Today was one of those days in the Pacific Northwest: I had all these plans to get a bunch of yard work done 💪🏼👩🏼🌾. When I woke up and looked outside, it wasn’t the weather I was hoping for. It was raining cats and dogs ☔️. So much for my plans to be outside all … Continue reading Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake (Blaubeer-Streuselkuchen)
Today we’ll create some bread dumplings called Serviettenknoedel in Germany. The name comes from the dumplings being boiled in a dish towel 😎. Due to the time intense labor that goes into these dumplings, my mother-in-law has been creating these delish dumplings for us during their annual visits while we’re at work. So today, I’m … Continue reading Napkin Dumplings (Serviettenknoedel)
Peeps, in the next few week it’s getting real 🙌🏼: My in-laws are in town for their annual 5-weeks visit and I have to say, I know a ton of awesome German dishes, but I can’t top some of my mother-in-laws cooking 😍. She knows some super complex, old school dishes by heart and I’m … Continue reading Red Cabbage (Rotkraut)
German baking recipes call for vanilla sugar, which is very fine sugar that has been scented with vanilla. Vanilla extract is less common in Germany and other European countries. You can buy small sachets of vanilla sugar in select local grocery stores or through Amazon online. But, of course you can make your own vanilla … Continue reading Homemade Vanilla Sugar (Vanillezucker)
Spring has arrived in the Pacific Northwest ☀️ – birds are chirping, frogs are croaking and trees and flowers starting to bloom. It’s time to use the last fall crops stored for winter so we can enjoy some fresh local harvest soon. In a previous blog, I used fall apples to make some delish applesauce. … Continue reading German Apple Pie (Gedeckter Apfelkuchen)
With unusual winter temperatures up in the Pacific Northwest ❄️, it is time for a hearty soup to warm up your body, and split pea soup is one of my favorites in the winter 🍵. Though I have to say, as a child I dreaded the days when my mom told me that we’ll have … Continue reading Split Pea Soup (Erbsensuppe)
Back in the fall I purchased a couple cases of Pink Lady apples at our local organic farmer store, Garden Treasures Nursery & Organic Farm in Arlington. I like to have organic apples on hand throughout the winter for a healthy, vitamin packed snack in the afternoon. The apples have been sitting in our garage … Continue reading Applesauce (Apfelbrei)
Hello and welcome to my first blog *yay 👏🏼. I’m super excited to share my knowledge with all of you. Thank you for finding my page and for having an interest in German cuisine. I hope you will have as much fun replicating these recipes as I have blogging about them. Before we get into … Continue reading The German Spice Cabinet
Keep up with traditional German recipes! 