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little red fruit cakes everywhere

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   Do you like binge watching? We – my better half & I – do. We liked binge watching as soon as TV series appeared via DVD boxes & more than ever as soon as streaming became a commodity. During Corona times when everything (aka cinema, theaters, concert halls …) is closed streaming & binge watching is manifest.   For the record: I always was annoyed when there was…

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2 bowls & 1 cake w/ ricotta cream

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   To make this cake I only used 2 bowls. Honestly, I hate dishwashing … especially when there is any china or bowls or pots or whatever which doesn’t fit in our dishwasher. (We only work w/ a slim 45 cm dishwasher.) So I always try to minimize the number of any equipment when cooking or baking. For this simple cake I was fine w/ only 2 bowls. The…

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more sandwich: pan-fried tuna mozzarella melt

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   I’m somehow obsessed w/ sandwiches. Nothing changed so far. Maybe it’s a by-product of Corona Times. Working in home office, no canteen, no lunch meetings in cafés or so … all is homebound, all meals are at home. So what to cook each day? A sandwich seems a fine idea. If you use a substantial bread, thick & big slices, adding substantial ingredients … & it’s an easy…

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savoury delights soups

sweet potatoes & sweet carrots

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   This is a spontaneous soup. I mean I had the idea in the morning before shopping – so I was spontaneous. Most of the ingredients were already in my pantry resp. fridge. All I had to buy were the sweet potatoes. So I set up my private cooking show after shopping & prepared the soup & took photos & made notes – then we had lunch. (You’ll see…

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roasted red pepper pasta

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   I always prepare tomato sauce during spring and summer w/ lots of fresh tomatoes roasted in the oven until a really soft mess. This tomato sauce is best for any pasta as well as vegetables or meat. You may produce quite a lot & store it in containers in your fridge for some days or even put to 2-3 weeks – be sure: it won’t last so long. What…

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my 1st galette (w/ rhubarb)!

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   I’m always looking for easy & fast dishes … also dishes which can be prepared w/o using too many pots & pans & other kitchen equipment which need to be cleaned excessively later. So I admired the easy way of galettes for rather a long time – & now I decided to give it a try. For my 1st approach I chose a very simple galette w/ few…

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what to do w/ dull vegetables?

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   What happened? I opened my fridge & learnt that there were some leftovers … vegetables to be correct. Carrots & spring onions. Also in my pantry there were some potatoes … & in my freezer I had some frozen peas. In each case it wasn’t so much … not enough for whatever … So I decided to make a real big batch of mixed vegetables! Next morning when…

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pizza quiche mess

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   Pizza or quiche? I love pizza & I love quiche. So suddenly an idea grow in my mind: Why not combine pizza & quiche? The outcome? In certain way it’s a mess, however, a delicious mess. Soft & juicy. Totally Italian w/ the texture of a quiche.     I made 2 approaches which differ mainly in the amount of tomato pulp I spread onto the pizza pastry.…

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cake & fruit & more

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   This is another recipe from my winter blues phase …   For the record: Now we are living in the Corona era feeding us w/ new challenges – so my winter blues phase seems null & void.   Coming back to the baking … It is a cheesecake, however, not the American style w/ cream cheese or the fluffy style w/ lots of whipped cream or the no-bake…

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a plain toasted sandwich

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   I’m still in my sandwich phase. I still have leftovers from my baked vegetables. Especially there is a batch of Spanish green peppers. Today I try a toasted sandwich. … & I don’t use the sandwich maker which I adore sometimes when I need something warm & filling at once. In a sandwich maker you can just pile up slices of toast, vegetables, bacon … cheese. On top…

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bread? sweet bread? cake?

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   I told you about Mastering Spice, a new book in my library. So I made the next try to recreate something out of the book. I stumbled over a recipe for an olive oil based loaf cake. The book is so organized that there is a main recipe & following there are some variations. I found the recipe for the olive oil cake loaf & a variation w/ additional…

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eoy 2019 & how to make orange sauce

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   Eoy 2019 … to clarify from the very beginning: I won’t try to predict any future by reading in tea leaves or – like here – watching boiling orange sauce – if the photo above may suggest anything like that to you. This post … well, there is only 1 (!) photo which I took in between my cooking adventure – because I never planned to cook any…

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a messy tart: spekulatius & chocolate & morello cherries & vanilla custard

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   When looking at the photo it’s exactly what I intended to create: a tart made w/ a shell of spekulatius & its wonderful Xmas flavors, some chocolate to seal the shell, some vanilla custard for the creaminess, some morello cherries for the freshness & on top lots of roasted almond flakes. What I planned was to get nice slices of the tart … instead it became a mess…

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handmade german spritzgebäck (out of a moment)

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   German Spritzgebäck is part of Xmas – has always been. At least for me.   For the record: I know a trusted pastry shop making 1st class Spritzgebäck w/ & w/o chocolate. Full stop.   When roaming food blogs last week – which are full of Xmas baking ideas at the moment (it’s like an avalanche overwhelming you) – I suddenly stumbled over a recipe for straightforward Spritzgebäck ……

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nice’ salad aka salade niçoise

 Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   My better half & I had friends invited for dinner – & it was about 30° C & more. What to do? BBQ – well, yes, but somebody (i. e. my better half) would have to be on the deck, managing the BBQ for some hours while the sun would burn merciless. (Our terrace is south/south-west bound!) We skipped this approach & opted for a French evening w/…

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