Join the discussion with over 106,000+ fellow recipe lovers   |   Don’t miss our newsletter!   |   Make Oma's favorite recipe

Oma's German Noodles & Rice 

Käsespätzle ~ Cheese Spaetzle ... homemade noodlesKäsespätzle - a German version of Mac and Cheese - only BETTER!

German noodles, aka Nudeln, make kid-friendly dinners, especially the German version of "Mac and Cheese" called Käsespätzle. This was among the quick, easy pasta recipes my Mutti would make. Packaged spätzle noodles (THE traditional German noodles) were not available when we lived in northern Ontario.

Yes, I love my Spätzle lid with the scraper to make these noodles.

You can either book a trip to Germany to buy yours, or else, just order online. Quite a bit cheaper! LOL 

Enjoy! So easy to make these and they taste so much better than the packaged kind.

Click on the image to take a peek ... and see if it's something you need / want as well :)

German rice, aka Reis, is also an easy side dish. Whenever Mutti made this, I used to think we were eating Chinese food. I didn't realize that it was used much in Germany as well. Now, I really like making it in my Instant Pot pressure cooker. So easy and so PERFECT.

Oma's German Noodles & Rice Recipes

Cheese Spätzle - German 'macaroni and cheese' dishCheese Spätzle - German 'macaroni and cheese' dish
pressure cooked rice in an Instant PotPressure Cooked Rice - PERFECT!
easy baked spaghetti casseroleOma's Easy Baked Spaghetti Casserole
"Schupfnudeln" - how to make noodles from scratch
German SpaetzleGerman Spätzle - make your spätzle from scratch
2-Step Rice: Boil & Steam2-Step Rice: Boil & Steam
"Noodle Nests" - easy pasta casserole recipe

Potatoes and dumplings are the most popular starches served throughout most of Germany. However, in southern Germany (is it because they're closer to Italy?) noodles and pasta are very common, especially the famous Spätzle.

When cooking spaghetti, cook some extra for another dinner. Use the extra in a Baked Spaghetti dish. This is an easy vegetarian meal, but it also tastes great with some leftover meat added. Smoked German sausage would be a wonderful addition!

Want to learn how to make noodles? They is an interesting recipe for "Schupfnudeln" meaning "finger noodles" that uses potatoes in the dough.

Delicious! I first encountered these very different noodles at a high-class restaurant overlooking the vineyards in the Erlenbach area. They were served with wild deer and mushrooms. Ahhhh . . . German food!

Oma says,

I used to think we were eating 'Italian' when Mutti cooked noodles, thinking that noodles and pasta were the same thing. The basic difference is that noodles contain eggs. 

It wasn't till I travelled to Germany that I realized how popular noodles are, especially in the southern part of the country. There, the main starch used with meals is some type of noodle.

And, that's what Mutti did as well. When we came home for lunch on schooldays, we often had some sort of noodle dish. Mutti would add just a bit of meat left over from dinner the night before, put a can or two of veggies in. Finished.

*  *  *  *  *


Want nutritional information for a recipe? Copy and paste the ingredient list and the number of servings into Calorie Count. It will give you an approximate calculation.

Check out Oma's e-Cookbooks
Quick Fix Soup eCookbook
Oma's German Meat Recipes eCookbook
Top 10 Instant Pot Pressure Cooker Recipes eCookbook
Oma's Oktoberfest eCookbook
Oma's Easter Feast eCookbook
Oma's Christmas Baking eCookbook
Oma's Summer Salads eCookbook


PIN this ...

Perfect Rice, every time! In an Instant Pot electric pressure cooker

Words to the Wise

"The path of the virtuous leads away from evil; whoever follows that path is safe."

Proverbs 16:17 (NLT)


Top of German Noodles

› Noodles