Underneath the surface – Celeriac apple slaw

February 7, 2016 by nadel&gabel

It wasn’t love at first sight. How could you fall in a love with a grey/brown bumpy ball? Aesthetics is not quite the strength of the celeriac (aka celery root). I would go as far as to say it’s the most unattractive root I’ve seen. And probably there are a lot of people that are put off by this strange looking something that easily gets overlooked beneath beauties like the sophisticated cauliflower or the colourful paprika… There is a lot […]

Categories: gluten-free, In the kitchen, salad, seasons, Uncategorized, vegetable, vegetarian, winter • Tags: apple, celeriac, celery, fresh, root, roots, salad, slaw, umami, Waldorf, winter

The Origin of Overnight Oats – Bircher Müsli

January 17, 2015 by nadel&gabel

“Isn’t this … Bircher Müsli?!” – That was what I thought when I saw a recipe for this ‘totally new’ breakfast trend called ‘Overnight Oats’ for the first time… and, yes, it basically IS Bircher Müsli. So, this new invention is not so new at all and actually more of a rediscovery of what the Swiss physician and nutritionist Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Brenner developed in 1902 as Apfeldiätspeise – as a dietary meal based on apples (actually it was ment as […]

Categories: around the world, breakfast, dairy-free, grains & legumes, In the kitchen, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: Alps, apple, basic, Bircher, breakfast, cereal, cure, diet, easy, fruit, grain, hazelnut, healthy, müsli, meal, nuts, oats, origin, raw, recipe, soak, Swiss, Swizerland, vegetarian

Swabian sweet tooth – Schupfnudeln with apple compote and cinnamon sugar

November 29, 2014 by nadel&gabel

It’s getting colder outside slowly around here and as winter and Christmas is getting closer my cravings for the flavours of my childhood  – long known dishes, linked with memories – are growing. Schupfnudeln are one of those meals. They are a swabian kind of noodles or dumplings, sometimes translates with ‘finger noodles’ – referring to their shape. The dough itself is similar to the italian gnocci dough – although there exist versions that are only made with flour and […]

Categories: autumn, cake, cookie & dessert, dairy-free, German/Swabian, In the kitchen, pasta, vegetarian, winter • Tags: apple, autumn, cinnamon, compote, dough, dumpling, german, gnocci, noodle, potato, preserve, recipe, rustic, Sauerkraut, savoury, Schupfnudeln, South, sugar, swabian, sweet, traditional, warm, winter

Baked cosiness – Spicy pumpkin bundt cake with apples

September 20, 2014 by nadel&gabel

 Every season has its cake (at least one!). This one is packed with autumnal produce like pumpkin and apple … accompagnied by the warming spices cinnamon – apples are hard to imagine without – ginger and nutmeg. Can a cake be described as cosy? – If yes, than this cake IS cosiness. It’s an easy to mix up cake, not too sweet, moist, flavourful and colourful – just the right thing to nibble with a cup of tea or coffee […]

Categories: autumn, cake, cookie & dessert, dairy-free, In the kitchen, snacks & small dishes, vegetarian • Tags: apple, autumn, baking, brown, bundt, butter, cake, caramel, cinnamon, coffee, cookie & dessert, cozy, fall, ginger, nutmeg, pound, pumpkin, recipe, spice

Winter comfy food – Älplermagronen

February 7, 2013 by nadel&gabel

If it were up to me, we wouldn’t have anymore winter weather after christmas. Before christmas it makes perfect sense: Sub-zero temperatures, snow, wind, short days and long nights…it’s all nice and necessary for this cozy pre-christmas feeling.

Categories: German/Swabian, In the kitchen, pasta, vegetable, vegetarian, winter • Tags: alpine, apple, cheese, hearty, onions, pasta, potatoes, recipe, Swiss, winter