My husband and I love potatoes. 😋

That wasn’t always true for my husband, though. Because when he was a child, potatoes were served by his Mom as a side dish pretty much every day.

No matter the main course. Except when the main course was soup and even then, it usually contained chunks of potatoes, Harry says. 😄

Don’t get me wrong here. By no means is Harry saying that his mother didn’t know how to cook. His favourite dish is an original recipe from his mother, mind you.

It was just that there was that glaring lack of variety when it came to side dishes.
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Last week, my lovely husband prepared a romantic Valentine’s Dinner for us. Of course, I helped him as best I could. ❤️

After years of waiting, winter has finally lived up to its name again this year and so we decided on a dish we think is very suitable to the cold time of the year. ❄️

You surely have heard about the French classic “Canard à l’Orange” combining tender duck meat with an aromatic orange sauce – a perfect combination of fruity sweetness and delicate sourness. 🦆🍊

You may be wondering now why we are renaming the dish to “Duck à l’Andrea.”
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Exactly one month ago today, on our wedding anniversary coinciding with Christmas Day, Harry and I were having what was probably the most delicious roast I have ever tasted. 😋

Sauerbraten (literally translated: sour beef) is a traditional German dish for which the beef needs to rest in a sour marinade for about a week before being slowly braised.

This dish requires careful preparation and cooking to ensure that the meat achieves the desired tenderness and typical sweet-and-sour flavour.

Harry once told me that an ex-in-law of his used to cook an excellent Sauerbraten.
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A few months ago, a doll tried to force a vegan-vs-omnivore debate on me.

I made clear that, while I’m perfectly fine with veggies and vegans not being fond of my meat recipes, I would not be having any such debate.

Next thing I knew was she had blocked me. Well, good riddance! 🤣

So, she will probably never know this vegetarian recipe I share with you today – so sad. 🙂

I do admit that “my kitchen” has been quite meat-heavy so far. But my husband and I are omnivores and we stand by our love of eating meat.
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