Potato ala Pioneer Woman

Thanks to the Pioneer Woman and my niece for this weeks entry for new recipe sunday! Pioneer Woman....for the recipe and my niece for doing the first test run!

Crash Hot Potatoes!

Although I have just about ever gadget you can imagine in the kitchen, a potato masher I do not have!!!(I will be changing that soon). So we did as the pioneer woman suggests, we used a glass. So, they are not so prety, but the crash hot potatoes sure did taste good.

You can find the recipe on her website: http://thepioneerwoman.com
or  in her cookbook: The Pioneer Woman Cooks

Happy Sunday Everyone

A New Years Day!

Today I would like to share with all of you a tablescape I created years ago. I think this is one of my favorites!

Wishing you all a great week.

Linking to following parties: The Tablescaper, Tablescape Thursday,

Fresh Baked Bread

New Recipe Sunday would like to share another Thermomix Recipe with you this Sunday.

Vitalbrot (Bread)

Ingredients:


200 grams Spelt or regular flour
300 grams regular flour
40 grams yeast
40 grams oil (I used olive oil)
250 grams warm water
1 1/2Teaspoon Salt
1/2 Teaspoon Honey


Directions for those with a thermomix:

Place the grains in the thermomix and grind the grains for 40 seconds, speed 10
Add the rest of the indgriedents and using the bread key, pulse for 1  1/2 minutes.
Place the bread dough in a form and let rise for 15 minutes before baking for 45 minutes in a 200° C oven.


Directions for those without a thermomix

Use a food processor to mill the grains, or use ready flour. Add the yeast, sugar, salt, honey, and water to the flour and knead into a dough. Place the dough in a form and let rise for 15 minutes before baking for 45 minutes in a 200° C oven.

ENJOY!

Tulips are pink!

Roses are red,
                  vilolets are blue,
                                        I like tulips
                                                      how about you?

Okay, a poet I am not!!! This Pink Saturday, I would like to share with you the beautiful tulips I bought recently.

Be sure to stop by Beverly´s How Sweet the Sound for more pink! And if you have time, please do stop by tomorrow for New Recipe Sunday

Reunions are sweet

My years at the University of Illinois were probably some of the best years of my life. Not only did I get a great education, was lucky enough to be a member of the Marching Illini,but best of all, I met some of the greatest women I know. 

Jennifer lives in Baden Austria

DyAnne lives in Seattle Washington

and I live in Berlin Germany

But for one great day, the three of us reunited in Baden Austria......just 23 years later.

We spent part of the day sightseeing through Baden, as DyAnne had studied there long ago and ended our day at a winery.....

A cheesecake for Tablescape Thursday

A couple years ago, I was in Poland shopping for pottery( I believe this was the trip where I said to my girlfriends, "I am only going to look, I am not going to buy anything!" Well, as everyone knows, that did not happen!!!! Among the many fine pieces I bought that day, the cake plate that you see in the pictures this week. SO, of course I created a tablescape around this cake plate! Now, I could not let this cake plate stand alone, so I whipped out the cheese cake that I have told you all about in the past and then I invited my friend Sabine over for coffee and cake..... a perfect Sunday afternoon.

Happy Days Everyone....please stop over at Between Naps on the Porch for more great Tablescapes this Thursday and if you have time, do stop by on Sunday for New Recipe Sunday!

Other Blogparties I am particpating in: The Tablescaper

Homemade Rolls

Greetings, so it has been a long time since I have been able to post to foodie friday......hope this post about the homemade rolls that we made, makes up for it!

Last Summer I invested in a kitchen machine called the THERMOMIX from VORWERK. Next to my kitchen aid, the best investment I have ever made here in the kitchen. This machine can do sooooooo much, and after such a short time, none of us would ever want to miss it. Heck, it even came with me at Christmas when the whole family got together! With 17 people, we needed 3 Machines!"!!!!! What a site that was.

Anyhow.......

My niece gave me this wonderful calender from Thermomix, filled with recipes and this weeks recipe are rolls. My machine and I were doing fine, the dough was perfect. But then it came time to form the dough into small rolls...oh oh.....thankfully my 17 year old saw my dilema, threw his homework to the wind and took over! (he works at the local pizza place and so has become a pro when it comes to dough!

16 perfect little rolls were made, placed in the fridge to slowly rise and after our quick trip to IKEA, we popped them in the oven and 20 minutes later, BINGO! We have rolls. They tasted great and now we are psyched to get creative and add different spices into the dough. Stay tuned for the outcome!

Mike forming the dough into perfect little rolls. How did he get them to all be the same?!

Fresh out of the oven  and ready to serve!

Next up? Some home made spreads to go enjoy with the rolls!

Happy Foodie Friday Everyone! 

For more great recipes, please stop by on Sunday for "new recipe Sunday" here at Cook Bake Love!

Because I am soo happy with these rolls and it has been a busy weekend, I am featuring this recipe today on New Recipe Sunday!