Spanish Tortillas are amazing and really versatile. Here’s a little spring twist: Wild Garlic Tortilla. As an added bonus, this cheesy garlicy goodness is the best leftoer recipe for using leftover potatoes and cheese from raclette night. So here we go: Ingredients: 1-2 handfuls of wild garlic 5-6 eggs 40-80g cheese (whatever kind you have)…
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Kale Chips: Simple, Seasonal, Crunchy-delicious!
I know, I know, I am really late to this party – but honestly, I just couldn’t imagine kale chips to be any good. I always thought it’s just the latest symptom of a health craze that put fewer calories over taste – boy was I wrong! So here I am, admitting it without any…
Easy Fish Mousse Spread for Elegant Appetizers
This salmon fish mousse spread has been handed down in my partner’s family for quite a while now. It is originally a recipe for “Mousse de poisson fumé” taken from an old recipe book or maybe newspaper article, yet no one quite remembers which one – However, a cut out has survived glued into a…
Spicy Jalapeño and Peperoncino Quesadilla
Living in Colorado and travelling throughout New Mexico I have learned one thing for sure: I absolutely love Quesadillas! They are the ultimate comfort food, immensely easy to prepare and so amazingly variable – I very often just make Quesadillas in order to use leftover vegetables or meat. Working @home at the moment my moments…
Pumpkin-Gnocchi Gratin with minced meat and cheese
And suddenly it’s cold and rainy – summer is over – and fall is here! Now while I love summer, fall might be my all time favorite season, especially when it comes to food. One of the reasons for this: the glorious pumpkin! So I started this fall season with one of my most comforting…
Mushrooms & Basil Pesto on Rucola Salad
I absolutely adore mushrooms in whatever variety they come in – however, two weeks ago I, for the first time ever, had mushrooms with pesto and let me tell you this: it’s a perfect match! The umami deliciousness of mushrooms paired with the freshness of basil and the hit of garlic makes for an incredible…
Tomato Soup: Late Summer Favorite
What you want for soups of any kind are really ripe vegetables – so late summer is where you will typically get the best tomatoes – savour them! Also, while the recipe below can be followed as is, I really can’t stress enough how easily variable soup recipes are: basically, you can throw in there…
Salsa Verde: Make Summer Last!
Summer is slowly but surely coming to an end here in Switzerland and I am looking for ways to make it last just a little longer – and especially make use of all of the herbs that have growing on my balcony the last couple of months. So this is my take on a classic…
Homemade Swiss Cheese Spätzle or Chäässpätzli!
Spätzle is one of the most famous dishes from the German-speaking part of the world – and the Swiss twist on it is, of course, to serve them with lots and lots of cheese! – and fried up onions…there really is nothing more comforting in the world for me. And even if the cold days…
Savory Potato Pancakes
In Switzerland, we call this little dish Härdöpfeltätschli oder Kartoffelpuffer – simple and easy savory potato pancakes that I like to serve with a salad and maybe a joghurt dip. So here we go: Ingredients (6 pancakes, serves ca. 2 people): 500g potatoes (mealy) 100g flour 1-2 teaspoons of salt 1 medium sized egg 1…