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Kat

Breads, Breakfast/Brunch, Sweet Snacks

Strawberry Milleswirlie
(aka “Strawberry Shortcake” Breakfast Swirls)

Sourdough experiment for the week using a super seasonal ingredient: Strawberry Milleswirlie. Why Milleswirlie? Well, Millefiori is derived from “a thousand flowers” in Italian, so here we have a thousand swirls … Mille-swirlies! And the strawberries are just because it is strawberry season and I got them at the weekly farmer’s market yesterday and they were just begging to be made into something delicious. It’s as if strawberry shortcake and cinnamon rolls got together and had a love child. Dessert for breakfast, no regrets!

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23. June 2022
Dinner, Lunch, Pasta

Pasta Primavera Ma Façon

Last week, I was talking about “early summer” fruits and veggies, so here I made something with some of my favorites: asparagus, peas and snow peas. Added a light pesto sauce (my fallback when I don’t know what else to make), and voila! A great little lunch or dinner and a really simple, straight forward recipe. What are you making with those fresh fruits and veggies out there?

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22. June 2022
Appetizers/Starters, Breakfast/Brunch, Sweet Snacks

Sourdough Brioche-style Raisin Snails (Rosienenschnecken)

A bit of a “controversial” Breakfast item this week as I know that many people aren’t fans of raisins. I love raisins and along with dill pickles, they were some of the very first things that my grandfather would give me as a treat when I was little (I don’t know what is stranger, pickles or raisins, to be honest). Combine that with “swirls” (or Schnecken, which translated is “snails” from the German) and we have one of my favorite breakfast treats. My Oma used to call me ‘schneckle’ or little snail. 🙂

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25. May 2022