by No Ordinary Homestead | Apr 27, 2010 | Food
For many, many years (probably since we moved to Germany), we have been on a quest for a really good burger recipe. We’ve tried several that have been tasty, but they were never just right. Some of them were best suited for spreading on the bun and eating it...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Apr 13, 2010 | Food
Over Easter I bought all the goodies needed to have smoked salmon with potato pancakes for breakfast. But I ended up with way too much salmon (as usual) and not enough potato pancakes…so what to do? I’ve been to a few Italian restaurants where they served a smoked...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Mar 23, 2010 | Food, German Specialties
There are few German foods that I find more heavenly than stewed red cabbage. I don’t know what it is exactly but I could seriously eat my weight in the stuff. I know I’ve mentioned it before, but I mean it. To be honest, it seems to be something about shredded...
by No Ordinary Homestead | 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...
by No Ordinary Homestead | 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...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Feb 23, 2010 | 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...