Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! One of my favorite sayings when it comes to food. Doesn’t make any sense at all, but sounds kind of funny ;) I don’t really remember where I heard it for the first time… I think it was Trixie Mattel. She likes to say things like that. Well. I don’t know if these (Southern Style) Buttermilk Chicken Sandwiches count as a complete “dinner” – probably not – but they are definitely a tasty bite whenever you are hungry for chickin ;)
After months of lockdown and not being able to meet friends and family, things are slowly changing again. Yay! You still have to be very careful, of course, but when every one of your friends and family is fully vaccinated, you could theoretically plan the next party ;) For that glorious moment, I baked a delicious Party Bread with Oven Cheese today. Crunchy little bread balls are arranged around a big bubbly oven cheese, ready for you to dip the bread into the cheese. So good! So good I probably should not invite any guests and eat everything myself? Hmmm… ;P
The cherry season is in full swing! What else can you do with these little red fruits besides cherry pie or compote? How about some “classic” sweet pastries, as you would find them in almost every bakery here in Germany? Delicious Cherry Streusel Pastries aka. German Kirschtaler made with an easy quark-oil dough. Is that something you would be interested in? ;)
I know it sounds a bit weird to eat something hot and spicy in summer, something that can make you sweat, but that is actually exactly what you need sometimes! Look at the Asian cuisine – full of hot and spicy curries – which are eaten all year round at any temperature ;) When I visited Asia and Thailand in particular for the first time, I kind of fell in love with curry. All those fresh ingredients and all those incredible flavors! I really love it! This Vegan Red Thai Pumpkin Curry is a good example here – so delicious and actually quite easy to prepare. I did not make it too hot, but if you can stand the heat, feel free to spice it up! ;P
Do you have a garden by any chance? Maybe with some tomato plants? Are the first tomatoes ready to be eaten? Mid/end of July you should be able to harvest the first fruits I guess. Most of our tomatoes are still green because we have had a cold and rainy summer so far. The ones ready to harvest were not enough to make this cheesecake with tomato and fennel topping so far. But that could change in a couple of weeks I guess. There is hope ;)
I love my job, but in between I love to bake and try new things in the kitchen. A lot of my friends and colleagues encourage me to bake - for a very simple reason: they get the leftovers - and it seems they like it most of the time ;)
