The holidays are here again and it’s time for another German Christmas drink recipe. The past two years I’ve posted on mulled, alcoholic drinks, like Glühwein and Glühmost, that are classics at German Christmas Markets. This year I’m doing a non-alcoholic version also found at Christmas Markets known as Kinderpunsch. It literally translates to “Children’s Punch” but it’s not…
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Easy Braised Red Cabbage (Blaukraut)
Enhancing a jar of ready-made German red cabbage to taste more like homemade is standard practice with my immediate family. It’s not to say that we don’t also have a recipe for making this braised German staple from scratch, but it’s just sometimes you don’t want the extra work of slicing up a whole cabbage head. This is going to be…
Mulled Hard Cider (Glühmost)
It’s that time of year again for alcoholic holiday cheer! Seasonal drinks don’t seem to get the same love as seasonal food does around the holidays, unless maybe you’re at your annual Christmas party. Then again, perhaps that’s just with my family. Either way, it’s why I’m trying to build up a nice little repertoire. Last year I wrote…
Carrot Apple Salad (Karotten-Apfelsalat)
Oof, the weather has been really warm up here in the Pacific Northwest. I overheard someone at the grocery store say that they were looking forward to go down to California to cool off. Apparently, it’s 10 degrees cooler in Anaheim than here in the Seattle area. You’ll never hear me complain about the heat since…
Apple Spritzer (Apfelschorle)
I must confess that my favourite drink is simply a half and half mixture of fruit juice and water. I’ll even admit that we have a name for it in my household – “Juicy Water”. This is one of the reasons I enjoy going out to eat in Germany (aside from the amazing food, of course) because…