I can eat pasta every single day, just don’t tell it my mom, please. A good refreshing pasta salad with lemon dressing and feta is especially great in the warmer months. It is easy to make in 15 min and can last for several days in your fridge. Perfect for someone busy or lazy (like … Read more
When it comes to cookies, you can easily lose me. Chocolate chip cookies are definitely my favorite – even if I am trying to avoid coffee in my life, I can’t help but have a chocolate chip with a latte in one of my fav cafes. And these are extremely good. They are soft and … Read more
Yum! I love, love, LOVE Old Fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup. It is one of my favorite dish to eat, anytime. When you’re sick the only thing you could probably want is chicken noodle soup – and I understand! 🙂 I really want some soup every time I got sick and even my mother always made … Read more
I love cheesecakes and this time we go for a lemon curd cheesecake – juicy, a bright and sweet sprinkle of taste with creamy and smooth cheesecake base – what can be better? The biggest challenge with Lemon curd cheesecake is not to eat all lemon curd before even making cheesecake – yes, it turns … Read more
I know that cold salad probably doesn’t seem super fall-ish as far as food goes, but I just love the convenience of pasta salads. Just 5 minutes and the meal is ready.. for a whole week! Perfect for a lazy cook like I am. On top of that, this particular salad hits on all the high notes – sweet, salty, savory, crunchy … Read more
Guyanese Black Cake, also called Caribbean black cake, Black cake, Fruit cake, Rum cake and even Jamaican rum cake with icing (so many names I know!) is a staple dense and moist cake for Christmas, weddings, and other celebrations in the Caribbean. Guyanese Black Cake reminds fruit cake and chocolate cake, but it is none … Read more
Lupe Tortilla Fajita recipe is a copycat recipe for famous beef fajita served in Lupe Tortilla in Texas. Lupe Tortilla exists since 1983 and we recommend you try their Mexican food. Lupe Tortilla Fajita recipe is easy and requires a bit of prep to marinate the meat, but the ingredients are easy-to-find and delicious. Here … Read more
Mushrooms are healthy, tasty and well-loved, but some of us suffer from allergies or do not consume mushrooms at all. As a substitute for mushrooms, I can suggest chicken or beef broth for meat lovers, umami seasoning, or dried mushrooms for those who just don’t have fresh mushrooms, vegetables, nuts, soybeans, chickpeas, caramelized onion or … Read more
Beef broth is the base of a huge variety of recipes. It is a health thin liquid made by simmering beef or beef and vegetables. It is light, cloudy and watery broth, but rich in nutrients. But the thing is some of us are vegetarian, or simply do not like beef or veal and want … Read more
Cremini mushrooms, also called “baby bella” mushrooms, are basically immature white mushrooms (champignons), they are small, have a round brown top and a great savory flavor, more concentrated than white mushrooms. If you can’t find them, the best substitutes for cremini mushroms are, obviously, white and portobello mushrooms, but also shiitake, tofu, tempeh, some vegetables … Read more