Granola bars

Hello my dears! If you are looking for a healthy snack then you are in the right place. After the Christmas season, many of us want to eat healthier. I for example am on a diet - a few pounds have to go and I think now is the time to start losing weight. However, I do not want to miss anything. That is why I am looking for healthy alternatives. The granola bars aren’t forbidden in my diet...why? Because they are healthy, vegan, contain no sugar and still taste delicious. In addition, they are the perfect snack between meals.

Appletini

I like to go out and drink cocktail with my friends. In Vienna, there are many cool, nice cocktail bars worth a visit or more. Bars that offer a long list of cocktails: with or without alcohol. Sometime it is very hard to decide on a cocktail. Sometimes I choose something that I already know and sometimes I try something new. In this way I discovered the Appeltini. I like it so much, that I decided to mix it myself. I like that it consists of a few ingredients, not like many other cocktails. I would like to mix cocktail more often, but it scares me when I read: 1 cl X, 2 cl Y, 1 cl A and 5 other things. Then I prefer to leave it. Fortunately, this did not happen in the case of the Appletini, so today here is the recipe.

Peanut butter bookies

Do you know what I’ve noticed? That I have not published a cookie recipe for ages. Well, I have not baked cookies for ages. I wonder why. I like cookies and they are easy and fast to make. I'm now sorting out my cookbooks. That means I look at the books and when I realize that no recipe appeals to me, I sort it out. And while I looked through the book "Cook's bible - baking" I came across the recipe for peanut butter cookies. Since I have an open peanut butter jar in the house (and I did not know what to do with it), I spontaneously decided to bake the peanut butter cookies. That was a good decision, because the cookies taste incredibly good. Here is the recipe...if you want to bake some too.

Oven-roasted pumpkin soup

On the blog, there are two other pumpkin soup recipe. Nevertheless, what can I do if I love pumpkin soup and try every year new recipes? They taste so delicious that I cannot withhold the recipes from you. I do not post every pumpkin soup recipe I try, but this time it just was not possible. Even if I have other recipes I want to share with you, today I had to publish the recipe for oven-roasted pumpkin soup. You will surely forgive me.

Sage polenta with mushrooms

It's time for a main course recipe. This time, I have a recipe of sage polenta with fried mushrooms. A simple, delicious and vegan recipe. I cooked this recipe the first time last year. And then it was prepared again and again. Last time, I also took some pictures, because I did not want to keep the sage polenta with fried mushroom recipe just for me. It just tastes too good...and as you know, I like to share good recipes with you.

Creepy graves

To be honest, I didn’t want to prepare anything for Halloween. When I plan to prepare something for Halloween for the blog, I begin at the beginning of the month. So I have enough time to bake the recipes, to photograph and to write the post. But this month I did not do it. And then a few days before Halloween I decided to prepare at least one recipe. There was no time for more. I wanted to be something simple that everyone can prepare. So I decided for the creepy graves (also known as pudding graves). I wanted to do this for years. Here is how it is done.

Beetroot puree

It's time for a new recipe. I thought it is finally time to publish the recipe for beetroot puree. It's a simple recipe and for this reason I've been wondering if I should share it with you or not. But most time the simple things are the best, so why not. And maybe not everyone knows the recipe of beetroot puree. I did not know it until a few years ago.

Almond milk

As you know I am not a vegan. Nor a vegetarian. But I like to try out new recipes. Also vegan recipes. When it comes to cooking, I have no problems…I find it very easy to cook vegan. But when it comes to baking…this is another story. But I don’t give up. My biggest problem is replacing eggs. The other ingredients I can replace without problem: instead of butter I take margarine or oil. Instead of honey I take maple syrup. And instead of milk I take almond milk. So I decided to make almond milk. One can buy it in the shops to buy I have a problem: one can always buy 1 liter. But often I need much less. And before I buy too much, I prepare it myself. The almond milk is easy to prepare...you only need almonds and water. You can read below how you can make almond milk.

Chocolate salami

Today's recipe is a recipe from my childhood. I must confess, I never baked the chocolate salami myself until a few weeks ago, but this recipe has been on my to-do list for so long. And one cold day I wanted to eat something sweet and since I had all the ingredients at home I prepared the chocolate salami.

Fried king oyster mushrooms with mozzarella and walnuts

The summer is over now. I was hoping that we will have some nice late summer days or nice autumn days, but this is not the case at the moment. Theoretically autumn is not so bad...if it wouldn’t rain so much. And if the days wouldn’t be so gray and cold. What I like about autumn is the colourful leaves and the seasonal fruits and vegetables. Figs, mushrooms, pumpkins...they all have season now. All this makes my heart beat faster...because I can finally use all these ingredients again. And share with you recipes that have been waiting for years to be published. For example, these fried king oyster mushrooms with mozzarella and walnuts. The first time I cooked the recipe 3 years ago. And then 2 years ago. But only now do finally share the recipe with you. Better later than never, or?

No-Knead cheese, tomato, and garlic bread

Last weekend, Zorra and Sandra called for the 20th synchronous baking event. We baked a no-knead bread with cheese, tomatoes and garlic. The original recipe is from kingarthurflour.com But I changed the recipe a bit.

Mini Pavlova

I know, I know. There are already 2 pavlova recipes on the blog. At the beginning I didn’t want to publish today’s recipe. After I cooked the asparagus with sauce hollandaise, I remained with 2 eggs whites. I decided to bake mini pavlovas. When I was home for Christmas I had an attempt to bake some. But since I was not familiar with the oven and I also had no oven thermometer I burned the pavlovas. At my place I always use a thermometer so this time everything worked just fine. When I tried the first piece I was so excited that I could not keep the recipe only for me. And I think you will not mind.

Tomatoe-basil soup

From an astronomical point of view, the summer will continue until 22 September. But if you look out the window, autumn is already here. For a few days it has been cold and rainy in Vienna. I am a summer person and I really hoped that we will still have a few warm days. But it does not look like this at the moment. As the weather was cold, I cooked a hot soup on the weekend.

Italian antipasti plate

A few weeks ago I bought a 3-in-1 sandwich maker. My sandwich maker broke, so I was looking for a new one. And then I have found a cheap 3-in-1 device. In addition to the sandwich plate, it also has a grill and a waffles plate. I had to test everything, so I decided to prepare an antipasti plate. Everything worked very well so that I can show you today the result. An Italian antipasti plate is something very tasty and even if you don’t own a grill, you can prepare it. I will not make state any quantities, only a list of the ingredients and the preparation method.

Sugar melon buttermilk ice cream

As you may know, since last year I am the owner of an ice machine. Last year I didn’t use the ice machine so much, but this year I changed this. I'm not the big ice cream eater now, but I like to try new tastes. To be honest I like more refined tastes, such as this sugar melon buttermilk ice cream.

Rib-Eye steak with roasted tomatoes

Today all the meat will be happy! Today I noticed, that I didn’t post a meat containing recipe for a while. But as you already know by now, I don’t often cook with meat. And when I am cooking, then mostly beef or chicken. Today’s recipe is a rib-eye steak with roasted tomatoes. Something I had recently for lunch.

Watermelon-shrimps-salad

Sarah from Knusperstübchen is hosting a blog event where her readers and other bloggers can share their favorite summer recipes. I took this event as an occasion to show you one of my favorite summer salads: watermelon shrimp salad. In the summer I like to eat salads and this one I prepare every year.

Sour cherry liqueur

As you can still find sour cherries to buy, I thought it is time to show you the recipe for homemade cherry liqueur. I made this liqueur 2 years ago, but I didn’t manage to publish the recipe until now. I don’t want to wait another year, so I publish today. As you just notice, today I have no inspiration for a better introduction. I just repeat myself. Sometimes this happens 🙈. Another thing I can say about the recipe: it's a family recipe - I got it from my grandma. So, now I leave you with the recipe, it just does not get any better.

Apricot crumble cake

Last week I bought 1 kg of apricots. I love them, but I can not eat 1 kg within one day. Usually you don’t have to, because the apricots don’t spoil within a few days. But that's exactly what happened to my apricots. When I wanted to eat a new apricot the next day, I realized that some were spoiled. And I still had so many. So what could I do? I did not want to make jam. And also no liqueur, because I have 2 others in the making. So I decided to bake a cake. I read some recipes in my cookbooks and then decided to make an apricot sprinkle cake.

Crispy pizza with brie and pear

The weather was not particularly nice this week in Vienna. It rained a lot and it was pretty cool. I really wondered if the summer was already over. The good thing about it was that I have cooked again. When it is warm in the summer, my oven usually stays cold. But now I could make the stove hot without having 100 degrees in the apartment. And so I used this time to bake again pizza. I have not done this for a long time and I really wanted to eat a homemade pizza.