In the summer it feels easy to make a fresh salad, just throwing together a bunch of fresh vegetables straight from the farmers market – or garden if you are lucky. At winter, in the dark and cold days, when
Pumpkin, apple and cranberry cake
A favorite thing of mine when it comes to autumn is pumpkin. Not carving lanterns – but cooking and baking with them. Because it’s Friday – I decided to surprise my daughter with a pumpkin-apple cake for lunch. This is
Kaiserinschmarrn – fluffy pancake in pieces
The original dish is an old favorite of ours and is common in the area Austria, South Germany and North Italy (basically “the Alps”). I know it under the name “Kaiserschmarrn” which translates as “scratched pancake of the Emperor” (the
bell pepper, bacon and eggs – yummy!
The big challenge when going gluten free is breakfast. I’m always trying out new ideas even though we do love our scrambled eggs. Last weekend I made baked bell pepper halves filled with bacon, leek, mushroom and egg. Wow –
A picture on the plate
Making a salad is, in many ways, like painting a picture. You have loads of colors to choose from and you can let your artistic (hidden) talents loose for a while without any pressure… Cutting the vegetables in an attractive
Upside down cake
Often when I make a new recipe, I ask my kids – “what should we call it?” and they come up with various interesting suggestions. This time however the name was in my head before the cake was even done,
Our favorite tosca berry pie – with carrots
I haven’t been very creative these last weeks, but rather used my old favorite recipes over and over. Nothing wrong with that! The kids are happy when they get to pick what I bake and they love my new collection
Liesels Real food Apple cake
Yes, I’ve said it before (when I made the Pumpkin and Carrot Apple Cake) but I’ll say it again – I love having cake for lunch! I’m also pretty good at telling myself it’s ok, by putting as much “real
The quick 10-minute, healthy lifestyle, Schnitzel
Servus! (Which is “Hello” in Bavaria – the south part of Germany) If you know anything about the German kitchen, you probably heard about Schnitzel! It’s a quick, tasty and normally not Paleo – or LCHF – or whatever you
Pumpkin and Carrot Apple Cake
One thing I am struggling with is the fact that my favorite food is cake. But cake is not food in that sense, so you can’t have cake for lunch, can you? Well, I’d do almost anything to try and