Sprimp & Asparagus Pasta

Sprimp & Asparagus Pasta

by | Dec 14, 2010 | Food

It’s always important to have a few meals in your repertoire that involve ingredients that you seem to always have on hand. For us, that is usually shrimp (because we buy it on sale and but don’t usually eat it that often) and asparagus (because I always seem to want...
One tasty bolognese sauce recipe

One tasty bolognese sauce recipe

by | Feb 18, 2010 | Food

We eat a LOT of pasta in this house. So much so that we actually bought a really cool automatic pasta machine that mixes everything for you and presses it out in the desired shape. But unfortunately the thing takes forever to make pasta so the electricity we end up...
Mozzarella and Prosciutto Italian Melts

Mozzarella and Prosciutto Italian Melts

by | Feb 9, 2010 | Food

We’re big fans of sandwiches in this house, and when I did my monthly shopping last Friday I just had to pick up some baguettes for medianoche. One of these days I have to make my own from the Bread Baker’s Apprentice –or maybe some actual Cuban bread. Not sure I have...
How to make Wiener Schnitzel

How to make Wiener Schnitzel

by | Jan 25, 2010 | Expat Life, Food, Travel

Here in Germany, Stefan and I have judged many a restaurant based on their schnitzel. If they can’t make that well, then there’s no reason to bother with most of their other food either. Schnitzel can actually be prepared many different ways but Wiener is the basic...