Beer Poached Salmon in the Römertopf

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...
How to make vanilla extract

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...
Bourbon Smoked Ribs

Bourbon Smoked Ribs

We made these smoked ribs last year in our barrel smoker and they turned out SO good. We were so busy trying out other new recipes in our new smoker haze that I never got around to writing about them. So when we made them last weekend again, we knew it was love all...
Wild garlic pesto

Wild garlic pesto

Wild garlic (Allium ursinum AKA bear’s garlic, ramsons or Bärlauch in German) is a wonderful chive cousin that we’re lucky to have growing in our courtyard and a bit in our garden too. At Mackenzie’s christening dinner, we were served a wild garlic soup that was just...