I love to cook this dish when I want a healthy meal and have not much time to prepare it. This light and tasty risotto is cooked in roughly 20 minutes. It is great when I have guests surprising me because I always store some Antipasti Mushrooms in a jar at home. Preparation time: 3 [...]

This salad is a great side dish for meat but is also a great starter or small lunch. The fennel and the orange give lots of flavors and the potato adds volume to the dish. Preparation time: 10 minutes cooking time: 30 minutes difficulty: easy Ingredients: 15 oz of small potatoes 1 fennel bulb 1 [...]

I pepped up the classic Risotto al Radicchio Rosso di Treviso with a bit of Williams pear and a little bit of Gorgonzola cheese. A very tasty vegetarian risotto. Preparation time: 5 minutes Cooking time: 20 minutes difficulty: easy Ingredients: 4-6 leafs of Radicchio 1/2 red onion 1 cup of Risotto rice 1 clove of [...]

These delicious Gnocchi are made form curd cheese which makes them lighter than the ones form potato. You can be creative with the pesto, the one I made went well with the Gnocchi but pumpkin seed oil is not available everywhere. The best about the dish is, that it is done in such little time. [...]

My neighbor in Hydra, Ms. Roula loves to cook. She prepared a lot of classic Greek food but also surprises me with the one or the other easy to do Pasta dish. I am usually not a big fan of Pasta with cream sauces, but this one was light enough. I also was surprised by [...]

Trachanas is a type of fermented cracked wheat with yogurt. It can be found in Turkish, Albanian, Persian, Greek and Bulgarian language, so I assume it is quite spread in the these regions. Often it is turned into a soup but one can also make a pie from it as you can see above. Bookmark [...]

I am a big soup fan and certainly can eat soup every day. Cold or hot, I do not mind. I like to experiment and combine tastes and textures. This recipe I saw at a German language blog of a fellow foodie called Kochschlampe. The carrot does something to the simple zucchini soup. It seems [...]

I discovered this at the German blog of my fellow blogger kochessenz, which means as much as the essence of cooking. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about it Share on xing Subscribe to the comments on [...]

I am not a big fan of excessive use of cream with my pasta sauce. A little cream is okay though. Also vegetables in combination with cheese are one of my favorites. With the use of vegetables in this sauce you can be creative. I used what ever I had at home. preparation time: 20 [...]

A classic dish of the Spanish cuisine is the Tortilla. It does not require much time an needs just very few ingredients. I like the flavor of fried potatoes and onions in combination with eggs. The Spanish like using lots of oil to fry this dish, I personally prefer to use a non stick pan [...]