Have you ever made a dish once and instantly knew it was going to be part of your life forever? For us, this Szechuan beef recipe was that dish. We first cooked it back in 2001, standing in our tiny kitchen in Germany — thrilled to finally be cooking real meals again...
There are some foods in life that just equal happiness and comfort. For me, grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup has always been one of those. In fact, it was one of the very first things I learned to cook, along with Kraft Mac & Cheese. I can’t remember...
The holidays are coming up, and for many of us, this means a lot of time spent cooking in the kitchen. Between Thanksgiving dinner, holiday cookie exchanges, Christmas morning breakfast and feeding any family and friends who stop by for an evening or weekend visit,...
As I mentioned in my little meal planning schedule last week, we tried a lasagna recipe from The Harley Biker’s Cookbook and it was SO good. I didn’t get to follow the recipe exactly because I didn’t have any Italian sausage or ricotta (I used ground beef and cottage...
There’s a specialty here in Germany which is extremely simple to make but that I somehow never tried to create myself. The German restaurant down the street from us makes wurst käse salat, which basically is a sausage and cheese salad with onions, vinegar, pickles and...
Last Thursday was a day of cleaning and cooking…we had a lasagna recipe that I’ve been using for a little while now but it just lacked flavor in the end. The ingredients had great potential but perhaps it all just needed to sit a lot longer. Even after it was frozen,...