by No Ordinary Homestead | 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...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Nov 14, 2008 | Entertaining, Featured, Food, Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving shortcuts are hard to pull off here in Germany. So when I go on about making my own dressing from scratch and you just want to hurl, remember that I can’t get things like Stove Top Dressing Mix here in Germany. If I could, I might very well use it. Or I...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Jul 24, 2008 | Food, Freezer Meals, Mains
I can’t believe I haven’t shared this recipe before because it is one of our absolute favs – and so easy when you freeze one ahead of time, leaving only the mashed potatoes to make for the evening. Serving this with ketchup might seem a bit strange but it really ties...
by No Ordinary Homestead | Jan 21, 2008 | Food, Freezer Meals, Mains
Being a Texas girl, I do not take the subject of chili lightly. I have very specific opinions about what should be in chili and its minimum heat requirements. We have been making chili pretty much since we moved here to Germany but hadn’t really found the “perfect”...