Shades of green – A spring feast

April 29, 2015 by nadel&gabel

*sigh* … When it comes to work load this is about the hardest time of the year… gritting one’s teeth, struggling through is the name of the game. Under these adverse conditions I am especially happy that we could find the time for a lovely gathering with friends – to celebrate friendship, good food, spring… and my birthday – to let work be work and enjoy the moment. In my mind I had my favourite season spring and its omnipresent […]

Categories: bread, cake, cookie & dessert, craft & DIY, dairy-free, grains & legumes, In the kitchen, interior, salad, snacks & small dishes, spread, sauce & spice, spring, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: asparagus, bread, decoration, dill, dinner, dip, feast, gathering, green, guacamole, herbs, hummus, lahey, no knead, party, pasteis, pavlova, pesto, pistachios, recipe, sauce, setting, spread, spring, table, vegetable

It’s becoming a tradition – Soul food weekend

July 8, 2014 by nadel&gabel

In the woods … yes it is again this (and this) remote place in the palatine forest the middle of nowhere where we spend again two days of cooking, baking, eating, relaxing, celebrating with a bunch of friends … surely by now it’s becoming a tradition. The idea of our cooking and baking was to use the ingredients as starting point: No concrete plans, but inspiration. Zucchini, bell peppers, sweet potatoes, peaches, berries … what can make out of these […]

Categories: autumn, Behind the camera, bread, breakfast, cake, cookie & dessert, In the kitchen, meat, nature, salad, spread, sauce & spice, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: antipasti, baking, barbecue, berries, blackberries, blueberries, bread, cooking, crust, dip, forest, Germany, grill, lemon, meat, nature, Palatine, photography, remote, rural, salad, summer, tarte, vegetable

Friday night – Cheesy filo triangles with fig chutney

February 15, 2014 by nadel&gabel

As you may know I am a real sucker when it comes to cheese-sweet-fruit-sauce-combination. A nice little cheese plate on a friday night when I had been to weekly farmers market, some slices of baguette or fresh ciabatta, this quince mustard sauce or this roasted damson sauce, a good glass of wine – let the weekend begin! No wonder, I immediately fell in love with these cheesy filo pastries that are dipped into sweet-tart fig chutney, although I made some […]

Categories: In the kitchen, snacks & small dishes, spread, sauce & spice, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: appetizer, cheese, chutney, dip, dough, fig, filo, goat cheese, pastry, phyllo, recipe, sauce, savoury, snack, spinach

It’s not too late – Homemade culinary presents

December 22, 2013 by nadel&gabel

You’re still urgently looking for a present? Something personally, homemade, not run of the mill, … but not too time consuming either? Here’s some inspiration: I assembled culinary presents from nearly 3 years of nadel&gabel for you. Here you go: We will start with the SWEET things: 1. Dulce de leche spread (with or without sea salt) from sweetened condensed milk – so easy to make that this is barely a recipe 2. Praline marzipan chocolates – not as time […]

Categories: dairy-free, In the kitchen, pantry, spread, sauce & spice, vegetarian • Tags: baking, bread, cheese, cookies, culinary, dip, drink, fruit, gift, kitchen, present, preserving, sauce, savoury, spread, sweet

At the heart of it – Artichoke lemon cream

October 14, 2013 by nadel&gabel

When I’ve been to the farmers market lately, I also took some artichokes home with me – not yet knowing how actually to prepare them. Somehow I remembered on my way back home that I had somewhere seen this artichoke pesto with sicilian lemon from PPura. I thought this could be THE idea for a longlasting source of indulgence. So I started to experiment… When buying the artichokes I succesfully pushed the fact aside that I have close to none […]

Categories: autumn, dairy-free, gluten-free, In the kitchen, pasta, spread, sauce & spice, summer, vegan, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: artichoke, autumn, cream, dip, fall, food, lemon, oil, olive, parsley, pasta, recipe, sauce, spread

Late summer in a jar – Boozy damson sauce

September 6, 2013 by nadel&gabel

Hey, I thought I just pop in for a quick recipe that you definitely should make before the damson/plum season is over. It’s a damson sauce that peeerfectly pairs with cheese – I like it with blue cheese or any aged cheese, but spread on a slice of bread together with some goat cream cheese: also a good option. It’s something between a jam, compote and chutney, and I called it a sauce – with this little extra that makes […]

Categories: autumn, dairy-free, gluten-free, In the kitchen, pantry, snacks & small dishes, spread, sauce & spice, summer, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: autumn, cheese, chutney, damson, dip, fall, jam, plum, preserving, recipe, sauce, spread, summer, thyme

Love it or hate it – Mojo verde

August 12, 2013 by nadel&gabel

Coriander – I know, this is one of those love-it-or-hate-it herbs (Read also this article on coriander/cilantro on Food52.). And if you’re on the hate-it-side you’re allowed to skip this post, because the basic ingredient of this herby dip is coriander. But as I am definitely in the club of coriander lovers, I fell in love with this sauce the first time I tasted it. It was in a Spanish tapas bar and nearly each tapas was served with those […]

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Roasted aubergine dip … can save your life

July 27, 2013 by nadel&gabel

I know, I`ve promised to give you a tutorial about how I sewed my little backpack … but the last weeks were so packed with work, that I just didn’t have the time and wasn’t in the mood for writing such an detailed instruction down. But it will come, just not yet. First I have this  allround summer recipe for you which you need to make (explanation mark!) – and no: berries or fruits are not involved this time. I […]

Categories: dairy-free, gluten-free, In the kitchen, pantry, salad, snacks & small dishes, spread, sauce & spice, vegan, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: arab, aubergine, baking, cooking, dip, eggplant, food, Israel, lemon, mint, oriental, parsley, recipe, roast, salad

Perfect partners for cheese – Dulce de membrillo and quince mustard sauce

October 18, 2012 by nadel&gabel

Quince – until a few years or so, it would have been very likely that the only reaction to this name you would have earned from people was a question mark in their face, the same would have been probably the case when you would have shown them the actual fruit. “Is it a pear? An apple?” – No, quince, the fruit only some grandmothers would make jelly from. But those days are gone, nowadays quince – like other nearly […]

Categories: around the world, autumn, dairy-free, gluten-free, In the kitchen, pantry, snacks & small dishes, spread, sauce & spice, vegetarian • Tags: autumn, challenge, cheese, chutney, cooking, dip, fall, food, jam, jelly, mustard, preserving, quince, recipe, sauce, spanish