in fact it is a kind of understatement to name this dish a fish soup, because it is a soup and a main course in one. you will cook your ingredients for the main course, fish, potatoes, carrots and courgette, in a broth and the delicious broth will become, due to some lemon juice, your soup. the flavor of lemon and oregano will add the very special summer day character. Continue reading
unfortunately we will have no own cucumbers this years. i don´t know why but it did not work out this year. but luckily my husbands aunt evi is a highly gifted gardener and brought, besides some courgettes, artichokes (!) and eggplants (!), many cucumbers. we met her in austria … and yes we travelled back with all these vegetables in our hand baggage. but they looked too appetizing not to cook with them at home. Continue reading
may i introduce you to prince albrecht of prussia. he is a very special apple tree. no, not because of his name but he was a present of my very best friend to our wedding. and the idea behind the present is absolutely lovely. when the tree will get bigger and bigger with all the years, maybe after having silver or golden wedding, we will get a round bench for that tree to sit in the shadow of this apple tree as old people. Continue reading
a cooperation between a foodblog, a drinking water company and a charity organization led to the blog event: wir kochen alle nur mit wasser (we all only cook with water). for each posted recipe the company will “pay” 10 euro to the charity organization. so let´s go. this is one of my healthy and easy summer dish. Continue reading
blackberries are great! they grow without any care from your side. they have no pests (at least as far as we have experienced in our garden). and you can do almost everything with blackberries. jam, ice cream, cakes, pies, but also chutneys or sauce for a good piece of beef. Continue reading
beetroots are one of the vegetables which turned out very well in our garden all the years without any exception. you sow them in spring and can start to harvest while thinning out in early summer and finish the harvest in autumn. Continue reading
spring onions are one of my darlings in the garden. once started growing spring onions you will have some every season. you can harvest also during winter and early spring when nothing grows yet or any more. Continue reading
one of the advantages of broad beans is that you won´t need many additional ingredients to have a good meal, because the broad beans are so delicious by themselves. and this gazpacho will be an example for that par excellence. Continue reading
i don’t know many fruits which i like to combine with chocolate, but sour cherries are made for chocolate! this combination is heaven, i promise. a chocolate cake with hot chocolate topping should be mouthwatering for all sweet teeth out there. Continue reading
these cherries are a real wonder! when we found this place this tree was almost dead! i think the tree is very old and has not been trimmed for a very long time. in our first summer it had not one single cherry. but this year, after a radical cut, it was enough for us and the birds.