Plum cake – German recipe with streusel
Easy plum cake: Juicy plums and crispy streusel topping. A delicious German recipe for fresh or canned plums. Continue Reading →
Welcome to A German Home! This is where you will find German recipes and insights into our life in the German countryside – from my gardening attempts to traditional German culture and some hints for thrifty homemaking (because after all, that´s what Germans are known for). You can also find me on my YouTube channel Letters From A Friend, and on pinterest..
Easy plum cake: Juicy plums and crispy streusel topping. A delicious German recipe for fresh or canned plums. Continue Reading →
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 →
Cook German red cabbage in no time. Baked red cabbage with that original flavor, but without the mess.
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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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 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 →
German christmas traditions. When to celebrate christmas in Germany. When do German children get their christmas presents, and who brings them? Continue Reading →
What German families do for christmas: Christmas markets, theatre visits, family singing and fairytales. Continue Reading →
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 →