in general asparagus is asparagus, green or white, there is no difference. both are the shoots of the asparagus plant – one with photosynthesis and one without. Continue reading
growing green asparagus
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i love lilac // ich liebe flieder!
lilac is the first color rave and fragrance nature offers in our garden in spring and i really love it! a hauntingly beauty. and to become a bit philosophic, beauties like this, can’t be preserved. everybody who already tried to take some lilac home, knows what i am talking about. Continue reading
pasta with spring onion pesto // pasta mit frühlingszwiebelpesto
thanks to an unpleasantly long stay at the main station in ingolstadt, i discovered this very amazing recipe with spring onions. and at the same time we had many spring onions from the last year ready to be harvested and no idea what to do with them besides having them on top of some salads. so i could not resist to buy the magazine sweet paul with a nice variety of spring onion ideas. Continue reading
scrambled eggs with bear’s garlic // rührei mit bärlauch
bear’s garlic is currently in season and if you like to eat it the whole day like me, here comes the good news: you can already start with it for breakfast! the lightly sautéed bear’s garlic adds its aromatic flavor to the eggs and the greens will give the scrambled eggs a great texture. Continue reading
grilled lamb with bear’s garlic and baked potatoes // gegrilltes lamm mit bärlauchbutter und gebackenen kartoffeln
i can tell you: this is fantastic. the flavor of bear’s garlic accompanies perfectly the grilled lamb. some potatoes, the last ones from last year or already the new ones, combined with some herb butter would be an excellent side dish! Continue reading
coloring easter eggs with natural colors // ostereier färben mit natürlichen farben
coloring easter eggs with natural colors is easier and much more fun than i ever thought. this year was the first time that we did not use those color tablets or powder you can buy to color your eggs and i tell you i will never need to buy them again. Continue reading
jamie’s bear’s garlic flat bread // jamies bärlauch-fladenbrot
this flat bread is really amazing! the most easy bread dough i ever did, super quickly made and heavenly delicious. Continue reading
sowing, growing, harvesting: winter purslane
this is the first year ever that the winter purslane worked. so it seems that winter purslane works only during very mild winters, which is really sad, as we do not often have a mild winter like the last one. but for this year i am happy and enjoyed the mild and nutty aroma of this fleshy lettuce. Continue reading
bear’s garlic soup with creamy sheep’s milk cheese // bärlauchsuppe mit frischkäse vom schaf
to be honest, i adopted a bit the original recipe for this bear’s garlic soup which i found at valentines kochbuch and that was from the book “mein bistro zu hause” (my bistro at home). this way it is a super tasty and super quick weekday dinner. Continue reading
indoor propagation by seed: tomato // voranzucht: tomaten
our tomato plants are still very small but i am happy that the seeds i grew myself last summer are still working! so if should you have your favorite tomato this summer, take the opportunity and keep some seeds so you can grow them every summer. Continue reading