savoury delights with rice

pure chinese beef

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   It’s quite a long time since I did some Chinese wok dish on my blog – nevertheless I do it rather often at home (well: not always using my big wok, but rather a deep pan…). I like to read about dishes from the Far East on The Woks of Life as well as on Omnivore’s Cookbook. The recipes are based on the fact that in the Western hemisphere lots of…

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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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out of the oven: shrimps & peas hidden in cannelloni

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   I love cannelloni! Just imagine the hot & bubbling mix of pasta & vegetables & meat or seafood covered in melted crispy cheese coming out of the oven… Remember how to attack the casserole in order to grab the 1st serving & transfer it onto a plate w/o any damage (it’s always easier when the 1st serving has left the casserole!). Maybe it’s because a cannelloni dish is…

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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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vhm loaf

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   To disclose the vhm shortcut: v is vegetables, h is herbs & m is meat. We are preparing a classic meat loaf w/ lots of vegetables & lots of fresh Mediterranean herbs: a meat loaf you may enjoy hot, warm or cold as well.     I got my inspiration from this cookbook* out of the foodblogger’s universe which combines traditional German cooking w/ Mediterranean flavors…    …

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straight tomato cannelloni

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   We are back! My better half & I went to Rome for something like a very, very long weekend – lasting almost 2 weeks. Details about our Rome adventures will appear soon – watch this space! Italy: it’s pasta & pasta & pasta – not to mention antipasto, pizza, cheeses, desserts… All these goodies are not only cooked & baked in Italy there’s also home cooking of Italian…

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fried rice w/ everything

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.   Primarily fried rice is recycling leftovers into a light & hearty & fast & easy dish for weeknight dinners. Of course you can start fried rice from the scratch adding selected this & that items trying to get a mix of meat & fish/seafood & vegetables w/ matching spices… I learnt a lot about approaching fried rice from the woks of life. Here you’ll find recipes for fried…

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leaving winter w/ brussels sprouts quiche

Dieser Beitrag enthält Werbung – advertising.     Leaving winter… last weekend temperatures suddenly dropped below 0° C & some snow flakes filled the air: winter was back & stays w/ us this week. Nevertheless in a fortnight Easter is almost over & spring should easily push aside now the cold air.     I think it’s just the right moment for some delicious substantial quiche w/ the last winter vegetables. Brussels sprouts are on…

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