For the Love of Food

Oh Summer, how I miss you!

Today is one of the few sunny Autumn days that we get here in Germany. Usually, the sky is the same shade of gray-white until late March. But, it’s a small price to pay for those long summer days that I love so very much!

In the mean time, enjoy this salad that I made back in August. Continue Reading »

A nice brownie recipe for a cold Autumn day.

I found this recipe via The Food Librarian and immediately ran to the kitchen to make sure I had all ingredients. And, I did..so I started baking. While along my merry way…the brownie batter in the oven..my hopes high…I blew the fuse in the kitchen that had both the oven and toaster oven on it…. And, didn’t realize it until the timer went off. So, my brownies were cooked through, but a sad resemblance of The Food Librarian’s delicious brownies. I will have to have a do-over once I’m in my new kitchen in January (more on that later!).

So, bake, enjoy..and don’t blow a fuse!

Here is my tweaked version: Continue Reading »

Welcome to Taste&Create hosted by me from For the Love of Food.

I would like to welcome any of you who are knew to the event and am happy to see all of you who return each month for more!

Just a reminder:
-the rules can be found here.
-please do not email me your submission, go to the Taste&Create website, register/sign-in and submit your entry there by the 24th of November.

Sign-ups for December/January’s Taste&Create will end, as usual, on December 8th. Every year I combine December and January because of the holidays, so the next sign-up after December 8th will be February 8th.

Here is this month’s partner list:

Yael’s Yummies & NO REASON NEEDED
Seduce your tastebuds & hungrywoolf
Cupcake Project & The Creative Pot
A Bolder Table & Love Big, Bake Often
Piccante Dolce & Bombay Foodie
One Little Corner of the World & Sweet and Savory Says it All
The Bad Girl’s Kitchen & Knick Nosh
What’s for Supper? &  vanillastrawberryspringfields

This is a remake of a classic. This time I tried baking it and it tastes even better than with the fresh ingredients, but doesn’t photograph as nicely. Continue Reading »

I am always on the look-out for a good fettuccine alfredo recipe that doesn’t require me to open a canned or a bottled ingredient. Recently I came across a recipe from The Pioneer Woman and it not only looked delicious, but simple - four ingredients plus salt and pepper - so there’s not too much to mess up.

I do have to say that it was tasty, but I also have to say that I had such terrible indigestion after eating it….

It is rich, and creamy, and thick, and heavy..and good. But, if you’re like me and have a sensitive stomach to high fat/oil foods, then I recommend you stay away…because just one bite will not be enough.

The Pioneer Woman has a great pictoral depiction on how to make this recipe. For those of you who want the short version (minus step-by-step photos)…here it is: Continue Reading »

This is great for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner. Heck, it’s even great for in between. Quiche is just yummy at any time of the day.

And, instead of using the traditional pie crust, I used the pat-in-the-pan pie crust I blogged about the other day (minus the fructose, cinnamon, and vanilla extract). Continue Reading »

This is a German recipe, that I modified, from the Internet chefkoch.de . I have posted it on various occasions.

I found this cute little container while I was on vacation in DC last summer. My son doesn’t like to eat soup, but if you serve it in a cute tiny bowl with an even tinier spoon, he will eat it all. Continue Reading »

So, after 4 weeks of not being able to eat anything sweet, I had a nice pile of these cookies. I found the original recipe on MyRecipes.com, made some substitutes, and didn’t end up with Thick, Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies, but rather thin buttery ones. They were so delicious that we couldn’t stop eating them. Continue Reading »

Back a few weeks ago I was unable to eat all forms of sweets: sugar, brown sugar, fructose, honey, agave syrup, milk, and even fruit. Luckily, those terrible4 weeks are over. You have no idea how sweet coconut milk tastes when you haven’t had one sweet piece of food for 4 weeks!

Anyways, it was a really hot summer day and I was craving ice cream. Unable to drink milk at the time, I took a nice thick and tasty coconut milk that I get here out of Thailand called Aroy-D and mixed it with rice milk to make a nice and “sweet” ice cream for myself. I made it on 2 occasions, once with cocoa powder and once without. I prefer the chocolate-free version. Ideally, it would taste better with sugar, so add to your liking if you are not on a restricted diet such as a candida diet.  This is also a great base for a vegetarian or vegan ice cream. Continue Reading »

As I mentioned last week, I have been cooking quick and simple meals lately. It is quite an adjustment on my part since I have always enjoyed cooking more elaborate meals that take 1 to 2 hours to prepare. Now, food needs to be on the table in less than 30 minutes…

But, while I am pressed for time, that in now way means that I am willing to sacrifice the quality or flavor of my food. Meals just need to be re-thought out.

I’d like to share another recipe with you that I discovered on Real Simple that really blew my mind away. Four ingredients plus some salt and pepper and you have a delicious meal in 25 minutes.

This was also the first time I have ever eaten fennel, and I am hooked! It’s delicious, easy to prepare, and dirt cheap. Continue Reading »