Since we’re still dealing with triple digit temperatures here in the Central Valley, we’re also still trying to keep our cooking to a minimum and use stove and oven as sparingly as possible. J and I both are fans of chicken salad but have usually just made it as chicken...
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As I mentioned last week, I had been thinking about baking something for the weekend. Baking makes everything better and after the news that came out of Charlotteville on Saturday, I definitely needed something ‘to make things (just a tiny bit) better’, if only to soothe my aching heart. Obviously,...
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Are you a fan of coleslaw? I find, people either love it or hate it. I fall into the former camp. I love me some good cole slaw. My mom always used to make it from scratch, so I am pretty spoiled, I guess. I know, shredding the cabbage is...
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Sometimes we get into the habit of cooking the same things over and over again, so you might recall that one of my goals for last month was to try a few new dishes. We tried a few, but this one stood out in particular and we have made this...
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Here’s the recipe that I promised you yesterday! I think I have shared the recipe before, but it’s been a while and I thought I would share it again for my new readers. Like every good German, I am slightly obsessed with bread (surprise!) and if you’ve been around this...
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If you know me, then you know I love soups and stews. They’re healthy, filling and just a great comfort food on cold days. I adapted this meal from a recipe that I found on Gina’s blog a while ago (she has some other great recipes, too!) and both J and I...
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We Germans, we like our potato side dishes. I don’t know about you, but I basically grew up on potatoes. I love potatoes in pretty much any form and I am trying to find more ways to incorporate them into our meals. Potatoes sometimes get a bad rep, but they’re...
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When we celebrated Thanksgiving by ourselves in the last few years, we’ve never made a whole turkey. It’s simply too big for two people. We usually get a small whole chicken instead and stuff it and bake it, like we would a turkey. We usually make our own stuffing, too...
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We love our Rhineland potato soup and I honestly should make it more often. It might not look like much, but I promise you, it’s so good. Usually I would add “Mettwürstchen” (which is a kind of cured and smoked sausage, very popular where I am from), but since I can’t get them...
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I made these blueberry muffins for J’s birthday instead of a birthday cake (because J loves blueberry muffins > cake) and they turned out really great. Jon is a big fan of the crumble topping, so I was happy to add that and modify my Mom’s recipe for pound cake...
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