Sauerkraut stew recipe

Last week, on his birthday, my eldest, who turned 9, wanted to eat sauerkraut stew. When I vlogged about this, some people asked for the recipe, so here it is :-).

What do you need (this suits 4 to 6 adults):

- 1.5 kg or 3 lb and 5 oz floury potatoes
- 750 gr or 1 lb and 10 oz sauerkraut
- 250 gr or 9 oz bacon strips
- (+/-) 15 gr or 0.5 oz butter
- (rice) milk
- 75 gr or 2.5 oz cheese (I use Gouda Old cheese)
- 2 smoked sausages (if you can get a hand on them, because I think i's really Dutch).

First peel all the potatoes (cut really big ones into smaller pieces), then put them in cold water.

Bring to a boil and boil for about 20 minutes...test with a fork if they fall apart easily...if they don't, boil a few minutes extra till they do.
In the meantime put the sauerkraut in a pan, add 5 table spoons of water, bring to a boil (just a slight boil) and boil for 25-30 minutes.

Check every now and down if there is still some water, you don't want your sauerkraut to burn.

If you did get your hand on smoked sausages, bring water close to a boil and put the sausages in and leave them in it for about 20 minutes.

Bake the bacon the way you like it (I like it somewhere in between soft and crispy).

When the potatoes fall apart when you put a fork in them, drain them.

Then add the butter, add the cheese and add some milk. Mash the potatoes and add some milk until the mashed potatoes are the way you like them.

Add the sauerkraut and the bacon.

Cut the smoked sausages and serve them on the side.

If you would like to see how to make this recipe, please watch my vlog:Sauerkraut recipe vlog

Bon appetit!

xx Dutchy

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xx Dutchy

Oven dish with zucchini low carb and yummy!!

About every two weeks I make this great oven dish. My eldest, Elliott, who will turn nine next week, is the biggest fan. When I say I'll be making this oven dish, he will yell "Yippee", jump into the air and tell the other kids (they like the dish too, but not as much as Elliott, so they don't jump into they air LoL).


So I have got to share my 'secret' of how to make this great dish here with you :-).

So first of all...what do you need? Well, not that much actually...what I use and I think this will suit 4 adults is:

- 600 grams or 1.3 lbs Minced meat
- 1 zucchini (I always try to pick out the biggest one...not that it matters that much, I just want to get the most out of my money ;-) ).
- 1 big yellow union (or two smaller ones)
- 4 tomatoes (if they are quite small, take 5)
- 250 grams or  grated cheese (I use Gouda old cheese, but I guess that's not available everywhere)

For seasoning:
- garlic powder
- tumeric (this helps prevent against colon cancer, works best if combined with black pepper)
- black pepper

Warm the oven at 350 F or 175 C.

Season the meat (although I usually use frozen meat and don't season it until it's all in small pieces and mostly brown :-). Use seasoning according to taste.

Put the meat in the pan and use a (wooden) spoon to make small pieces (if someone could tell me what the term is for doing this, it would be greatly appreciated :-) ).

Cut the zucchini in little blocks (I make slices and cut those in four pieces). Cut the union into small pieces and then cut the tomatoes into pieces.

When the meat is brown, add the union. Stir every now and then for about 4 minutes and then add the zucchini. Stir every now and then for 5 minutes and then add the tomatoes. Stir for one minute and put everything into an oven dish. Sprinkle the grated cheese on top and put in the oven for about 10 mintes.

Bon appetit!

xx Dutchy

 Watch how I make this dish on my YouTube channel :-) http://youtu.be/9y4zcU8ZRyA

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Wraps with green (butter) beans recipe, easy to make

Whenever I have got the time, not that this happens very often haha, I like to try some new dish or cook a more demanding meal. Tonight I made wraps which everyone (my hubby and our 4 kids aged 8, 7, 6 and 3) looooooved. It is easy to make with just a few ingredients welll...and of course you need pots and pans and an oven 😊.

So, here are the ingredients you will need (I will leave the pots and pans part up to you ;-)):

8 small (whole wheat) wraps

140 grams or 5 oz tomato paste

100 grams or 3.5 oz cream cheese

500 grams or 17.5 oz ground meat

500 grams or 17.5 oz green (butter) beans

125 grams or 4.5 oz bean sprouts

125 grams or 4.5 oz grated cheese (I use Goudse old cheese, but that is not available everywhere I guess).

For seasoning:

union powder

garlic powder

turmeric

black pepper

that's it!

And now what you will need to do with all these ingredients...

Cut a small piece of the top and bottom of the green beans and break them in half cover them with water and let it boil for 15 minutes.

Season the ground beef with the herbs. I use tumeric a lot, because this herbs helps protect the body from colon cancer, but it the body needs black pepper in order for it to work well, so I always use tumeric together with black pepper. I am not going to tell you how much of each herb to use, do this to your own taste.

Put the meat in a pan and get small pieces by 'working' it with a (wooden or plastic) spoon.

Now that the meat is in the pan, mix the tomato paste and the cream cheese in a bowl.

When the meat is done, add the sprout beans for about 4 minutes.

Then add the (drained) green beans and mix it all together.

Spread the tomato past/cream cheese mixture on the wraps, put some of the meat/beans mixture in the middle of each wrap and close them.

Put all the wraps on an over plate and put the cheese on top. 

Put them in the oven for 10 minutes at 350 F (or 175 C) and they are ready.

Bon apetite 😊

xx Dutchy

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If you'd like to see more of my city (and the delicious Apple Strudel :-) ) watch my vlog.

xx Dutchy