In our family tuna is one of our favorite fishes. One day I saw in a supermarket a canned tuna salad which gave me the idea for this refreshing summer salad. My family and I prefer canned tuna in brine for salads and sandwiches. The oil used in canned tuna has a minor taste at […]
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Soutzoukakia Smyrni (Meatballs from Smyrni)
There are a lot of variations how to make meatballs. In Greece there are the classic pan-fried burger patties “Bifteki” (μπιφτέκι), round meatballs “Keftedakia” (κεφτεδάκια) which are also simply fried in a pan or cooked in tomato sauce, or “Soutzoukakia” (σουτζουκάκια), formed as small sausages. The latter are served as grilled skewer “politika” (πολίτικα) or […]
Cuttlefish Stifado (Greek Stew with Cuttlefish and Onions)
You might know in Greek Cuisine deep-fried squids (calamari) or octopus. But cuttlefish is also a very common dish. In general they belong to the same class of seafood. The difference is first of all in size (squids are small whereas cuttlefish is large) and secondly octopus has, as the name indicates, eight arms whereas […]
Honey Cake “Lebkuchen” Muffins
Honey cake is one of the traditional cakes during Christmas time in Germany besides Lebkuchen or Christmas Stollen. Here is one idea to make honey cake as muffin. It is best to prepare them at least one day before eating as they contain typical spices like cardamom, clove, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. As honey I […]
Christmas Stollen Muffins
In Germany Christmas Stollen is the most traditional sweet bread existing. It is a heavy sweet bread loaf traditionally made from butter, yeast, curd, raisins and candied fruit peel. Besides of Lebkuchen it is the most important sweet at Christmas time. The “Dresdner Christstollen” and “Nürnberger Lebkuchen” are the most famous of all. If you […]
What to do if…
This was one of those days where I skipped my plans for lunch but realized that one ingredient for my dish is missing: cream for the sauce. Saturdays is actually our fish-day at home. Actually I was planning to simply fry some fish filet and make some french fries as side dish. So I bought […]
BBQ Seasoning for your next BBQ
This seasoning you should try out on your next BBQ. My family loves to BBQ. For this reason my husband has built a large BBQ grill in our garden. Therefor I once bought a seasoning mix for beefsteak with the result, that my husband was allergic to it, reacting with itching and pimples on his […]
Homemade Taco Seasoning
Originally posted on Long Player Kitchen:
My girlfriend and I have a tradition every Tuesday of ‘Taco Tuesday’. I think the trend is gaining popularity everywhere, but round our way it is a Religion. It started off with us being lazy. We would have packaged corn tortillas, packaged guacamole, lettuce, onion, a tin of re-fried beans and some…
