last summer we had so much chard in our garden that i ran out of ideas what to do with it. so during winter i collected every chard recipe that crossed my way and this is one of them.
i am a great admirer of the french bistro kitchen. it is either very easy and quick to cook or to prepare in advance and to arrange in the twinkling of an eye. so if there are any french readers, … Continue reading →
it is time to harvest potatoes. i find it not easy to know when they are ready, as you can´t see the fruits your looking for. so you have to look at the plants.
since i had an excellent potato salad in vienna i am looking for the perfect austrian style potato salad. i tried many many different recipes but until today i didn’t find the right one. so if you have one recipe that … Continue reading →
of course you can propagate lettuces out of seeds. but you have to be a very experienced gardener to be successful. you have to sow in rows as thin as you can because you have to thin out the young plants afterwords. but that´s not all. Continue reading →
it is incredibly good to have a really fresh garden lettuce from your own field or a really good farmer. it is more crunchy than you ever thought a lettuce could be and it tastes more intensive than all the … Continue reading →
at the end, minestrone is nothing else than a walk through the garden picking every ripe vegetable and cook them all at once. the great thing about these kind of soups is that you are not bound to the ingredients … Continue reading →
this one is the perfect drink for a warm summer evening! it is fresh due to the cucumber and tastes very light because of the lemonade. and i really like to bite into the grated cucumber, it crunches so nicely.
here comes the first big harvest of the main season and it makes me always very happy to see how all the things work and to know, this is just the beginning! we sowed the chard and beans in spring … Continue reading →
maybe it is because of using an old type of vegetable which, in addition, is regional and seasonal, but it really reminds me of what you get served in all the recently opened “back to traditional recipies-restaurants” of the past … Continue reading →
