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It’s chestnut season, yippieeeee!! We love to roast them ourselves, on a lazy (possibly rainy) afternoon and serve them as a snack. I love the smell that comes out of the oven whenRead More

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Hey, I consider this my first very own cookie creation!!!! I am very proud of it! It’s been developing in my head over the last week, after I bought a package of coconutRead More

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I’d like to share another of our favorite dinner dishes: a one-skillet dish with Italian potato dumplings, grilled chicken and green beans with some natural flavoring through sun-dried tomatoes and toasted pine nuts. Read More

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My lunch has to get me going until 7 or 8pm. Therefore, I recently got into the habit of always having some cooked beans in the fridge. They make a perfect base forRead More

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This millet bake has been one of our long-time favorites, although there are many down-sides to it: It is not a quick meal, and you’ll have a lot of dishes to wash afterwards. Read More

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Germans don’t do Thanksgiving and Halloween. Neither do the South Africans, to whom I am married. We currently live in Dubai, in a Muslim country, who, least of all have any relation toRead More

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  In the course of my learning-how-to-cook experience I came up with this most versatile tomato sauce that can be used as a base for many dishes: either thinned out and spiced upRead More

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The other day, I ended up with two big cauliflower heads in my fridge. I simply forgot that I hadn’t used the first one when I bought the other. As they take upRead More

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We’ve got visitors from overseas who are on a low carb diet. I take advantage of this and try all sorts of beans in our lunches and dinners. As it is still prettyRead More

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Here in Dubai, seasons are a little upside down when it comes to gardening. The summers are far too hot for anything to grow. One has to wait for the end of theRead More

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Today is the 3 October, the anniversary of the German reunification in 1990!  I dare to say that most of the things in my life would not have happened without this historic event.Read More

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When I was a kid we were always living in apartments. There wasn’t much space for pets. The only pet allowed was birds. And we always had one. If one escaped through anRead More

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When I was a kid we were always living in apartments. There wasn’t much space for pets. The only pet allowed was birds. And we always had one. If one escaped through anRead More

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These oatmeal bars are literally a freshly made breakfast oatmeal bowl to go. Perfect for those who are in a hurry in the morning and don’t have time to cook or even sitRead More

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My local supermarket has got a little bookshop right behind their checkouts. The other day I was paging through some random cookbook and saw this recipe of spaghetti with cauliflower and chilli: aRead More

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As long as I lived in Germany I never really got to appreciate Indian food. The Indian restaurants that I had been to always had this cheap, dusty, Made-To-Suit-Europeans charme. Only here inRead More

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  I am currently exploring Quinoa  in my cuisine. Quinoa is a grain-like crop that originates from South America. In recent times it has become highly appreciated for its nutritional value, as itsRead More