seitan is my motor

As soon as the temperatures get warmer, some people feel the need to clean their house/room/windows. Not me. Instead I’m going to start renovating this blog. This month I have been blogging for 6 years! And I have been vegan for the same time. I started this blog to teach myself vegan cooking and baking and I learned a lot during these years. My cooking style changed quite a bit and I improved my skills. …

I tasted my first brownies when I moved to Leipzig more than 15 years ago. And they were the best brownies ever. They were rich and fudgy and full of walnuts. They even had a chocolate topping! They are still available at the place I used to get them, but of course they are not vegan. So every time I visit Leipzig, I dream about those brownies! I tried several times to recreate them. But …

In my last blog post I said something like “See you next year!” and now the next year is already over four months old. Well, this year winter has been long and we, like many other people around us, have been sick. A lot. Or were stuck at home with a sick toddler. Who probably brought most of those funny new germs home from day care. I always thought I had a pretty good immune …

Our latest addiction is coconut butter. F. loves it stirred into her yoghurt or oatmeal. Or straight from the spoon. I make the butter myself, in a blender and it is fairly easy. I found a great tutorial here. When the butter comes out of the blender, it is rather liquid, but it will become solid at room temperature after a couple of hours. You can use it like you would use other not butters: …

It’s December! We have had the first snow! It is officially Christmas season! That means like every year I am going to pester you with stories about my favourite winter/Christmas cookie, the spekulatius. Spekulatius is a German shortbread cookie, usually available during Christmas season. There are different kinds, some are just butter cookies, some are decorated with almonds and others, my favourite kind, are spiced. The gewürzspekulatius (spiced spekulatius) is made with a special spice …