Typically German: Bread Dumplings With Creamy Mushroom Sauce | Cook It Like A German

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

stale bread

🥗Healthier: whole grain bread

💰Cheaper: day-old bread

Whole grain adds fiber and nutrients

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil provides healthy fats while being dairy-free

Cut wheat bread rolls into small cubes.

Melt butter in a skillet and add chopped onion, cooking until softened.

Pour in milk over the bread cubes and mix.

Add 2 eggs, chopped flat leaf parsley, salt, and black pepper to the bread mixture and combine with hands until not too mushy.

Fry bacon in the skillet until crispy, then add sliced brown mushrooms and trumpet mushrooms, cooking until golden.

Add more onions if desired and cook until translucent.

Combine the mushroom and bacon mixture with the dumpling dough and form into dumplings.

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and gently drop in the dumplings, cooking until they float to the surface.

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