Obatzda – Bavarian Cheese Spread

7 Comments September 18, 2019 FrugalHausfrau

Yanno what’s happening now? Octoberfest. A celebration that I usually don’t think about much, or when I do I think about it until too late. I think that’s because it’s not in October, at least most of it isn’t. Octoberfest runs from mid to late September until the first Sunday in October. And so every year after Octoberfest passes, I think “Wow” I should have made something special to honor the German heritage that comes down from my Grandpa Herman Elsenbast. This year, I did. I made Obatzda Bavarian Cheese Spread.

Sweet Tart Bread & Butter Pickles

6 Comments July 26, 2019 FrugalHausfrau

Yanno what I love about cooking? Well, there’s always the fact that I get to eat what I’m cooking – but cooking also means I get to taste & tweak and adjust and make things just how I want them. Case in point: Sweet Tart Bread & Butter Pickles.

Sweet Tart Bread & Butter Pickles

Braised Pork Roast with Sausage & Cabbage

19 Comments March 31, 2019 FrugalHausfrau

Usually, I think of long, slow cooking like Braised Pork Roast with Sausage & Cabbage in the fall, but a pot of this glorious dish couldn’t be better on a cold, winter night or a drizzly spring day. This is like Sunday dinner extraordinaire! You might want to try to make this sometime this spring (I’m posting this is March) before it gets too warm for a hearty dinner.

Braised Pork Roast with Sausage & Cabbage

Ground Beef Noodle Bake

25 Comments December 28, 2018 FrugalHausfrau

I’m not sure what made me think of this old-fashioned recipe…I’d call it comfort food. I don’t think my Mom made it but it was always around at someone’s house. I made it way back when I was a young Mom. I always called it Ground Beef Noodle Bake. I suspect it has roots in the German Kugel but became “casseroled up” in the U.S., much the way our “American Goulash” did.

Ground Beef Noodle Bake

Creamy Horseradish Sauce

14 Comments November 13, 2018 FrugalHausfrau

You know the other day, I posted out my recipe for Poor Man’s Mock Prime Rib, and I wanted to get you my recipe for Creamy Horseradish Sauce to go with it. I know Thanksgiving is looming and I have a few recipes coming up, but I wanted to tie up this loose end, first. Just as a teaser, don’t forget to watch for my easy and outstanding Glazed Chocolate Tart (now posted) because the Holidays can’t be all about the pumpkin!