after you tried this raw tomato sauce the first time i am sure you will wonder why you cooked tomatoes ever in your life to prepare tomato sauce. it is so unbelievably good! and without cooking it is the fastest tomato sauce ever and ideal for a quick but delicious weekday dinner or whenever you are in a hurry but don’t want to abstain from good food. Continue reading
this is the swiss chard recipe i was looking for since we are growing chard in our garden. in the beginning i had no idea what to do with swiss chard, so i decided to try every spinach recipe i knew with chard instead. meanwhile i have quite a huge collection of delicious chard recipes, but this one became immediately the number one. Continue reading
it is time again to harvest onions and shallots. two summers ago, i wrote you should harvest onions on sunny days only, because they should dry a bit before stocking them. Continue reading
these little currant cupcakes are really nothing special, but never the less really good! if you like, you can of course add some buttercream topping. or you can soak the cupcakes with some lemon syrup after baking them. this time we decided for the very simple way and had an excellent cupcake picknick in the park. Continue reading
these are our latest eatable friends from our terrace: a small tree with red currants, a bush with black currants and one with gooseberries. maybe not all three of them but at least one will find some space even on the smallest balcony and you can enjoy your own berry harvest. Continue reading
broad beans are my absolute favorite vegetable at the moment! and this is another example for limited time consuming cooking while enjoying good food. all you need are local ingredients: broad beans, spring onions and aneth, a good splash of olive oil and bacon if you like. Continue reading
there are some dishes which are so extraordinary and simple that you do not need any exciting ingredients and fancy spices. chicken, fresh lettuce, sour cream and a bit of lemon juice is all you need for this toothsome dish. the whole family will love it! Continue reading
tarragon vinegar is very easy to prepare yourself. you need some sprigs of tarragon, white wine vinegar and white balsamic vinegar and some days in advance. i love it in every kind of dressing for some salad or to make tarragon mayonnaise. Continue reading
last time i had a salad with ham, cheese and a creamy dressing was back in the 90´s in a fast food restaurant. but this salad is far away from the trash this memory suggests. and there is absolutely nothing against that combination! peas and crunchy lettuce gives it a fresh drive and the tarragon vinegar makes the dressing a culinary highlight! Continue reading
if you also have been affected by the elderflower syrup fewer and made more syrup than one can drink until next spring and all your friends already received some as a gift, i have an alternative idea what you can prepare with the syrup. since i made the woodruff ice cream earlier this year i am in love with those flowery and fresh flavors, sweet but not obtrusive. exactly what best describes this elderflower ice cream. Continue reading