Grilled Garlic Shrimp Skewers

    Grilled Garlic Shrimp Skewers

    These are officially my new favorite way to make grilled shrimp. They are so delicious that you can’t even believe it. We have only tried them as an accompaniment to steaks and other grill-night favorites — but I’m pretty sure they would taste excellent on a bed of...
    10 Things I’d Like to Grow This Year

    10 Things I’d Like to Grow This Year

    I can’t believe it’s the middle of May already and I have yet to put one seed in the ground! I had such good intentions, but we’ve been quite swamped with work and visitors and traveling and LIFE! But I still hope that one of these days soon, I will...
    Broccoli & Carrots Chicken Pot Pie

    Broccoli & Carrots Chicken Pot Pie

    I finally tried out one of the local Biokiste services here last week (a subscription to fresh produce) but some of the things which happened to be in the introductory basket were broccoli and carrots. Broccoli is something I rarely buy, because somehow hardly any of...
    10 Things I’d Like to Grow This Year

    10 Recipes to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo

    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...
    Shopping local taking hold of Germany

    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...
    The German Spargel Obsession

    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...