German Dutch Baby Pancake with Apples
When I first got married, I hadn’t cooked very much, mostly I watched my mom cook growing up. She made everything we ate from scratch. I started looking up recipes in the newspaper and magazines for easy recipes to make, and came across the German Dutch Baby with Apples...
Hot German Potato Salad
This is my mother’s recipe for German Potato Salad. She used to make this all the time when she had leftover boiled potatoes. I’ve included instructions for cooking the potatoes, but if you want a short cut, just use leftovers. You’ll be able to make it in no time....
Spice Trade Chronicles 4-Egypt
Next stop, Egypt! First I want to apologize to all you guys who have been following my Chronicles. I’ve been very busy at my other job, which pays the bills, and had to take a little sebatical from my blog. But I’m back, and hope to finish this saga...
Fusion Pho Meatball Soup
This is your basic meatball and noodle recipe, well Asian anyway. It’s got all the flavors including the Asian trinity, ginger, garlic and scallion. Of course, you can add anything you would like to make it more nutritious, such as bok choy, spinach, celery, broccoli, mushrooms, peas or pea...
Spicy Korean Burgers and Meatballs
You can make this recipe into burgers or meatballs. I made these burgers with some vege’s I had in the fridge, but you can substitute anything you have. I like buying serrano peppers and key limes because they are “single serving” and they keep better than cutting a large...
Korean Spice Blend
This spice rub has become one of our favorites in my family. It’s awesome sprinkled generously on ribs and chicken wings before grilling. Because it has brown sugar in it, it makes a great dry rub for meats. Our favorites are chicken wings and baby back ribs! Recently, I...
Basbousa (Semolina Cake)
I had no idea how this cake would be because I’d never used Rose Water before, but it was really good! I modified a couple things, like the amount of sugar syrup and sugar in that because it seemed pretty overwhelming to me with the amounts that I was...
Koshari
Koshari is a traditional Egyptian staple, mixing chick peas, pasta, fried onions, and zesty tomato sauce, served on top a bed of rice and brown lentils! This dish is flavor packed and carb heavy! It's a bit time consuming to make as there are many parts, but some can...
Ful Medames
This is the national dish of Egypt. Ful Medames, is a fava bean stew authentically cooked over coals and eaten all over the Middle East. It’s most popular for breakfast because it’s so filling and gives the workers “staying” power to work all morning. In cities from Riyadh to...
Spice Trade Chronicles 3-Italy-The Value of Spices
Spices became the common denominator between nations. If we didn’t support the trade between countries across Asia, into Africa and on to Europe, no telling what the world might be like today! Italy played a huge part in this whole system, as the Romans ruled most of Europe, or...