A secret green juice – Wiesensaft

April 24, 2016 by nadel&gabel

As I promised – which is already two weeks ago now – I wanted to introduce you to the secrets of “Wiesensaft” (meadow juice). Yes, you heard right. I was sceptic, too, when I saw the green liquid in the bottle that stood on the breakfast buffet at the Miramonte hotel. But curiosity won and I filled a small sip into my glas … and I came back to the buffet, and once again. I loved the fresh aromatic taste […]

Categories: dairy-free, drinks, gluten-free, In the kitchen, spring, summer, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: drink, elderflower, fresh, green, herb, juice, meadow, Miramonte, parsley, recipe, spring, syrup, Wiesensaft

Cause it’s fun – Waffled pita sandwich with sucuk

May 16, 2015 by nadel&gabel

Foodwise the last weeks weren’t quite the healthiest ones – unless you’d call sandwiches with different toppings a varied and balanced diet. Although the homemade ones definitely were better than the ones from the bakery, smeared with loads of butter. Especially the numerous Bánh mì dinners. So, it basically suggested itself that this post would be dedicated to a sandwich. *Yawn*? No, it’s not a normal sandwich. It’s a waffled sandwich! “Is she really putting a sandwich into a waffle […]

Categories: bread, dairy-free, In the kitchen, soup & stew • Tags: bread, cheese, feta, grilled, iron, parsley, pita, recipe, sandwich, sausage, snack, sucuk, trend, turkish, waffle, waffling

Preserving flavour – How I store herbs

March 28, 2015 by nadel&gabel

After posting the herbed pasta recipe last week, I thought it maybe would be convenient to tell you a little bit about how I store and preserve my herbs. We don’t have a garden or balcony (yet?), so I am always limited with growing my own herbs (Only rosemary survived the winter on at the kitchen window :(.) But these days, the farmer’s markets are displaying an expanding range of fresh herbs. But how to keep them if you don’t […]

Categories: dairy-free, gluten-free, In the kitchen, pantry, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: basil, blend, cilantro, coriander, Craft, dill, dry, freeze, herbs, italian, kitchen, marjoram, mint, mix, oregano, parsley, preserve, recipe, rosemary, sage, season, spice, storage, thai, thyme

Creamy herbed spaghetti & Uli’s secret to cooking pasta

March 22, 2015 by nadel&gabel

Lately I visited my friend Ulrike and at noon when we sat together for a quick lunch – a pot of pasta and a good pesto – I had this moment of enlightenment: For the first time I was realizing that her pasta always tasted better than mine, that it had this special flavour that turned even the simplest pasta dish into something extraordinary. … It turned out to be a simple leave of laurel that she is cooking with […]

Categories: dairy-free, In the kitchen, pasta, spread, sauce & spice, spring, vegetarian • Tags: basil, carbonara, cooking, easy, herbs, italian, laurel, lunch, parmesan, parsley, pasta, pecorino, quick, recipe, rosemary, spaghetti, spring, thyme

Life and the whole thing – Oriental birthday buffet

February 19, 2015 by nadel&gabel

“My head is an animal” these days, bombarding me with all those existential questions: So many paths to go – but which one should I go? Is there a right one, a right way of life – at least a right one for me? What’s true about “there is a time for everything”? In which phase of my life am I at the moment? Clearly, there are a lot of answers, that one gets offered, implicit and explicit expectations, what […]

Categories: bread, cake, cookie & dessert, dairy-free, In the kitchen, meat, snacks & small dishes, spread, sauce & spice, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: arab, aubergine, baba ghanoush, bagel, beetroot, bialy, cake, cookie & dessert, cheese, chickpea, dates, dough, falafel, feta, Haroset, hummus, Israel, Jerusalem, jewish, knish, labneh, latke, lentil, nigel slater, oriental, Ottolenghi, parsley, pastries, pastry, pie, potato, salmon, sfeeha, sfiha, spinach, yeast

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

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 […]

Categories: around the world, dairy-free, gluten-free, In the kitchen, pantry, spread, sauce & spice, summer, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: Canary Islands, cilantro, cooking, coriander, dip, food, fresh, herbs, lime, Mallorca, mojo, parsley, potatoes, recipe, sauce, spanish, summer, tapas

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