long overdue knife love 

long overdue knife love 

Totally I finally spent some time sharpening my kitchen knives 🔪🔪. They’ve been feeling very dull lately, but I’ve been dragging my feet on sharpening them because … well because it takes time, and I’ve had little of that lately 😉. But on this rainy 

flour tortillas

I LOVE taco night 🌮😍!! I used to buy flour tortillas in the store but tried making them myself a few months ago … and let me tell you I’M NEVER GOING BACK TO STORE BOUGHT!! I’ve been trying them over and over and have 

christmas snowballs

christmas snowballs

I am going to my first ever christmas cookie exchange tomorrow 🎄🍪🎅🏼😊. I thought I’d bring along one of those dump all the ingredients in a bowl cookie dough recipes, that are super easy to whip up, yet everyone raves about it. And let’s be honest, 

Christmas Stars with Lemon Curd

Christmas Stars with Lemon Curd

I was planning on baking christmas cookies with my little girl today, but since she’s been banished to the couch with a fever, I figured I’d play around with the cookie doughs I had prepared and get a little fancier 😉.   These lemon curd 

homemade vanilla extract

homemade vanilla extract

Twice a year our local liquor store has a HUGE sale! They sell everything just $1 over what they buy it for!! What an awesome deal, right?! Since hard liquor has a super high mark up, I figured this was the time to stock up on some vodka and 

Homesick during this xmas season🎄🇩🇪

Homesick during this xmas season🎄🇩🇪

Christmas time is my absolute favorite time of year in Germany, and this will be the first time in three years we won’t be in 🇩🇪 during that time. All the Christmas markets, Glühwein (aka hot spiced wine), Christmas lights and treats are absolutely magical 

knife skills & turkey carving must knows

knife skills & turkey carving must knows

Happy almost Thanksgiving everyone!! I love this holiday for all the food, especially the mashed potatoes. What’s your dream bite? I load a fork with mashed potatoes, turkey, cranberry sauce and gravy and that is the ultimate Thanksgiving bite for me :)!! All that said, 

turkey stock 

turkey stock 

Today I spent the whole morning cooking a turkey for a 🦃 carving “how to” article I am working on. After carving, I threw the bones into a large pot with onions, carrots, rosemary, a bay leave, thyme, sage, lots of whole black pepper, covered 

cranberry sauce

cranberry sauce

With Thanksgiving next week, I’ve slowly started prepping for our meal. We are going to keep it very low key this year, but that doesn’t mean I can’t make the cranberry sauce now, right 😉? I almost feel bad calling this a recipe, because I’m