savoury delights

baked greek meat balls

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   I found a recipe for baked Greek meat balls on the food blog The Mediterranean Dish, however, I thought: Isn’t it more Greek if there is also some feta involved? So I started my own version w/ additional feta sealed up in the meat balls.     When starting you’ll need some onion, some garlic & a bay leaf to be fried in some olive oil until soft. (It’s…

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quite simply: eggs & vegetables…

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   For a breakfast w/ friends I decided to do a frittata. At first I thought about scrambled eggs or baked eggs… however, these have to be prepared fresh from the scratch. If you try to enjoy a breakfast w/ friends (or a brunch) as a host it’s always better to prepare everything in advance. A frittata can be prepared 1 day before – no problem at all. You…

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savoy mess

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   This is the end… A savoy mess starts big – w/ this big big savoy cabbage – & finally becomes a soft, juicy mess of savoy, cream, meat balls, bacon & onion…   For the record: In Germany we call this mess just „Durcheinander“ – (hotchpotch). The basis may be a savoy cabbage, however, it may also be a white cabbage or Brussels sprouts or carrots or kohlrabi……

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savoury delights soups

mashed potatoes w/ cream aka potato soup

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   Once again: Happy New Year to all of you! Instead of talking about my plans & resolutions for the New Year (NOW!) or doing a résumé of the last year or announcing a decluttering challenge I simply like to present a recipe for really comforting soup you’ll like for this season of the year. (The rest may follow soon… as well as a post about our pre-Xmas stay…

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sweet & spicy butternut mash

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   Today we’ll prepare another butternut mash, however, this time w/ spices from the East giving the mash a mix of sweet pumpkin flavour, Asian background & a hint of hotness – of course you can indulge in real hotness if you like.     The butternut mash will be fine w/ any meat or fish. I’m thinking of steak or pork cutlet or chicken breast or just fish…

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