Beet Salad – Beet Root Salad
Beets usually come in a jar like pickles … at least in Germany. They are also a great Fall vegetable …
Lunch or Dinner
German Main Dishes are most likely cooked for lunch. Since school ends at noon, the kids come home for lunch and stay at home moms will cook for them. However, in some families, the kids eat at a daycare and the husbands at work and the main dish will either be cooked for dinner or only on weekends.
Plum Dumplings & Apricot Dumplings
In Germany, Austria and also in Hungary, dumplings are in general a beloved dish. Whether savory or sweet, there are …
Loaded Ham Rolls with Mashed Potatoes
Loaded ham rolls with mashed potatoes is my goto recipe when I have little time to cook.
Eggs in Mustard Sauce – Traditional German Recipe
Eggs in Mustard Sauce are also called mustard eggs. This recipe is a childhood memory that I probably share with …
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Roasted Veggies in Peanut Sauce with Crispy Tofu
“Roasted Veggies in Peanut Sauce” – that doesn’t sound German! Well, after asking on Facebook whether my followers would be …
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Crispy Bavarian Pork Roast with Beer Sauce
Crunchy, crispy pork roast the way it’s done in Bavaria and as the cherry on top: Beer Sauce! Feels like …
Creamy Leek Soup
The first recipe I was taught in school was this creamy leek soup, aka Cream of Leek. It is very …
Creamed Spinach – German Style
Wonder how to make delicious creamed spinach? Look no further, I have the perfect recipe for it! Even if you …
German Vegetable Soup with Meatballs
There are basically no limits to soup variations but a German Vegetable Soup comes with a basic recipe that then …
Potato Pockets / Stuffed Potato Cakes
Potato Pockets or Stuffed Potato Cakes are often found on the menus of less formal and lower-priced restaurants. Made at …
Kraut Crullers / Kraut Rolls / Krautkrapfen
Kraut Crullers are so good and I would never have expected that filling noodle dough with sauerkraut could be that …
Oktoberfest Crispy Pork Hock
Oktoberfest wouldn’t be the same without a delicious pork hock, crispy and juicy and with some dumplings and sauerkraut on …
Toast Hawaii
It’s often the simple things that give us comfort and Toast Hawaii is such a simple thing. An easy, open-face …
Bavarian Wurst Salad & Swiss Wurst Salad
Wurst Salad is very similar to the Fleisch Salad that I posted a while ago. At least, some of the …
Onion Pork / Onion Beef – Zwiebelfleisch
This recipe for onion pork might be the big hit at your next potluck. Easy to make and delicious in …
How To Bake Rustic Rolls
We have so many different, wonderful bread rolls in Germany that it’s often hard to choose! These rustic rolls are …
North German Potato Salad (with a cool Hack)
The North German Potato Salad contains mayonnaise and differs from the South German Potato Salad which is made with a …
White Asparagus Cream Soup
A staple of the German soup selection is the asparagus cream soup. It’s a very common soup in restaurants, especially …
How To Make A Perfect Schnitzel
The perfect Schnitzel has a gap of air between the breading and the meat, it is also crisp on the …
White Asparagus With Sauce Hollandaise
White Asparagus with Sauce Hollandaise is the German’s favorite spring dish! Harvested fresh from the fields and sold at farmers …
German Meatloaf “Falscher Hase” (Fake Rabbit)
Meatloaves are kind of international, I guess, but of course, this German Meatloaf has to have a weird name: Falscher …
Sour Roast – traditional German Pot Roast “Sauerbraten”
Sauerbraten is translated to Sour Roast and is a German pot roast with a slightly sour taste for the meat …
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German Creamed Potatoes
With German creamed potatoes, you get a very delicious comfort food for cold days. There is quite a bit of …
Crisp Baked Camembert
Baked Camembert with a crisp breaded layer around is a wonderful comfort food in winter. My husband and I enjoyed …
Labskaus – Hamburg Style
Labskaus is a typical Northern dish made from potatoes, beef and beets, accompanied by a herring, fried egg, and some …
Fish Cakes Hamburg Style Recipe
When I’m in my hometown Hamburg, a Fish Cake is an absolute must-have during my visit! Fish Cakes – or …
Pretzel Dumplings with Mushroom Cream Sauce
Pretzel dumplings are comfort food and when they come with a delicious mushroom cream sauce, a culinary dream comes true. …
Nürnberger Bratwurst / Nuremberger Sausage
Nürnberger Bratwurst looks like breakfast links but they are different and taste so much better! The spices – and mostly …
Goulash or Gulasch – Hungarian Stew
As a freezer meal: Let cool completely, then fill into freezer bags or containers. Freeze for up to 6 weeks.
How to make Potato Dumplings
Potato dumplings are a very easy side but give each meal a feeling of a holiday. This probably just me, …