Mia in Germany

about me

Born and grown up in the Black Forest,I now live in north-western Germany, ten car-minutes from the Dutch border. My dad came from Romania and my mom, after having spent many years in Italy, was more Italian than German... They both used to cook either mediterranean or kind of south-east-European, so I'm not at all familiar with typical German cuisine but more with Italian, French, Greek, Romanian, Turkish and Oriental (such as Iranian, Egyptian, Moroccan, Syrian) food.
When I was diagnosed with celiac disease one year ago, I went searching the web for gluten free ideas. Although there are quite some good German sites, I ended up finding that the United States, Canada and Australia seem to be more advanced in research and practice concerning food intolerances and allergies such as gluten intolerance/celiac disease. Above that, American, Canadian and Australian cuisines are much more to my taste than most German ideas of cooking and baking gluten free, because they are used to a blend of nearly all cultures and cuisines. So I was absolutely exited to find Recipezaar with this exuberance of international recipes!
Thanks so much for all you wonderful people round here with all those great recipes! I never learnt so much about cooking before, and I became far more creative myself.
I love cooking and baking, trying new recipes and experimenting with different "materials" i.e. food.
Luckily I'm able to combine job and hobby; my DH, who did not want to continue working as a physician, started distributing nutritional supplements about 13 years ago. As we discovered that the number of people suffering from food allergies, nutrition-caused diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity etc. increases, we now also teach people how to cook and eat healthily, according to their conditions.
I also discovered that most gluten free products in Germany are very expensive, not very tasty and contain much too much starch. So celiacs are in serious danger to become diabetic, too. Now I try to teach people ways to make their own gluten free products avoiding all this starch AND enjoing what they eat!

Favorite Foods:

Mostly everything you can find between France and Morocco... American in all variations from east coast to west... Many Indian, Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese and Thai dishes, too. Mexican AND - yes, British. Most Germans find the English cuisine horrible, but I simply love it!
I also love fresh fruit and all kinds of raw salads.
Well, evidently I like nearly everything... with one exception: very sweet things. I cut down sugar to about 1/2 or 2/3 in most recipes and my chocoholism is limited to 75-85 % chocolate. So if I post my own creations, you might have to increase the sweeteners to your taste

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