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by: Gerhild Fulson / Cookbook Author, Blogger, German Oma!
Having30 minute meal recipesin your German food recipe file helps end the dinnertime frazzles. These are quick meal recipes that really help take a load off your shoulders.
Spending hours in the kitchen can be exhausting, let's face it, sometimes patience can be a challenge when your tummy keeps grumbling.
For example, this green bean soup shown below is quickly thrown together in 30 minutes. So satisfying. So delicious.
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You may be wondering why these recipes are so quick to make, and the reason is, most of the ingredients that are needed are staples that you can already find in your pantry or freezer.
Leave the stressful last-minute dinner shopping behind, and try one of these 30 minute meal recipes! Efficient, and delicious!
Spending hours in the kitchen can be exhausting, let's face it, sometimes patience can be a challenge when your tummy keeps grumbling.
Some are sucheasy one dish mealsand are such simple quick dinner recipes that they will become favorites.
For example, try Hoppel Poppel ... my Mutti's favorite way to use up leftovers. It is so good!Actually, it's MORE than good. It's scrumptious!
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A very fast meal is Eggs with Mustard Sauce. You're probably thinking what I thought when my sister said that's what we were having for dinner.
"EGGS WITH MUSTARD SAUCE!" was my quiet reaction!
But she was back home from having lived in Germany for a couple of years. I was so surprised. With boiled potatoes, the mustard sauce and several hard boiled eggs cut in half on top, supper was delicious.
Have just some leftover potatoes, a bit of meat or bacon, and some eggs? Make some Hoppel Poppel. Not only is it a great name to use for the kids, but kids of all ages love it. 'Twas my favorite lunch to come home to from school and it also makes a great supper.
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Here's my granddaughter Lydia'spork schnitzelmade quickly and conveniently in the air fryer. This one can be done in only 20 minutes!
A German classic made modern! Air fryers are gaining popularity every day, and after using them myself, I can see why. You'll love using yours to make this lecker recipe. Crispy, flavorful, and traditional, what's not to love!
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Use these easy dinner ideas as examples for your traditional German creations - change the veggies (perhaps jarred Red Cabbage), change the meat, add an extra can of this or that - and turn out your own 30 minute dinner!
30 Minute Meal Recipes made Just like Oma
German Green Bean Soup - super quick and easy
Pork Chop Dinner - so delicious, so quick, so German!
Homemade Potato Soup
Hoppel Poppel - the Berlin way of using up leftovers
Eggs with mustard sauce - very quick and easy Bavarian meal
German Rice Dinner - similar to risotto, just easier
Fried Potato Dinner - easy from scratch or made from leftovers
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