An ode to dear friends – Crêpes with chard and a twist

October 15, 2017 by nadel&gabel

To you chard, my loyal friend. Once – through out my childhood and youth – I neglected you. I apologize, I deeply regret this! Today I know that I just didn’t know you that well, didn’t know you at all. I only met you in two ways: as a green-brown pulp that was said to ressemble creamed spinach (but did only vaguely, of course) and in form of thick thready stalks of indifferent taste that were hidden away in a […]

Categories: around the world, categories & ingredients, diets, grains & legumes, In the kitchen, Uncategorized, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: chard, crêpes, dinner, easy, feta cheese, fruity, healthy, orange, pancake, recipe, savoury, simple, tomato, vegetable, weeknight

The essential – Buckwheat galette with gorgonzola, pear and king oyster mushrooms

September 27, 2016 by nadel&gabel

After a time of broadening horizons, extending your comfort zones, having time to think about perspectives, the big plans, it’s probably a natural cycle to zoom in again, to turn the attention to the small steps, life at your doorstep. Both is important. While summer gently and gradually fades into autumn, I’m trying to keep the summer visions and translate them into everyday life. It’s all about focusing on the nitty-gritty, the essential, don’t let yourself get distracted or roped […]

Categories: around the world, autumn, bread, diets, gluten-free, grains & legumes, In the kitchen, seasons, vegetarian • Tags: autumn, blue cheese, Breton, buckwheat, cheese, crepe, easy, galette, gorgonzola, king oyster, mushroom, pancake, pear, recipe, savoury

Notes from within the snail shell – Pfitzauf

January 31, 2016 by nadel&gabel

Retreating into the shell like a snail – sometimes this sounds so promising (despite the fact that I am afraid of snails). When the outside world is chaotic, complicated, discouraging, there’s my snail reflex: roll in, withdraw, stay within the shell that shields me. How long could one possibly hide under the bed sheet? Probably quite a while as long as the ingredients for such a simple dish like “Pfitzauf” – the traditional Swabian version of popovers – are in the house. As […]

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Mediterranean flavours – Socca with olives and thyme

August 23, 2015 by nadel&gabel

It was in Diano Marina in Liguria. The travel guidebook had recommended this little town as a charming not too crowded place … which it – to cut right through the chase – wasn’t at all: hordes of tourists hustling through the narrow streets wearing not much more than their bathing clothes, souvenir and tourist trap food shops on every corner … I guess you can imagine this kind of place, cause somehow these places are interchangeable all around the […]

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Healthy tidbit – Dutch Baby with elderberries

August 6, 2015 by nadel&gabel

Like in every year, strawberries were the heralds, followed by cherries … and now out of a sudden the whole farmer’s market is covered in shades of red and blue. It’s the season for all those sweet-sour jewels that delight us only for such a short period of the year! And I enjoy it to the fullest! Blueberries, blackberries, gooseberries, raspberries, currants – I love all of them! And nearly all of them I have packed into this baked oven […]

Categories: breakfast, cake, cookie & dessert, In the kitchen, summer, vegetarian • Tags: baking, berries, breakfast, dessert, dutch baby, easy, egg, elderberries, fruit, german, healthy, oven, pancake, recipe, summer, sweet, vitamin

Black and White Wednesday: Flädlesuppe/Swabian pancake soup

October 26, 2011 by nadel&gabel

Do you also have your dishes with this instant feel-good-guarantee? In my opinion,  it is usually about those simple dishes that remind us of our childhood. However, my favourite dish when I feel I urgently need a dose of coziness and well-being is this Flädlesuppe, which is literally a soup of small pancakes. It is a regional Swabian dish, which can be found in Austria as well under the name of Frittatensuppe. It is a totally easy and quick recipe, […]

Categories: Behind the camera, black & white, Black and white, German/Swabian, In the kitchen, soup & stew, vegetarian • Tags: cooking, food, german, Germany, pancake, photography, recipe, soup, stock, swabian, winter