best biscuits to enjoy. The recipe is from Italy, the home of the almonds biscuits. My mum changed the classic recipe a little. Instead of using normal flour, the major part is replaced by ground sunflower seeds, which […]
Continue readingMore TagAn easy way to use a lot of tomatoes during summer, and wonderfully warming and comforting during winter! This recipe is a slightly modified version of my Mom’s, which makes me feel taken back to childhood and makes me happy. Warms heart, stomach and soul!
Continue readingMore TagOur early dessert apples were ripe in the garden. These small and super sweet or sour (ours are also really really green) apples have to be used quite quickly. Ours are always just there for a week and the are not for storing… so you have to think every day again what to do with […]
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