Since Cinco de Mayo is just around the corner, I thought I'd give you a bit of a heads up so you can start thinking about what Mexican-inspired dishes you will be preparing on Thursday! We never really need an excuse to have Mexican (or at least Tex-Mex) around here...

Shopping local taking hold of Germany
It may not come as a huge surprise to you that a lot of people in Germany shop at weekly farmer's markets for their foods. But what you may not have realized is that not all of the food you are buying at these markets (whether they are open air or more permanent like...

The German Spargel Obsession
Spargel season is slowly beginning here in Germany, which generally goes hand-in-hand with strawberry season. At the moment, a lot of what is available is still from France (especially the strawberries) but the first devilishly expensive German strawberries are also...

Make her month with a KitchenAid Pro mixer
Several years ago, I got one of the most wonderful Christmas gifts ever from my in-laws. If you saw the title of this post, you've probably already guessed what it was -- a KitchenAid Pro mixer. And if you've got one yourself, or ever seen one of the Pro or Artisan...

Home Fries Recipe – Quick & Easy
We love-love-LOVE breakfast here in the Casa del Muehli’s and generally go the sweet route with pancakes or French toast (especially now that we have a griddle again after our last one melted down.) But some mornings, we’re craving something with a little more...

Sesame Seed Chicken & Gravy Dinner
Remember those days when families used to cook on Sundays and all get together in the afternoon and early evening to gather around the table, talk about life, laugh together and just enjoy each other’s company? Well, this fried sesame seed chicken, served up with...

Stuffed Bell Peppers
Stefan and his dad have a serious love of stuffed bell peppers. Over the last year, I think they have probably talked about them every time they’ve seen each other in person, which is every few months. And I’m sure that there were a few phone calls in between when...

Garlic & Sage Rotisserie Chicken
I love posting recipes here on NOH. Not only because I get to share some delicious recipe for you to recreate at home, but because it usually means that Charlie S. (a regular commenter here) is going to share something amazingly insightful about his personal cooking...
Food Waste Friday
This week, I've decided to join Food Waste Friday hosted by The Frugal Girl. For starters, I think it will be interesting to see what I actually am wasting each week all in one place --because I tend to think I'm really good about using things up but when I start to...
10 Ways to Waste Less Food
The U.S. produces about 591 billion pounds of food each year, and up to half of it goes to waste, costing farmers, consumers and businesses hundreds of billions of dollars. Timothy Jones, an anthropologist at the UA Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology,...


