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My Version of Beer Potato Soup

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There are many versions of this on the internet. Some have 20 or more ingrediants, some only have a handful.  I decided to go with a medium version. Ingredients 5 medium potatoes chopped into smaller pieces 2 cups of chicken broth 1 can of Radeberger beer (Pilsner Style) 1 slice of bacon 2 tsp of butter 2 tsp olive oil 8 baby carrots cut into smaller pieces 3/4 of a stalk of celery half of a small onion finely chopped 1/2 tsp ground Allspice 1 bay leaf salt/pepper to taste (not much is needed as the chicken broth has plenty) hint of nutmeg Wash, peel and cut the potatoes. Cut the celery, onions and carrots. Cut the bacon into small pieces. In a soup pot, add the oil, bacon and butter. Cook over medium heat for about 4-5 minutes, but don't let anything burn. Add the celery, onions and carrots. Cook for another 5-7 minutes until the onions are a bit translucent. Add all the remaining things, cover and bring to a boil. The potatoes should be covered by liquid. Turn down the heat and s
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How Not to Make a Lentil Soup

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I am a big lentil soup junkie. I am finally getting better from that bad cold, I couldn't think of anything better then a lentil soup. May be this time I can change it up a bit more. The fridge still hat a pack of sausages. I had gotten some bacon last weekend and the rest like carrots, celery, onions, potatoes I always have at home. Here we go: 2 slices of bacon cut into small pieces 1 pack of sausages, sliced into pieces  1/2 cup of bite size celery chunks 1/2 cup of bite size carrot chunks 1/3 cup of coarsely chopped onions 2/3 cup of brown lentils, rinsed and picked through 3 medium sized potatoes cut into bite sized pieces (peeled or not, what ever you prefer) 1 std can of diced potatoes 1 std can tomato soup 1/2 tsp dried thyme 1/2 tsp of ground Allspice 2 bay leaves 2-3 cups of water salt and pepper to taste Here is a picture of the sausages I bought: Hm, I didn't realize I bought plant based sausages. Note to self, pay attention to what you buy. Well at least I can try.
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Baked Chicken Thighs

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There are still some chicken thighs in the fridge and I don't care for chicken noodle soup, at least not at the moment. It is going to be baked.  Preheat the oven to 350F. Salt, pepper, thyme, a bit of smoked paprika, a bit of ground Allspice. Cover a baking sheet with alu foil, add the chicken thighs, add some olive oil and into the oven it goes. 45 min later it is all set and done. Serve with rice and a veggie. For me it was green peas. -Mahlzeit-
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Fridge - Around - Version 23

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My first few hours of vacation and it rains hard. There is plenty of lightning and thunder. The weather service just issued a flash flood warning.  It is time to make some comfort food. Time for  a fridge around version. The short description is: "let me see what is in the fridge that can be used to cook up something". I got tomatoes, 2 cups coarsely chopped celery, 1/2 cup finely chopped onion, 1 medium finely chopped ground turkey 85/15 orange bell peppers, cleaned and chopped into small pieces like 5x5mm 6 cups of tomato juice 1/2 cup of orange juice Spices 1 tsp ground curry 1.5 tsp ground Allspice 1 tsp ground smoked paprika 1/2 tsp ground cumin 1/4 tsp dried thyme Anything else? grated cheese noodles In a pot add some olive oil or vegie oil and heat it up. Add the onions, bell peppers and celery. Cook all for about 5 minutes over medium heat. Stir every now and then, so it does not burn and stick. Add the ground turkey. Cook  for about 10 minutes over medium heat. Pay a
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Crunchy Waffles from my Childhood

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My mom made a lot of waffles during my child hood. My mom made the dough and my dad was the one working the waffle iron.  The original recipe is to much just for me, so I did cut all in half and changed it bit to make it work with standard US quantities 1 stick of soft butter (don't use Kerry Gold, use a domestic real butter product)  2 eggs 250g all purpose flour 1/2 cup of milk (1/8 l) 1/2 cup of water (1/8 l) 125g sugar a generous tsp of baking powder 1 pack of vanilla sugar 1/2 tsp of lemon extract Mix the vanilla sugar into the sugar. Combine the milk with the water. In a stand mixer use the wire whip. Add the butter and mix it up, add 1 egg and half of the sugar, mix it and add the second egg and the rest of the sugar. Mix it. Add the lemon extract and mix. Divide the flower into 3 portions virtually. add 1/3 of the flour. Put the mixer on low and mix. Add 1/3 of the milk/water mix again. Repeat that with for the second third of the flour and liquid. Mix the baking powder int
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Chopped Beef with Home Made Noodles - a Beef Wellington Inspiration

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The original intent was to make Beef Wellington Ravioli. While cooking I changed my mind. The noodles turned out decent. It was only my 5th time to make noodles myself. I think I will do that more often. The meat Wellington style was good as well. I don't think the recipe for red wine reduction was great. I think it may even be incorrect with some of the measurements. So I am not going to post it. Here is what worked. Noodles: 1 cup and 2tbps of all purpose flower 2 eggs 1tbsp of olive oil. In a bowl mix all of it. Because it was really hard to get a nice dough, I added 1 more tbsp of olive oil and about 4 tbsp of water to it. I could still feel flour pockets, so I did run it a few times through the paster maker. Then I folded them all over, pressed them down, put it into plastic wrap and did set it aside for 30 minutes.. In the mean time fill a big pot with water, season it with salt and bring it to a boil. Meat: beef tenderloin, chop it in small pieces 4 medium mushrooms chopped
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Leg of Lamb (version 5)

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I am going through my freezer. Time to cook some of it. This weekend a leg of lamb. Parts of it was deboned already. The question was: to smoke or not to smoke. I decided the oven will do it. I had an appointment in the afternoon. I can turn off the oven and continue when I am back. The spice list: 6 cloves of garlic smoked paprika salt pepper oregano 1 lemmon EVOO The cloves go into the meat. One clove got away. So be it. All the other spices get applied generously. I used a turkey pan with a wire structure. That prevents the meat sitting in the bottom of the pan. Add water and 1/2 cup of EVOO into the pan. Roast it at 300F for about 2h. Check with a thermometer what the inner temperature is.  Half way through the roasting process I notices, I forgot the lemon, OK, slices and on top they go When it is ready, remove from the oven and let it rest for 15 minutes. Then cut it. Serve with sides of your choice. For me  this time just a toasted piece of baguette. -Mahlzeit-  
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