Mahlzeit - Food without Borders

 On Facebook I saw a picture of a curry with green peas and lemon. Unfortunately there was no recipe posted. I made up my own. 2 pork loins chopped in bite size pieces 1 large onion coarsely chopped 4 cups of water 3 tsp of veggie bullion powder 2 tsp ground all spice 1 tsp ground turmeric 2 tsp ground curry 1 tsp of madras ground curry 1 tsp of ground cumin 1 tsp of ground coriander 1 bag of frozen green peas 3 slices of lemon Heat up the oil, add the onions and let the onions get translucent. Add the chopped pork and sear them. Be careful, the onions should not burn. Add the water and all the spices. Bring it to a boil and turn the heat down to simmer. Put a cover on. Occasionally stir. After 1 hour thicken the sauce with a binger of your choice. Add the bag of frozen green peas and stir. Garnish with 3 slices of lemon. Serve with a starch of your choice. -Mahlzeit-

 I wanted to have noodles tonight with a meat sauce. Now I didn't want to go for the traditional meat sauce. Here is what I came back with Sauce: 1 pack of mild Italian sausage meat without the casings 1 medium onion chopped 1 clove of garlich minced 1 can of tomato sauce 1 can of fire roasted tomatoes 1 can of diced tomatoes 2 fire roasted peppers from a jar chopped salt and pepper to taste sweet paprika for the end Heat up the pot and add the sausage meet, break it up with a wooden spoon, to get smaller pieces. Let some of the fat render out over medium heat. Then add the onions. Let it get a bit color, but don't let it burn. Cook until it is almost all through, then add the tomatoes, garlic and peppers. Get it to a boil, then turn the heat down and let simmer for about 30 minutes. Keep an eye on the fluid level, add some water if needed. In the meantime cook noodles. I went for elbow noodles. Cook them per instructions. As a garnish I also add them cheese. Noodles and cheese

 I had cooked potatoes left over from the weekend. A very traditional thing is to make pan friend potatoes with onions. I didn't want to go that far with all of this, so I came up with this. There was a thin sliced T-Bone steak in my fridge. Hm, steak with Britta's roesti version and a side salad. This really does not take that much time. May be 15 min if that. Heat a griddle to high. In the meantime season your steak to  your liking, (Fish is fine as well). Cut the left over potatoes to max 5mm slices and season. Spray the griddle with non-spray cooking spray or add some fat, so things don't stick. Add the meat and the potatoes, make sure the potatoes are laying flat. No pile ups :). Cook the steak to your liking. When you flip the steak, flip the potatoes as well. Serve with a side salad. -Mahlzeit -

 This is a very fast and easy to make recipe, if you discount the waiting time. Quark (home made) 1 cup buttermilk 1 cup milk I prefer to use 2% milk Mix the milk and a butter milk in a bowl and cover. Let it stand at room temperature for 24h.  Cover a strainer with cheese cloth and strain the mixture over night in a fridge. This gives about 1 cup of quark. Add some milk back if it is to stringy. Quark is very versatile, it can be made sweet by adding fruits and jams or savory. I like the savory version better. So finely chop some onion to get a generous table spoon of chopped onions and add some chopped chives. A little bit of milk, salt and pepper, stir to the consistency one likes.. Set for another 4h in the fridge so the flavors can mingle. With the onions  and spices added it can stand in the fridge for 1 day. Without anything added several days. At lunch or dinner time, cook some potatoes. Serve  both together with a slice of butter and a side salad. -Mahlzeit-