Fall Recipes

These Baked Apple cookies or these Bratapfel Kekse are the perfect addition to your holiday cookie platter. I love this German cookie recipe. Who…

Yesterday’s Diary of a Mad Hausfrau’s post space was dedicated to World AIDS Day so Macaron Monday was pushed to Tuesday. You…

It’s the day before Thanksgiving and I know everyone is beyond over pumpkin ANYTHING. So the absolute nerve of me to post…

I love Thanksgiving, always insisting on celebrating this holiday no matter what country I was living in at the time. Creating the the menus,…

Last summer I met the Walnut Butter Man. Anthony Novelle is a sports nutritionist/wellness professional who created a line of all natural walnut…

In exploring Germany’s regional dishes and desserts, I found this delicious dessert made with rye bread called Bielefelder Schwarzbrotpudding. Bielefeld is a…

These beauties are perfect for fall. They have the light feel of a meringue but are dense and nutty as well. Called…

This wonderful dessert is a German recipe that resembles the American recipe for Apple Brown Betty. Actually it’s Apple Brown Betty on…

I may be the last one to jump on the Thanksgivukkah train but there was no way it was going to pull out…

The sage in my garden is out of control and still going strong. Every weekend I expect it to be dead but…

For years I’ve always envied the little pumpkin shaped cakes I’ve seen on blogger and food sites. I finally bought myself two…

Recently I ordered some very intriguing flavors in powder form to experiment with making French macarons with. I’m always looking to expand the…

  Readers of this blog are well aware of my obsession with all powdered forms of food, spices, and herbs to experiment…

This is one of the ideas that looked much better in my head than the final product. Ok so some of these…

  Have you ever been to a party just relaxing enjoying yourself, talking to the other guests and then a food buzz…

Lately I have been seen scooping up embarrassing amounts of butternut squash, roasting them and then making puree. Stockpiling it actually. Last week…

These macarons were made last summer back in Germany. I had purchased this bottle of balsamic date vinegar at the medieval fair…

“With Caramel Streusel” have to be three of my new favorite words. I’ll take caramel over chocolate any day although the two…

My sweet mother-in-law saved me some walnuts from the tree in our yard since I missed the fall here in Germany. So…

Delicious. Easy. Elegant. Oh how I love those three words when it comes to the holiday entertaining roller coaster we all choose…