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Helau, helau!

Carnival – and everbody’s engaged in it, at least in some parts of Germany like the Rhineland wher we’re living. There’s no time left for cooking, posting or anything like that. These days we have to dress up, ceollect sweets and be funny before starting fasting period.    

Overnight oats

I must confess that usually I’m waving aside all recipes mentioning oats. That’s because they always remember me stomach ache in childhood and oat meal soup. Reading about overnight oats and wonderful recipes made me curious and I tried them more than once already. Milk, yoghurt and different fruit are always available in our household. […]

Low budget buffet

You’ll need around 5-10 €/£/$ to decorate such a funny buffet for German carnival or any other party. In every Dollarstore you’ll find cheap paper or plastic cups, glasses or bowls in lots of different colours. Paper napkins referring to season or occasion are often available too. Take a coloured napkin for your table or […]

Apple pillows

For all those being quite curious after my yesterday’s introduction I’ll post the recipe for apple pillows right now. The dough makes 10 midsize pillows and exactly following the instructions will guarantee success. The slider at the end of the post will show it step by step. Dough: 250g wheat flour 1 dash of salt […]

Hefe und mehr / Yeast and more

I planned to bake some apple pillows because I had leftovers of applesauce. Whenever talking about yeast dough the immediate answer is: ” Yeast, that’s something I didnt’t try yet and in addition I don’t even own a food processor like you do.” That’s why I made the dough with the kneading hooks of my […]