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Welcome to Cooking in my Genes

March 15, 2015 By Jess 2 Comments

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I think about food all the time.

When I reminisce about my history thus far, it always seems to come back to sharing one’s love through food. Family, friends & food.

A lot of my experiences and most favourite memories from growing up are linked to food so I decided to explore my love of food & family further.

One side of my family is of German heritage and I grew up eating my Oma’s cooking on a regular basis.  I remember vividly the tradition of ‘afternoon coffee’ where at around 3PM each day meant we all gathered together when we were at my Oma & Opa’s (Grandma & Grandpa’s) for coffee & cake.

Memorable Christmas and Easter dinners were filled with turkey and many of my favourite fixings which my Mom still makes to this day – specifically ‘Kloesse,’ a traditional dumpling that is ever so perfect beside turkey and home made gravy.

I remember growing up there were certain meals we had like clockwork – ‘Pizza Wednesdays’ for example and I also loved the meatballs my mom ‘made’ for us (full story on these ‘homemade’ meatballs still to come).

From experiences or trips, from family or friends, I garner food inspiration in a lot of places.  My husband calls it ‘free-styling’ when I pretty much make up a dinner from random fridge ingredients but to me it’s sort of normal, I love being creative in the kitchen.

That is what Cooking in my Genes is  all about – I’ll share with you my take on the recipes I grew up with, family stories, foodie adventures as well as what I love to cook now for family & friends.

I hope you’ll come on this journey with me.

xo jess

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  1. appehtite

    April 8, 2015 at 9:12 pm

    Congrats on you first post. We love freestyle cooking too so can’t wait to see more posts!!!

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    • Jess

      April 26, 2015 at 5:12 pm

      Thanks for your note! We look forward to sharing more posts with you!

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This recipe is from my Mom’s archives and trust me when I say it won’t last long in your house. Filled with rhubarb and topped with brown sugar and cinnamon, it’s absolutely made for sharing! 

Get the recipe on the blog friends, linked in bio above!

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1 bottle Sauvingnon Blanc wine⁠
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