Envy. Or the easiest Broccoli Soup ever!

broccolisoup

One of my great pleasures is watching cooking shows. Good ones, of course, e.g. with Nigella Lawson, Nigel Slater, Gordon Ramsey, Hugh Fernley-Wittingstall, Jamie Oliver, you name it. But that is exactly the problem. Did you notice that I mentioned no German chef?

Unlike other countries in Germany we suffer from an acute shortage of intriguing TV-cooking shows, at least of some to my taste.  

Overnight Crumpets á la River Cottage

crumpets1

Recipe source: River cottage Handbook No.3: Bread by H. Fernley-Wittingstall

I love a hearty breakfast and crumpets are an all time favorite of mine (not only for breakfast!). I don´t know how much recipes I had tried before I found the River cottage Handbook No.3: Bread. I liked the bread recipes a lot and so I gave Hugh Fernley-Whittingstall´s crumpets a go.

Usually I wake up as hungry as a hunter and want to eat immediately. Hence until that day, I made crumpets only for special occasions or when it happened for some strange reason that I would  

My Travel Photo Gallery is online!

collage

Click on the photo and go to the gallery!

Fresh Ginger Banana Bread

banana-ginger-cake-by-petra-pfaender

You think you know all about banana bread? Then try this one!

I love banana bread and today I had four very ripe bananas sitting in my fruit bowl. So what could be more natural than baking a banana bread? Unfortunately, the usual ones tend to be quite rich. Usually, I don´t care that much. If I eat a lot I just jog a little longer. But this morning we had the first night frost and I knew I won´t be out jogging frequently for quite a while.