Feed a crowd – Winter Chili con carne à la Jamie

December 6, 2014 by nadel&gabel

Chili con carne … for me is kind of synonymous for food in huge pots feeding crowds – the classic recipe that was cooked in youth camps, on school trips, big partys. You only needed one big pot. Everyone could do it (somehow) and you could cook together: someone chopped masses of bell peppers, another one onions until his/her face was covered in tears, someone stir-fried minced beef … and the less talented at least could open the cans of […]

Categories: autumn, dairy-free, gluten-free, In the kitchen, meat, soup & stew, vegetable, winter • Tags: beans, carne, chili, coriander, fennel, hearty, Jamie Oliver, paprika, party, pumpkin, recipe, rustic, smoky, soup, squash, stew, warm, winter

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

Store in style – DIY wire baskets

November 21, 2014 by nadel&gabel

When I had finished my crocheted washcloths and scrubbies I found them too beautiful to hide them away. So I thought about how to display them in our bathroom, incorporate them into the interior design. Wire baskets came to my mind – and I remembered a tutorial for a DIY wire basket that I had seen a while ago and bookmarked. I followed the comprehensive pictured tutorial of Amy and have to say: These baskets are really easy to make, […]

Categories: craft & DIY, interior, storage • Tags: basket, box, Craft, design, industrial, mesh, metal, organize, plier, rustic, storage, tutorial, vintage, wire

Rustic potato bread with bacon and onions

October 16, 2011 by nadel&gabel

When I read about the food blog event on the occasion of World Bread Day – an initiative of  Kochtopf –  I immediatly decided to take part in this and at the same time extend the bread category on this blog. In fact, I had wanted to bake my own potato bread for ages. I wanted it to be the – for me – perfect potato bread: fluffy and moist inside with a  brown crispy crust. And I should be […]

Categories: autumn, bread, In the kitchen, meat, vegetarian • Tags: autumn, bacon, bread, fall, onions, potatoes, recipe, rustic