How to make crystallized pineapple or candied pineapple, this recipe makes a nice and inexpensive homemade gift. CANDIED PINEAPPLE Looking for a homemade gift for Christmas? How about some candied pineapple or crystallized pineapple? A decadent sweet delight, this pineapple candy is sure to satisfy any sweet tooth out there. Christmas is approaching fast and I am still some gifts short. I bought lots of stuff for all the important people in my life, but there are still some extras that I would liketo make. First of all, every member of my family will receive a pair of thick woolen socks (added to the regular gifts), I have started knitting for these Christmas socks months ago. I am still two pairs short, but as they are children socks, I hope I will finish them in time. I must finish them in time! Otherwise, I am making cookies, wrapping them nicely and putting them under the Christmas tree, jams and other preserved things for friends and this homemade pineapple candy. This is actually a recipe I made with Harry Potter in mind, better said Professor Horace Slughorn. The professor is a lover of good things, loves...
This is the best lemon meringue pie recipe ever! Ever!!!! With instructions on how to make shortcrust pastry or pie crust. No kidding! I have never had a better one, this lemon meringue pie is just out of this world. Lemon pie, any kind of lemon pie, with or without the meringue, is my favorite kind of pie. So, you can imagine that, over the years, I have baked and eaten quite a few different versions of a lemon meringue pie. But now, that time of ever trying out new lemon meringue pie recipes is over, I don't think I will want to try another lemon meringue pie recipe ever again! No other recipe can beat this one! Although you should definitely try this completely different lemon cakes, which are amazing as well. For instance this Cake with Lemon Curd, Cream and Raspberry Fillling, this Layered Lemon Cake with Lemon Buttercream or this simple yet impressive tasting Carrot Cake with Coconut and Lemon Glaze. Easy Lemon Meringue Pie I baked this lemon meringue pie for the first time more than half a year ago. I had actually baked another lemon meringue pie shortly before and even...
Amazing Mexican tostada recipe with chorizo, kidney beans and cheese. With instructions on how to bake tostada shells. I liked or loved everything I cooked during this series dedicated to food from the countries participating to the FIFA World Cup. A few of my favorites were, for instance, the Okonomiyaki or the Choripan con Chimichurri. But this tostada recipe and the Korean Chicken Wings were my absolute favorites. TOSTADA RECIPE WITH CHORIZO What are Tostadas? Well, I didn't really know it myself until not long ago. Mexican food is great, everything I have ever tried was fantastic, but truth is, that I have never really tried many Mexican recipes. The reason is that Mexican food is not particularly known in Germany, maybe more in the big cities, but definitely not here where I live. There is not one Mexican restaurant in a range of 100 or 200 km around here, the only one I have ever entered was one in Frankfurt a couple of years ago. I had a burrito with chicken, I remember that, but I cannot say that I found it particularly good, it was OK but not more than that. So, the only good...
A traditional full English breakfast: a hearty way to begin the day with eggs, sausages, bacon, beans and tomatoes. Something for the weekend. Or something to cure a hangover. This traditional English breakfast, also known as a fry-up, is probably the heartiest, most copious way of starting the day. Full English Breakfast with Baked Beans I remember the first time we had a proper, typical English breakfast. It was on one of our first weeks in the UK, many years ago, and although I knew so much about Britain, I must admit that the breakfast came as a big surprise. Our typical breakfast would be some müsli with milk or bread with cheese or, when looking for something special, a toast with mushrooms and egg or tomatoes and egg. But beans? Sausages? That was never something I had imagine eating for breakfast. For some reason I have never really heard of a full English breakfast until the first time I ordered it and had it in front of me. It was on a sunny Sunday, in a very busy restaurant, near the river Thames and the London Eye. My husband was very keen on finally having...
Summer flavors in a bottle – a recipe for homemade elderflower syrup or elderflower cordial: sweet, lemony and more aromatic than any other syrup I know. I wasn't sure about the right way of spelling sirup. Either sirup or syrup. So I googled it and found this: Syrup is an alternative form of sirup. As nouns the difference between syrup and sirup is that syrup is any thick liquid that is added to or poured over food as a flavoring and has a high sugar content also any viscous liquid, while sirup is (obsolete) a thick and viscid liquid made from the juice of fruits, herbs, etc, boiled with sugar. This elderflower syrup is made from flowers and boiled with sugar so “sirup”, but you can pour it over pancakes or ice cream for instance as a flavoring, so “syrup”. In the end is whatever you prefer. I chose syrup now, because after looking here and there, I feel that most people use the form “syrup”. ELDERFLOWER SYRUP OR ELDERFLOWER CORDIAL WHAT IS ELDERFLOWER? Elderflowers are the blossoms of the elder tree, also known as Sambucus nigra, Black Elder, Ellhorn, Pipe tree, Bore tree, Eller and Holler. The elder trees are small hedgerow trees and...
Crispy and utterly delicious homemade pretzel chips. Made with leftover soft pretzel, some olive oil and some spices, this is one of the easiest homemade snacks I know. Not to mention one of the tastiest as well. A very easy, quick, cheap and totally delicious recipe today: homemade pretzel chips made out of leftover soft pretzels. I do love leftover recipes, I hate throwing away food and I am always searching for ideas for using up whatever leftovers I happen to have. I am an expert in using leftover hard-boiled eggs, there are lots and lots of wonderful recipes using leftover hard-boiled eggs on Where Is My Spoon. Have a look at this Creamy Deviled Egg Pasta Salad with Bacon, these Hard Boiled Eggs in Mustard Sauce or this Egg Salad or Egg Sauce with Greek Yogurt and Chives, these are just a sample of my favorite leftover eggs recipes. When it comes to bread, it does happen quite often that we have some leftovers that nobody wants to eat anymore. German bread is excellent, it tastes better than any other bread I have ever had, it is almost always sourdough bread and that helps it keep longer as well, and...
A basic recipe for making baked chicken drumsticks, marinated with paprika or curry powder. OVEN BAKED CHICKEN DRUMSTICKS From all the easy baked chicken recipes I make on a regular basis, recipes like the Baked Chicken Thighs or the Turmeric Chicken Legs With a Honey Garlic Glaze, this baked chicken drumsticks recipe must be the easiest. This chicken recipe is not only easy and very quick to make, but also versatile, you can change the flavors according to your mood or according to whatever you happen to have in your spice cabinet. I have been making these baked chicken drumsticks for years now and the recipe (if you can call this a recipe) really never disappoints. When it comes to baked chicken it hardly gets any easier. BAKED CHICKEN DRUMSTICKS How to season the chicken drumsticks or chicken legs? As mentioned above there are lots of possibilities when it comes to seasoning the chicken parts. For this blog post I chose my two most common ways of seasoning chicken drumsticks, one version with paprika and one version with curry powder. Most of the times I simply season the chicken with a mixture of salt, pepper and...
Simple asparagus soup - the best cream of asparagus soup you could make this spring. And how to make asparagus stock with asparagus woody ends. We love soups! With a passion. All of us, kids included. I know many people, who are not much into soups, especially their children refuse to eat or only eat one or two choice kind of soups. But I've never had this problem with my own kids, well, I think it is hard not to learn to like soup, when you have been served some soup or another at least twice a week since you started on solids... :) I make different kind of soups all the time, like I've said, at least twice a week. From our beloved Romanian Chicken Soup with Semolina Dumplings to creamy soups like this Asparagus Soup – Creamy and Aromatic or the Creamy Mushroom Soup with Cream Cheese to loaded soups like my favorite Turkey Meatball and Vegetable Soup or the Spicy Yellow Split Lentils and Beef Soup with Vegetables. Oh, I have so many soup recipes on my blog, you should not have any difficulty at all in finding one you like! Asparagus Soup – Creamy and Aromatic...
How to roast asparagus in the oven? An easy and quick recipe for oven roasted asparagus with tomatoes, balsamic vinegar and feta cheese. Only 15 minutes in the oven. This is a repost from May 2016. Oven baked asparagus and cherry tomatoes with fennel seeds, topped with feta and dressed with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, it can hardly get any better when it comes to asparagus. Only a few ingredients and very little work, but the resulting dish is worth being served at a dinner party. Or any other time during the short asparagus season, I found this dish to be so good that I keep making it over and over again. Roasted Asparagus Recipe with Tomatoes and Feta This oven roasted asparagus with cherry tomatoes makes an ideal dinner when you want to have something really exquisite, but don't feel like being long in the kitchen. Of course, you will still have to make some sandwiches for the kids - I dare you to name me a kid who would eat asparagus, I've never heard of one until now - but otherwise just mix all the ingredients together on a baking tray and put the tray in the...
Basic recipe for juicy and tender oven roasted whole chicken with crispy skin and lemon flavor. Roast chicken: one of the most beloved dishes in the world, probably. Definitely one of my favorite meals. And I can hardly find another dish that makes my kids happier than roast chicken, either a whole roasted chicken or just some chicken thighs or drumsticks. WHOLE ROASTED CHICKEN RECIPE We eat chicken every week in one form or another. A quick meal like these Basic Skillet Chicken Breast or something like these Baked Chicken Legs in Honey Mustard Sauce. Or chicken cooked in some kind of sauce like the Easy Hungarian Chicken Paprikash with Dumplings or the Skillet Chicken in Garlic and Roast Pepper Sauce. And not to forget the many chicken soups I make, from the most common Chicken Stock and Romanian Semolina Dumpling Soup to Asian Chicken Ginger Broth. You should try all these recipes, if you like chicken, you will be happy. DO YOU WASH CHICKEN BEFORE COOKING? The answer is a clear NO! Do not wash the chicken before you cook it, it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever as only cooking the bird until it...
