Pasta, rice & co.

Rice filled zucchini.
Pasta, rice & co., Salads

Rice filled zucchini

This time I made my readers choose what kind of recipe I should write next. So I posted a poll on my Facebook page and here is the result: a vegetarian dish. How much do you guys like zucchini? I love them; in a salad, sauteรฉd, fried or in a form of a boat. However, […]

Tagliatelle with asparagus.
Pasta, rice & co.

Tagliatelle with asparagus

Are you looking for a new pasta recipe? Try this tagliatelle with asparagus and a delicious green pea sauce. Tagliatelle, the long, flat, ribbon-style pasta is the queen of the pasta made with egg. This type of pasta comes originally from Bologna. However, it is a very common type of pasta in all central and […]

Spaghetti with Brussels sprouts and bacon.
Pasta, rice & co.

Spaghetti with Brussels sprouts and bacon

I prepared a new pasta recipe for you. This time I made spaghetti with Brussels sprouts and bacon. Who doesn’t like spaghetti? It’s the most popular pasta on planet Earth. It’s delicious, fun to eat, budget-friendly goes perfectly with every sauce and it’s a portion of great comfort food. What is your typical spaghetti recipe? […]

Gnocchi with fruits.
Pasta, rice & co.

Gnocchi with fruits

This dish will make you smile. Gnocchi with fruits is a joy for your eyes and for your taste buds as well. What do you think about this combo? I find the combination very innovative and interesting. This is a simple and quick dish, which includes only a few ingredients. I didn’t bother making my […]

Purple rice 1
Pasta, rice & co.

Purple rice

Hi people. I found my new favourite rice recipe. Yes, rice. The beautiful thing is, that there is more than just white rice. This recipe is about the purple rice, which has basically a black colour, but it turns into deep purple when cooked. The bran doesn’t give only the purple colour but also the […]

Pasta "la lingua della suocera"
Pasta, rice & co.

Pasta “la lingua della suocera”

A couple of weeks ago I found this amazing pasta โ€œla lingua della suoceraโ€ Zebra and now I have to share this recipe with you. In Germany, you can buy the pasta at a shop called โ€œTK Maxxโ€ which usually sells lots of clothes. But they also have a small section of food. Already the […]

Winter lasagna.
Hot oven, Pasta, rice & co.

Winter lasagna

Raise your hands, who wants a piece of delicious winter lasagna right now? I bet you all raised the hand. Hehehe. I did it too. I remember, when I was still a teen, I loved lasagna. The lasagna my mother always made, was amazing; very rich like the real one. Living on the border to […]

Pumpkin risotto
Pasta, rice & co.

Pumpkin risotto

October is the month of pumpkins. Have I told you how versatile pumpkins are? You can use them for anything. They are good for cooking, baking, soups, cakes, dips and even smoothies. They are also great to make a salad dressing. Anyway, in this recipe, I will show you how to make a pumpkin risotto. […]

Conchiglie aglio, olio, peperoncino
Pasta, rice & co.

Aglio, olio, peperoncino

It’s time for another pasta recipe! Do you know conchiglie? That’s the pasta with a seashell shape. Conchiglie are firm and they also keep their shape through the cooking process. By the way, each pasta shape goes with certain pasta sauce. The seashell shape is perfect for all the sauces, especially for the tomato sauce […]

The coconut curry chicken
Pasta, rice & co.

The Coconut curry chicken

This “Coconut curry chicken” dish needs a little bit of preparation ahead of time; either the evening before or in the morning of the same day. But believe me – it is worth the wait. You can adjust the amounts of the ingredients based on how much you like the spiciness and the sweetness. You […]

Risotto with prosciutto and mint
Pasta, rice & co.

Risotto with prosciutto and mint

It has been quite some time since we last had rice. So today’s plan was to make risotto. Risotto is a northern Italian dish. It’s a rice dish with a creamy consistency. I like to watch cooking shows and every time someone is making risotto, they say it is a difficult dish to make. It […]