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Tag: Winter

Plum cake – German recipe with streusel

  • By Nadine
  • November 19, 2024
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Easy plum cake: Juicy plums and crispy streusel topping. A delicious German recipe for fresh or canned plums. Continue Reading →

Leek Tart – a fluffy treat for your family

  • By Nadine
  • September 19, 2024
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Fall and winter cuisine – comforting and warming. Time for leek tart! The season for tomatoes and cucumbers, eggplants, zucchini, fresh peas and green beans is coming to and end. … Continue Reading →

How to cook Red Cabbage – a German favorite!

  • By Nadine
  • September 16, 2024
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Cook German red cabbage in no time. Baked red cabbage with that original flavor, but without the mess.
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Red Lentil Stew

  • By Nadine
  • February 4, 2024
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This oriental red lentil stew with Cumin (click here to jump to the recipe) is in some ways representative of modern German cooking. Which seems contradictory at first sight, but: … Continue Reading →

German kale recipe with sausages

  • By Nadine
  • January 22, 2024
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Jump down here for the German kale recipe with sausages, or here for the vegetarian kale recipe! And do have a look at the white cabbage stirfry here! While kale … Continue Reading →

A German New Year: Herring Salad and Fortune Telling

  • By Nadine
  • December 27, 2023
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If you´re just here for the fish, you can use this link to jump down to the Herring Salad recipe. It is a very special potato salad of which varieties … Continue Reading →

Traditional christmas cookies – a variety in no time!

  • By Nadine
  • December 16, 2023
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Baking christmas cookies is one of the most cherished activities for many families at christmas time. But sometimes those weeks before the holiday are just too crammed with activities! If … Continue Reading →

Thrifty christmas gifts that avoid cluttering

  • By Nadine
  • December 8, 2023
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If you are in a real hurry, you can use this link to jump down to last-minute christmas gift ideas. For thrifty christmas gifts in more depth, and some advice … Continue Reading →

Quick supper in winter: White cabbage stirfry

  • By Nadine
  • December 4, 2023
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Kurkuma enhaces the sweet flavor of white cabbage in this satisfying and tasty stirfry, making it ideal for a quick supper in winter. (You can jump down to the recipe … Continue Reading →

The most German food of all – enjoy your One-Pot-Meal!

  • By Nadine
  • December 2, 2023
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The most typical German food I can think of? No, it´s not Schnitzel (that´s Austrian). It´s not Eisbein, nor is it Schweinshaxe nor even Pretzels – all of them being … Continue Reading →

Christmas Presents in Germany: Who brings them, and when?

  • By Nadine
  • November 16, 2023
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German christmas traditions. When to celebrate christmas in Germany. When do German children get their christmas presents, and who brings them? Continue Reading →

Authentic German christmas markets: How to avoid the tourist traps, and what other events to visit

  • By Nadine
  • November 13, 2023
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What German families do for christmas: Christmas markets, theatre visits, family singing and fairytales. Continue Reading →

German Christmas

  • By Nadine
  • November 12, 2023
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Would you like to know what an authentic German christmas is like? I don´t mean “a tourist´s German christmas” and I don´t mean a Bavarian christmas, either. Let me show … Continue Reading →

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