Boost of flavour – Umami paste

January 10, 2013 by nadel&gabel

Glutamate – reminds me immediately of cheap chinese food and a rumbling stomache after eating. It makes me think of convenience food where this popular flavour enhancer is used exhaustively. It makes me think of anything else but natural food. But this I learned isn’t true.

Categories: dairy-free, gluten-free, In the kitchen, pantry, spread, sauce & spice, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: cooking, flavour, food, gift, glutamate, natural, present, recipe, sauce, spice, stock, taste, umami, vegetarian

Goodbye Maggi, Knorr & Co – My homemade vegetable stock powder

November 13, 2011 by nadel&gabel

Are you always reading the list of contents of the food you are just about to buy? Eating no convenience products? I am not. I’m not proud of it, but I’m not that consequent as I would like to be. I try to eat healthy, cook with natural ingredients and avoid all the flavour enhancers, artificial colour, flavour, stabilisers etc.. But then this is not always that easy as a consumer. Organisations like foodwatch or sites like the German Das […]

Categories: dairy-free, gluten-free, In the kitchen, pantry, soup & stew, vegan, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: broth, cooking, food, food additives, healthy, recipe, soup, stock, vegetable stock

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