Well, well, well, look who finally found a spare minute to jot down some thoughts! With 45 mph wind and rain coming down sideways, I thought today would be a good opportunity to write about the past 4 months and also post a “diet recipe” since Mike and I are trying to get “trim” for…
The passing of my beloved father in 2023 left an immense void in my heart. For months, I struggled to find meaning or motivation, wishing time would stand still though life pushed stubbornly on. But the photos and memories shared here remind me that even in our darkest moments, there is light and love to…
Good old Wikipedia always helps me out when I want to share a recipe but don’t really know the entire story behind the dish. Not that it is always important but it can’t hurt to know what’s “behind” the actual dish, especially when its not originating from my country and I don’t have any background. So…
Ha, finally an entry that is ahead of its time! First things first, here a quick summary for the events of the past 4 weeks that haven’t made it into the blog yet. Who would have thought that I would share a baby kitten photo so early after Xena just passed, but after days and…
As always I am a little bit late with my posts compared to when this dish was actually in season. Plum season ended 3 weeks ago, and I got the chance to raid the last plums in our friends yard and made this original recipe of a German Plum Sheet cake that originates in southern Germany, a town…
Mike brought home a bunch of apples out of our friends yard and I immediately thought that I have to give Applestrudel a shot. I’ve made it a long time ago and remembered that rolling out the dough super thin is the toughest part but even if its not getting all that thin it still…
I am sure you have heard it over and over again from friends who give you a recipe – this is THE BEST cake ever, you have to bake it and then you bake it and its so la la…well here I am this is THE BEST chocolate cake EVER – that is if you like…
The greenhouse is producing in great abundance and it was time to make use of all the tomato’s growing in my greenhouse. I would have taken a photo of the greenhouse to show you, but its a jungle in there, all the tomato plants are growing ceiling high, bending over, branches hanging everywhere and that doesn’t…
The first weekend after being back from Germany, Mike and I decided to take it easy on Saturday and invited Beatrice and the Irish over for some Mexican BBQ, lots of beers and Beatrice and I decided to settle for a well known German drink called Hugo – a drink made with Elderflower syrup or liquor, champagne, mint…
The last two days have been somewhat “short” because we are playing “Skip Bo” until 2:00 am. in the morning, get up around 11:00 a.m the next morning, drink coffee, eat breakfast, clean up, take a shower and its 2:00 p.m. before we can even do anything outside of the house. A lot of time…
A German in Seattle 