Our Mom'S German Recipes

I was born in Germany and learned how to make many delicious and traditional German meals by my Mutti’s side. After years of perfecting the recipes, I have created this incredible collection that covers well-known dishes from Berlin to Hamburg―and everywhere in between.

Whether you’re in the mood for the heartwarming dishes of your childhood or you simply want to try tasty dishes from a new cuisine, I make it easy for you to take classic German recipes from my family’s table to yours.

Each of these 75 wunderbar recipes has a full page color photo and is filled with tips and tricks, right from my kitchen.

Parmesan Crusted Chicken

Here’s your chance to get German Meals at Oma’s for yourself and for everyone on your gift-giving list! Pass on your German culture to your children and grandchildren. Share your love for German cuisine with your friends and neighbors.

I've re-created those traditional German foods that you recall your Oma making by using easily available ingredients and new methods that don't take hours.

Many German recipes use ingredients only available in Germany. Since I don't live in Germany, having access to these isn’t always easy. So, I experimented with my Mutti’s recipes (many came from her hand-written notes) and made them with ingredients easily purchased at my local Canadian grocery store.

First Time I've Ran The Special Since My Mom Died. It's Her Recipe.

These e-cookbooks, written in English, are the result. Since they are instantly downloadable PDFs, the moment you order them, you’ll be cooking and baking just like Oma in no time at all! (Prices below are in USD.)

You'll find oodles of recipes in my eCookbooks that will trigger memories of meals at Oma's ... both from the northern part of Germany and the southern part.

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Oma's Top 10 German Foods With Recipes

Oma's newest cookbook (in English), Baking Just like Oma, is now available. Filled with recipes for breads, rolls, cakes, and Christmas treats, you'll be amazed how easy it is to make those wonderful German mouthwatering treats. Grab this paperback today! 

Grab this cookbook as well,  German Meals at Oma's, (in English). Filled with recipes from every German state, it will take you on a tour throughout Germany. Eat your way around the country and try some traditional foods that are easy to make. It's also available as a Kindle version. 

Hi, I'm Oma Gerhild ! As a food writer and cookbook author, I'm always looking to find ways to pass on my German heritage using local ingredients. Quick and easy. That's my goal. Wunderbar food. That's the result.

German Spaetzle Dumplings Recipe

This classic cookbook (German Meals at Oma's) has not only a variety of different recipes, but also key notes to help even those with little experience in the kitchen learn to make excellent German cuisine.

Hi, I'm Oma Gerhild! I'm a food writer and cookbook author, always looking to find ways to pass on my German heritage using local ingredients. Quick and easy. That's my goal. Wunderbar food. That's the result.

To those who don’t know Gerhild, she’s the Oma who put German cuisine on the map with her highly popular website, justlikeoma.com. Oma dispelled, with great skill, my stereotypical view of beige-y sauce over beige-y sausage with beige-y sauerkraut and beige-y potatoes and finally - beige-y taste. I thought all German cuisine was the same - sausage. Boy was I wrong. Beautifully photographed, Oma’s recipes taste as scrumptious as they look. Look out France, Spain and Italy. A new major European cuisine is about to give you a run for our palates!

Mom's Zucchini Bread Recipe

Gerhild’s Just Like Oma website has always been a go-to when I’m searching for German recipes that taste like home, so I’m absolutely delighted that her fabulous recipes have been captured in book form. This beautiful cookbook is loaded with regional recipes and mouthwatering photographs. Best of all, there are tips to insure that your dishes taste just like Oma’s. German Meals at Oma’s is destined to be a kitchen essential for all German-American kitchens.

As a German-American that is a bit culinarily challenged, this book is a true blessing! What makes this book extra wonderful is that the recipes are separated by region. German food is more complex than bratwurst, sauerkraut and pretzels! This classic cookbook has not only a variety of different recipes, but also key notes to help even those with little experience in the kitchen learn to make excellent German cuisine.

I have followed Gerhild’s recipes for many years. Her recipes are similar to the ones I grew up eating from my German heritage. I have found her recipes to be authentic and easy to understand. In Gerhild’s book, German Meals at Oma’s, I like how she divided the recipes by regions of Germany. I also love her pictures and little tips given about the recipes. These are great for the readers! I recommend this book for all cooks; beginners and experienced.

Best German Foods

Gerhild takes us on a culinary journey across Germany through her thoughtful selection of regional dishes, with helpful tips and anecdotes along the way. Written with heart and expertise, Gerhild captures the essence of traditional German food culture in a way that will elicit an enthusiastic “Guten Appetit!

If you love German food and want to explore preparing some memorable German meals at home, then you need the new cookbook German Meals at Oma’s. Her recipes are authentic, and she truly has an amazing assortment included from sauerbraten to spätzle and everything in between. This is really one of the BEST German cookbooks to come out in a long time.

Love authentic German food? Oma creates traditional German recipes with tips and tricks to make them inexpensive, no fuss, and tasty! Can’t pronounce Rotkohl mit Äpfeln? No problem! Oma lets you in on just what the recipe is (Red Cabbage and Apples) AND makes it so simple to prepare even an Irishwoman like me could follow her recipes.

German Food's Not Heavy. It's Hearty — And Wonderful

This comprehensive cookbook brings back so many treasured food memories from my childhood. My German “Mutti” and her mom, my Oma, both long gone, were such great cooks, but their recipes were never written down. Gerhild Fulson’s expansive recipe collection will help people of my generation with their “lost” recipes and it will introduce new generations to German specialties that are both delicious and a part of Germany’s rich culinary culture.

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My Mom Requested My Great Grandmas German Chocolate Cake For Her 70th Birthday. I Followed The Recipe Exactly. Might Not Be Beautiful, But My Mom Said It Tasted Just Like She Remembers!

Own personal opinions or ideas.  At times, I will showcase services, programs, and products. I aim to highlight ones that you might find interesting, and if you buy future items from those companies, I may get a small share of the revenue from the sale. We are independently owned and the opinions expressed here are our own.Oma's TOP 10 German foods that will have you thinking you're back in your Oma's kitchen in Germany, cooking and baking together with her. But best of all, you'll be making memories! Here, you'll find main dishes, sides, and desserts, ALL lecker smecker for special occasions or cozy nights in.

German cuisine has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. Ever since I was little, Oma taught me how to make her favorite comfort foods, traditional German food, and some not-so-traditional foods.

Being in the kitchen working alongside my Oma is one of my favorite things to do and has been since I was little. We've made many memories together making these yummy recipes ... lots of picture taking, lots of laughs, and lots of snacking along the way. :)

My Mom's Sausage & Sage Dressing

You may recognize this picture from our home page, so to kick off our top ten recipes, let's tackle those four you see there first! Starting with ...

German Potato Dumplings,  aka Kartoffelklöße,  bring back great memories of visits to my Oma's house. We would often find a big bowl of these potato dumplings waiting for us on the table, and sitting right beside them would be Rouladen with gravy! Yum! This recipe is straight from my Oma's Mutti's cookbook, which makes it even more special.

The best part about these dumplings is the leftovers because they're so easy to pack up and send home with us after our visit. Oma always sends home doggy bags, but how could we complain about that? ;)

German Cucumber Salad Recipe

If you like these dumplings, then you'll LOVE Oma's königsberger klopse! A tasty treat that can be found in so many German restaurants. You'll love the different flavors of the comforting sauce that accompanies these meatballs.

This traditional German beef Rouladen recipe   my Oma's most cherished German food from her childhood and she has since