Preparing an entire meal in the oven in one go: Honey & Mustard Chicken Legs with Potato Gratin

Since today’s weather was just too wet to barbecue, I decided to prepare our dinner in the oven. My son had asked if I could prepare the chicken with a special marinade, so I came up with the idea of honey and mustard seasoned chicken legs. They’re perfect to prepare in the oven as the…

A Somewhat Unplanned, but Very Delicious, Complete Sunday Lunch: Beef Meat Balls with Baby Potato salad and Caramelized Vegetables

I had ordered minced meat and baby potatoes from my flying vendor because I initially wanted to prepare a meat loaf with rosemary potatoes. Unfortunately, the weather forecast hadn’t mentioned any high temperatures, but they were entirely wrong. So it was absolutely out of question to heat our oven and let it run for the…

Poached Chicken Breast with Spicy Ginger Sauce – a Delicious and Juicy Firework of Flavors

My flying vendor had 2 small chicken breasts available today. Since I didn‘t feel like frying the chicken, I came up with the idea of poaching it. My family often tasted Hainanese Chicken in the last few years, either in Singapore or from a nearby restaurant, so I thought, I could prepare something similar to…

A Homemade German Street Food Specality: Currywurst mit Pommes – Curried Sausage with Fries

Unfortunately, I had been to busy to catch our vegetable seller today, so I had to improvise with a few things that we still had at home. Since there were still sausages in the fridge, I decided to prepare a very famous German street food dish: Currywurst mit Pommes – Curried Sausages with Fries. According…

A great way to use leftover meat from parrying a sirloin piece: Pasta with Beef Mushroom sauce

We wanted to grill sirloin steaks for our barbecue. Since we don’t buy our meat from a store, but from a meat seller on the market, we bought one fresh piece of meat, and cut the steaks at home. The only problem was, that the sirloin piece had just been cut off the bones, and…

One of the first dishes I learned to prepare: Chicken Katsu

Interestingly, I learned most of what I learned from my parents about cooking from my dad only. When I was young, I often went on ski holiday with him only as my mom would stay at home with my younger sister and brother, who were still too small for skiing. During these holidays, my dad…