Cucumbers are generally considered healthy – low in calories, and many vitamins and minerals. If you like, you can simply nibble on a cucumber or prepare a salad with it. In Germany, however, cucumber salad is often »murdered« with heavy cream, which quickly cancels out the healthy aspects of cucumbers ;P I prefer the Asian version – a delicious (Spicy) Smashed Cucumber Salad – without cream, fewer calories and super delicious ;)
I am a huge fan of everything curry – no matter if it is a mild dish or spicy. Ok… when you start to tear up and breathe fire it might be a bit too spicy. But in general, almost all curry dishes are really good! Often loaded with veggies, a delicious (spicy) sauce, plus some rice… love it! This Vegan Yellow Curry with Tofu makes no exception. Relatively quick on the table and in addition to that, also an eye-catcher with those bright colors. So good!
We are big fans of Asian cuisine here. I say Asian cuisine because we love a lot of dishes from that area, not only from one specific country. This corner of the world has soo many delicious dishes ;) Today I got a pasta dish for your that is a bit of a mix of Chinese and Japanese – at least the way we do it. So how about some delicious Spicy Pork Udon Noodles? An explosion of flavors that is really easy to prepare!
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
Today I can finally show you one of my favorite recipes… delicious potstickers aka. Gyoza! These little fellows can be made with so many different fillings – for this recipe here I stuffed the little dumplings with pork and napa cabbage. So good! Also really easy to prepare – many do not believe it, but dumplings are actually a really easy peasy dish to make ;)
It’s time for something savory. No cake today. It’s pasta time! Although… I don’t think you’d say pasta in this case – I think that term is associated with Italian noodles – these are from Asia, so maybe “It’s noodle time!” :P Just kidding. Who cares how you call it – these Udon Noodles with beef are delicious and that’s all that counts! Am I right?! ;)
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 ;) 
