It's one week till Christmas and I have just started to bake cookies. Mostly to give away as presents. Our family is in Europe and the US so it's only four of us to cook and bake for at Christmas. For ...
Recipes
Simple recipes and food inspiration for busy home cooks.
Easy Homemade Applesauce Recipe
The other day I spotted a jar of applesauce on the shop shelf. I can't remember ever buying one, as it is so easy to make homemade applesauce. The first time I ate applesauce was in Germany (Apfelmus) ...
Healthy Vegetarian Salad “Sustainable Echo”
This November Sustainable Echo is turning two! To celebrate its second birthday, I decided to make a healthy vegetarian raw salad we named after our blog, instead of a birthday cake. If only our kids ...
Semolina Soup Dumplings
It's the middle of the winter here down-under and what better way to warm up than with a hot soup. Our all time favourite is this veggie soup with semolina dumplings. Very popular throughout Europe, ...
Healthy and easy: Berry Pudding
I'm very excited to see the first strawberry flowers in our container garden: the berry season in upon us! We will have just enough of our strawberries to taste, but usually go to the berry farms to ...
Simple gluten & dairy free orange cake
Orange cake is a special treat, especially in winter when cakes with apples and pears dominate. Many recipes involve boiling the orange for an hour or so - the length of the process always puts me ...
Easy vegetarian recipe: Sataraš
Sataraš (pronounced sah-tah-rush) is a quick and simple vegetarian recipe very popular in South-Eastern Europe. It is easy to make and usually prepared during the summer and early autumn days when ...
Homemade Raspberry Frozen Yogurt
A lot in this post! We are big fans of u-pick or pick your own fruit and berries. U-pick means you go to the farms and pick the fruit yourself. It is good in many ways: ...
Homemade buttermilk pancakes – easy pancake recipe
When I announce Pancakes for breakfast! our kids ask immediately: thick or thin? Thin pancakes are actually crepes and thick are pancakes. Considered as a French specialty, crepes are widespread and ...
How to Make Basil Pesto Sauce
Basil pesto is a treat and the best way to enjoy basil. And I'm talking about homemade pesto sauce, not the shop bought one form the jar. The fusion of flavours in it is a marriage made in heaven. ...