My Kitchen in the Rockies, My German Kitchen

Authentic German Spargel at the Chinook Tavern in Denver

May 3, 2012
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Asparagus season has been in full swing since the end of March in the traditional German asparagus growing regions like Schwetzingen and Karlsruhe. Known as Spargel, the white asparagus is the preferred variety in Germany. Coming from a Spargel growing region myself, I am always on the lookout for fresh white asparagus in the US [...]

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Farro Salad With Roasted Veggies on Balsamic Pumpkin Oil Vinaigrette

April 27, 2012
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With the warmer weather arriving here in Colorado, I like to leave the soups and stews behind and move on to nutritious and fresh salads served along side a perfectly  barbequed piece of meat. The other night while checking my pantry I decided on a farro salad with roasted veggies on balsamic pumpkin oil vinaigrette. [...]

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Our Favorite Pasta Bake

April 23, 2012
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Life has been pretty busy at my house in the last few weeks. Kids activities, including soccer practices, track meets, theater rehearsals, and guests from Germany, birthdays, vet appointments, you name it, I am sure it could be found on my overflowing calender. On crazy weeknight days I am always happy to fall back on [...]

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Happy Easter and a Carrot Cake

April 6, 2012
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Happy Easter form my kitchen to yours with this moist and irresistible carrot cake. I hope you will have an enjoyable Easter weekend with your family and friends. My dessert suggestion for your Easter buffet would be a homemade carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. This carrot cake gets enriched with walnuts, golden raisins, and [...]

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Joy’s Peanut Butter Bacon Cookies

April 3, 2012
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After an exhausting horseback riding lesson over spring break my daughter was ready for something tasty, something special, something like peanut butter bacon cookies. Nothing comparable to find in the pantry, so she decided to get baking. She loves my newest and just recently purchased baking book form Joy the baker . Pretty soon the [...]

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Winner of the OXO Good Grips Scale Giveaway

March 31, 2012
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Thanks to everybody in participating in last week’s OXO Good Grips Scale giveaway. I wish I would be able to send out an OXO scale to everybody. The winner is Kimberly H. Congratulations Kimberly. I am sure you will be very happy to have your broken scale replaced and to be able to measure accurately [...]

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Cyndee’s Neiman Marcus Cake

March 30, 2012
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The other week my son brought some cherry poppy seed cake over to our neighbors across the street. The recipe for the cherry poppy seed cake makes a big sheet and I knew that it was way too much for us to eat.  A few days later they returned the dish the cake was delivered [...]

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Toasted Walnut Banana Bread

March 27, 2012
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This toasted walnut banana bread has been one of our favorite quick bread recipes for many years. My family loves this moist banana bread with the crunchy walnuts. I always double the recipe since the bread just seams to vanish as soon as I get it out of the oven. Toasted Walnut Banana Bread 4.5 [...]

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Cherry Poppy Seed Cake and an OXO Scale Giveaway

March 23, 2012
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Before we get to the recipe of this German cherry poppy seed cake I would like to share with you a little story from my previous life. I was working for several years at a pharmacy in my hometown in Germany. We had a dermatologist office located in the same building as the pharmacy. The [...]

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Organic Collard-Cauliflower Soup

March 16, 2012
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St. Patrick’s Day is fast arriving and my contribution would be an organic collard-cauliflower soup with the brightest green color you have ever seen. It is just gorgeous to look at. I added some extra heat through using grape seed jalapeno oil in the topping. This velvety collard-cauliflower soup is probably not a traditional Irish [...]

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