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Savoury Party Buns

Posted on February 8, 2012 by andreamacleod

A bit funny shape but very delicious.

I was baking a cake the other day and thought I should use some of my whole wheat flour. I’ve heard many times that whale wheat flour would go rancid after a while. Since I haven’t used mine in a while I was a bit worried that it could be case. So, find a recipe that would use those. Sadly, a lot of German bread and bun recipes require various types of flour. I am not even sure if I could buy them all here. However, I stumbled upon this recipes which uses regular and whole wheat flour.

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Marble Cake

Posted on February 2, 2012 by andreamacleod

Simple and delicious

I was talking to my co-worker about German food the other day. She is also German and we both miss somethings that you just can’t get in North America, or at least not where we are living. Since she also likes to bake we talked about various cakes and she mentioned that she really misses the Marble Cake her mother used to make. She told me that she tried to make it here but it wouldn’t work, it was too dense, almost hard. I though “Well, lets see if I can make this”. Actually, Marble cake is not very complicated but it can get trick with all the differences between Germany and North America.

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Noodle Salad German Style

Posted on January 28, 2012 by andreamacleod

German noodle salad

Last weekend it was once again time to provide some food for two potlucks. This is always a nice opportunity to make something I haven’t done before. On the other hand it also poses a problem because you never know if someone else will make the same thing. Another question is: main dish or dessert? I like dessert a lot (I am sure you know that by now) but people here tend to bring a lot of dessert. Then it can get a bit problematic if there are not enough main dishes.

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Two Coloured Cupcakes

Posted on January 26, 2012 by andreamacleod

Two colours, two flavours.

As a baking fan there is always something new one could buy or get. One of those things are “Batter Babies”, which is a divider for cupcakes. Thanks to SweetArt Supplies in Victoria, BC I got a set the other day and had to try it of course. The perfect occasion was a birthday of a friend, though she didn’t get the two coloured cupcakes, she got push pops, which you can read up on tomorrow.

The Batter Babies allow you to divide your cupcakes in half, two flavours, two colours. How cool is that?

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What you shouldn’t photograph

Posted on January 23, 2012 by andreamacleod

Tips and tricks to use this thing right.

You will find almost anything online, you will even find free tips on how to improve you photography. Any blogger, especially food blogger, will like some free advice. The following links all have a “10 tips on how to improve” list and they are all very similar. Nevertheless, it is work reading through them all.

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Lentil Soup

Posted on January 19, 2012 by andreamacleod

It tastes like home.

Maybe I should rename this month and call it the January Soup month. It seems I am cooking more soup than I am baking bread. I shall attempt to make more bread or buns, but for now, lets stick with this soup. It’s another one of my favourites, I guess that’s what I made it last weekend for the family. It’s also fairly simple.

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Soljanka

Posted on January 18, 2012 by andreamacleod

Ukrainian Soljanka: meat, sausages, bacon, pickles, bell pepper…

This soup originates from East European countries and is a very popular dish in East Germany. It is based on a sour flavour from pickle juice and rounded out by sour cream and lemon when served.

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Waffles

Posted on January 14, 2012 by andreamacleod

Mini waffle tower.

Waffles are an American staple, just like pancakes, for breakfast. This is a bit unusual for us Germans because we only eat waffles for dessert once in a blue moon and on the Christmas Market. Frankly, I don’t recall having waffles unless it was at the Christmas Market.

But, if you are in Rome do as the Romans, in this case, do as the Canadians when in Canada. Since we found a 4 in one (sandwich, grill, griddle, waffle plates) at Walmart the other day I though I should make some waffles soon. My husband is certainly not opposed to the idea and so I whipped up something today while talking to family back home.

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Sushi Tutorial

Posted on January 12, 2012 by andreamacleod

Sushi, part of a Bento box.

The other day I posted on Facebook that I cooked Sushi rice and one of my friends asked me if I could teach her how to make Sushi. Since I wanted to make Sushi that night I decided to make a tutorial for all to see and share. Making Sushi is not that difficult, you will need some “helpers” of course but once you have them, or even substituted them it will be easy to make. However, plan to spend some time on it: cutting, preparing, cooking some ingredients will take some time. But you will love the result and your creativity knows no boundaries.

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Japanese Chocolate Cornets

Posted on January 10, 2012 by andreamacleod

Delicious.

I said before that I got a bit into Bento boxes and as a result I look around for recipes and “how to” videos. I stumbled across someone on YouTube, “Cooking with Dog” and she had this recipe up as well. Since I had the whole family over for Sunday lunch I thought this would be the perfect dessert: chocolate and not too messy.

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