Sep 7, 2010 Posted by Tiffany

Top Ten Ground Beef Recipes

So I’ve been trying to get myself a bit more organized in the kitchen lately and although I still have a lot of ground to cover, I thought it would useful to start putting together a few lists of my favorite recipes that we eat all the time.  You can never really have too many good recipes, right? And if you do any sort of meal planning, it’s really important to not only add new recipes from... read more

Sep 6, 2010 Posted by Tiffany

30 Years of Southern Living Recipes to Love

We all have cookbooks that we just love and adore, right? They’re often the cookbooks we use the most, because the recipes inside just taste great every time. The cookbook is so trustworthy that you can try something new on your friends and know that it’s going to taste just like you imagine it. Those cookbooks are rare, but when you find them, you never want to let them go… For me, that... read more

Aug 27, 2010 Posted by Tiffany

HBin5 Whole Wheat Flatbreads

As you may have noticed, I’m all about trying out new things lately. So when I heard there was a new book out about baking bread in 5 minutes a day, I was intrigued. Then I discovered that one of my favorite foodie bloggers, Big Black Dogs, was actually hosting a challenge to try out the recipes in the book over the next year. So naturally I had to jump at the chance. I won’t be sharing any of... read more

Aug 19, 2010 Posted by Tiffany

Capturing the Kitchen

Some of you may be aware of the fact that I love, love, LOVE my camera. My husband was generous enough to buy me a wonderful Canon EOS 1000D DSLR camera as my “congratulations for doing an awesome job carrying our daughter in your belly for the last 9 months” gift. Some girls get jewelry (I got some of that too) but I got something that just keeps on giving. Because as you’ve... read more

Aug 18, 2010 Posted by Tiffany

If only I knew what to buy…

I’m really excited to be working with CSN Stores once again and will be selecting something from their enormous inventory of items (seriously, they have everything from lights to bakeware to furniture) that I need for the kitchen. Because personally, we have enough furniture, lights and other stuff around here that we’re trying to get rid of or install still. But I always seem to need... read more

Aug 16, 2010 Posted by Tiffany

Blueberry Zucchini Bread

As you may recall, we are huge fans of zucchini bread in this house and I make a couple loaves almost every week. Now that Stefan is back at work and I want him to have something in his belly every morning, I’m back to baking. But I was feeling a bit bored with the usual zucchini bread and had a bunch of blueberries in the fridge to use up…and so this recipe was born. I basically just took my... read more

May 31, 2010 Posted by Tiffany

Sausage, Egg & Cheese Biscuits — Yummy Breakfast Sandwiches

If you read my post on Friday about homemade biscuits, it will come as no surprise to you that I’m a fan of McDonald’s Sausage, Egg & Cheese Biscuits for breakfast. I can’t actually say when the last time I ate one was (been months since I even ate at a McDonald’s) but I have never forgotten how much I enjoy them. We’re not really big on fast food here — mostly... read more

May 27, 2010 Posted by Tiffany

Sour Cream Buttermilk Biscuits — Moistest biscuits ever

I love biscuits. I make them with chicken & gravy, I eat them for breakfast with jam or honey…and sometimes I just eat them as they are. I can remember many a Sunday morning when I was little, when my family would get up and make biscuits for breakfast. They were heavenly. But most biscuits generally err toward the dry side of life and unfortunately that just doesn’t interest Stefan. I say... read more

May 24, 2010 Posted by Tiffany

Beer Poached Salmon in the Römertopf

Since the day my new Romertopfs arrived in the mail last week. I have been wondering what I should cook in it. I found a few nice salmon filets in our trunk freezer that definitely needed to be used, so I decided to throw in whatever ingredients I had at home (which wasn’t much) to make a tasty Romertopf dish. Thankfully I had a few other recipes to guide me on times and so on, but I think that... read more

May 20, 2010 Posted by Tiffany

How to make vanilla extract

One thing I use a lot of in this house is vanilla. Since I bake zucchini bread every week, that’s already a tablespoon per week…plus most of the cookies and other goodies I bake also use vanilla. Throw in French toast from time to time and other breakfast goodies and that’s even more vanilla. And strangely enough, here in Germany you can only get vanilla sugar. Which is ok…but just... read more