Today, I share with you a quite simple but really hearty dish from my husband’s home region of Lower Saxony. Germany is the land of pork. 🐷 (Causing occasional outbursts among morons far removed from the political centre. ➡️💩) More importantly, though, Germany is also the land of a thousand beers. 🍺 Therefore, it is … Continue reading Brewer’s Steak 🍺 →

Cola isn’t healthy – it is one giant sugar bomb. My lovely husband and I are fully aware of that. Still, we do like a little drop of cola every now and then. Only as a treat, of course, we mainly drink sparkling mineral water. Why am I telling you this? Well, Harry likes to … Continue reading Cola Roast →

I don’t need to introduce Bud Spencer to my German friends because he was (and has continued to be) huge in Germany. For everyone else: Bud Spencer (born Carlo Pedersoli) was an Italian Olympic swimmer turned actor. In the latter role, he was one of my husband’s greatest childhood heroes as one half of the … Continue reading Bud Spencer’s Bacon & Beans →

Way back in the last millennium, “home economics” was a compulsory subject at the secondary school my husband and my sister-in-law attended. Naturally, this was for girls only; the boys had to take “handicraft”. Ah, the good old days when gender roles were still clearly defined… *sigh* 🙄 “Home economics” included cooking lessons. And one … Continue reading Ham & Rice →

After making Ped Pad Prik Gaeng the other day, we had some Asian vegetables and curry paste left over. And as we fancied a pasta bake, we improvised a bit. As we had run out of coconut milk, we used ordinary cow’s milk instead. We found out that, this way, it needed a little more … Continue reading Casserole “Pad Prik Gaeng” 🥦🔥 →

My lovely husband once told me about his first visit to a Thai restaurant and how he was initially a little overwhelmed by the menu. Harry ended up ordering “Ped Pad Prik Gaeng” – mostly because he thought it sounded funny. 😄 But he also knew that he liked baked duck and coconut flavour. And … Continue reading Ped Pad Prik Gaeng 🔥 →

Remember my recipe for “Tuscany Chicken Wraps” which, under “what we need”, mentioned a sachet of a “fix product” for Meatballs Toscana? It said that, if you did’t want to use a “fix product”, you’d surely find a recipe for a Tuscan sauce on the internet. Well, this is the internet – so, here we … Continue reading Tuscany Meatballs →

Today I’m sharing with you my favourite dessert: spaghetti ice cream. 😋 Italy is famous for their delicious pasta and ice cream. So what would be more fitting than an ice cream dish that looks just like spaghetti with tomato sauce and Parmesan? Interestingly, although its inventor is apparently of Italian origin, “Spaghettieis” was invented … Continue reading Spaghettieis 🍨 →

Harry and I don’t know why this dish is called “Strasbourg Casserole”. Maybe, it was invented in the French town known for being the official seat of the European Parliament. Well, we can’t be bothered to do any research on this. All we need to know is that we like pasta, we like casseroles and … Continue reading Strasbourg Casserole 🔥 →

When I ask my lovely husband to whisper those three sweet words to me, his answer is: “Let’s bake it!” 😂 When we’re in the kitchen, that is. Otherwise, of course, not. Harry loves me as much as I love him. 💘 But when it comes to food, we both love almost all kinds of … Continue reading Tortellini Casserole →

When my lovely husband and I are having a dinner date, I really enjoy having a nice glass of red wine – not too dry, but not too sweet either. 😋 We also love using red wine as an ingredient in cooking. Pretty much any red or brown sauce benefits from a dash of red … Continue reading Pork Strips in Red Wine Sauce 🍷 →

My husband and I aren’t big whiskey drinkers. Harry likes to have a beer every now and then, and I like to enjoy a glass of red wine from time to time. Whiskey isn’t really our thing, though. The only reason we still have a bottle of whiskey to hand is that we like to … Continue reading Pork Medallions in Whiskey Pepper Sauce 🍷 →