No Ordinary Homestead, Author at No Ordinary Homestead

Welcome spring with this Italian Limoncello recipe

Mar 19, 2010 | Food

I know it has absolutely nothing to do with the Schweinebraten recipe from yesterday, but I was over on idigmygarden, a really cool forum for gardeners and those on the self-sufficient path, and found this Limoncello recipe. We were recently at our favorite Italian...

Schweinebraten — An authentic Bavarian pork roast

Mar 18, 2010 | Expat Life, Featured, Food, German Specialties, Travel

Before everyone in the house caught colds, we had a visit from Steffi and Steffen — some of our friends from Bavaria. Somehow, we managed to convince Steffi (who is currently 6 months pregnant) that it would be the perfect weekend for her to make Schweinebraten for us...

Heavenly mango sorbet

Feb 23, 2010 | Desserts, Food

A friend of ours came to visit last weekend which put us in an interesting position. She is currently not eating anything with dairy products in it–which is an incredibly difficult task when you think about it. No milk chocolate, no butter, no cheese, no ice cream, no...

One tasty bolognese sauce recipe

Feb 18, 2010 | Food, Seafood

We eat a LOT of pasta in this house. So much so that we actually bought a really cool automatic pasta machine that mixes everything for you and presses it out in the desired shape. But unfortunately the thing takes forever to make pasta so the electricity we end up...

Mozzarella and Prosciutto Italian Melts

Feb 9, 2010 | Food

We’re big fans of sandwiches in this house, and when I did my monthly shopping last Friday I just had to pick up some baguettes for medianoche. One of these days I have to make my own from the Bread Baker’s Apprentice –or maybe some actual Cuban bread. Not sure I have...