Authentic German Red Cabbage – Rotkohl
A typical German main dish has the components: Meat, potatoes (carbs), and a vegetable side. Red Cabbage is a frequent side for a Sunday roast but if you …
How easy or difficult is a recipe? Some recipes require a little more experience while others are so easy that even beginners can cook them. So on a scale from 1 to 5 where 5 is the most difficult …
Oktoberfest Gingerbread Hearts – Lebkuchenherzen
Oktoberfest is all about beer, Brathändel (rotisserie chicken) … and Lebkuchenherzen (Oktoberfest Gingerbread Hearts)!
Tangerine Cheesecake
“Oh Tangerine Cheesecake, you look and taste soooooo gooooood!” Fresh and delicious – just right for a hot summer day.
Tilapia in Orange Sauce
Not a fish fan? You might change your mind about that! This delicious tilapia recipe has been my absolute favorite at our Italien restaurant in Germany and I …
Apple Gnocchi
For those busy weeknights, for the kids, for fun or just for “desert for dinner” … quick fix with vitamins!
Lebkuchen / German Gingerbread Cookies
Homemade Lebkuchen is something you really MUST try! These cookies are a favorite every Christmas … and even after. They taste like nothing you have had before but …
Vanillesauce / Vanilla Sauce
Often sweet dishes and desserts come with a vanilla sauce in Germany. While one can buy it in Germany like in a milk jug,
Lasagna – veggies included
“How do I get those vegetables into my kids?” Some parents mash them into pasta sauce, others bake a cake with zucchini and just give up. Since my …
Pumpkin Mash – Kürbisbrei
I love the summer and when fall comes around the corner the only thing that cheers me up about it is the pumpkin season. But it’s not about …
German Bread: Pasching’s Farmer Bread
Like every German I am of cause obsessed with bread. And like every German who has moved to another country, this is what I miss the most when …
How to Make Bread Spice for German Bread
When it comes to baking bread, I will sometimes refer to “Bread Spice”. If you want the rich taste of German Bread, you will need this!
Quick Tortellini Dish
Some days it just has to got fast with cooking … well actually that applies to most of our days. This recipe is very quick and requires just …
German Cheese Spaetzle / Käsespätzle
We got stuck on a mountain during a heavy thunderstorm in the Alpes and gladly made it into a hut that was also a restaurant. We sat down … damp …
Popcorn – German Style
German Popcorn is – other than the American version – fat-free and sweet. It might resemble kettle corn but is still different.
Brezeln – German Pretzel Recipe
Homemade Pretzels, fresh from the oven? Yes, please! It’s not difficult at all but requires an additional step before baking: putting the Pretzels in hot soda water. Here …
Plum Cake with crumbles – traditional German
Every year, about the end of August, I find sugar plums at the grocery and immediately go bananas! I buy them all – no plum left behind!!! It’s …
Frikadellen – Meat Balls
Before we talk about the Frikadellen recipe, let me tell you some interesting things about “Frikadellen” aka “Fleischklops”, “Fleischpflanzerl”, or “Bulette” – it depends on the region how …
Semmelknödel – dumplings from rolls
Actually I hadn’t planned to introduce you to “Semmelknödel” (dumplings from rolls) before late September but my daughter kept begging for them despite the hot weather. Now, since …
German Apple Cake – Apfelkuchen (1)
Cake and coffee is for Germans like Toast and Tea for the English. It is a kind of a meal in between lunch and dinner and some people …
Stuffed Bell Peppers – gefüllte Paprika
Red, yellow, orange … but never green – that’s how we like our bell peppers! Filled with ground beef and cooked until juicy and soft, paired with …
How to cook rice the right way
Credit to the brand “Riceselect”
German Pancakes – Pfannkuchen
There is nothing like the scent of fresh German pancakes in the kitchen! Here is how countless German moms made them… not even using a recipe but I have …
Schweinies – Piggies (German Pork Sandwich)
There is a restaurant in Hamburg, called “Schweinske“. It’s very popular and almost all of their dishes are with pork. Over the years they got so successful, that there …
Quark-Brötchen – Easy Rolls
These quick rolls are made with “Quark”*. They are easy and fast – just perfect for a Sunday morning breakfast. Though you won’t find Quark easily in the …
Rolled Beef – Rinder-Rouladen
Remembering my childhood this meal was something my mother cooked on a Sunday. The whole house would be filled with the scent of the meat and gravy. It doesn’t need …