Foraging and finding – Fir tip honey

May 6, 2018 by nadel&gabel

Long time no see, he? Yes, this has been a quiet place for a long time, although this doesn’t mean that I haven’t cooked, knitted or sewed. But priorities had shifted during the last months. After our movement we were busy making our house a home. And then came April… oh, this extraordinary warm summer-like April, and most of I could think of was our garden. We did a lot of unweeding, sowing and planting. We furnished our terrace, build […]

Categories: breakfast, dairy-free, diets, gluten-free, In the kitchen, pantry, seasons, spread, sauce & spice, spring, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: blog, conifer, cough, fir, green, healing, honey, inspiration, natural, pine, preserving, spring, spruce, syrup, tips, wood

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

As if… – Carob cake with dates

October 18, 2015 by nadel&gabel

As if… this cake was made with chocolate, but wait, it’s not chocolate but carob powder! I had long forgotten about this product. But when I stumbled across it in the baking section of our local organic supermarket, memories came back. Memories of carob milk that we drank as kids and that resembled a cup of hot chocolate. Wise mum, who knew that the powdered fruits of the carob tree were much healthier than cocoa: less fat, no caffeine. If it tasted […]

Categories: autumn, cake, cookie & dessert, dairy-free, In the kitchen, vegetarian, winter • Tags: allspice, autumn, batter, cake, caramel, carob, chocolate, cinnamon, clove, cocoa, cookie & dessert, dairy-free, dates, easy, flavour, juice, recipe, spice, syrup, toffee, warm, winter

Tart love – Strawberry rhubarb shrub

May 16, 2014 by nadel&gabel

You thought there wouldn’t be a strawberry or/and rhubarb recipe on this blog this spring?! – Of course not! How could I leave out these great spring fruits! (I know, botanically rhubarb is a vegetable.) Besides a strawberry cake I am still experimenting with, rhubarb stalks and strawberries were excessively used in my kitchen the last weeks. Some things I made were – strawberry Eton mess (similar to this) – a braided brioche filled with strawberries (based on this recipe) […]

Categories: dairy-free, drinks, gluten-free, In the kitchen, pantry, summer, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: aperitif, berries, beverage, cocktail, drink, fermenting, fresh, fruit, lemonade, preserving, recipe, rhubarb, shrub, spring, strawberry, summer, syrup, vinegar

Heat and heal – Ginger syrup

January 10, 2014 by nadel&gabel

Just around the turn of the year we received an uninvited guest … called cold. For me it’s kind of predictable meanwhile: a few days off work – and your body strikes back. So, when he started to sniff and use up our stock of tissues, I knew it was time – for ginger tea! It is not a big secret that ginger is a wideknown home remedy against colds, especially against upcoming colds. And so it is in our […]

Categories: dairy-free, drinks, gluten-free, In the kitchen, vegan, vegetarian • Tags: ale, cocktail, cold, concentrate, drink, ginger, health, hot, lemonade, molasses, preserving, recipe, syrup

How about orange? – Syrup and labels

December 7, 2011 by nadel&gabel

Black and white? – Not today. There is just too much grey already outside. How about orange? – Yes! The recipe of Stephanies orange syrup with cardamom came just in time for the orange season.

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