Great idea for Halloween and Thanksgiving!

How cool is this? Use the pumpkin as the serving bowl for this Rice and Vegetables dish. If you don’t like rice with fruits, substitute meat instead, and add different herbs. Rice can be replaced with potatoes too.

Pan De Muerto

Each year on November 1st and 2nd in Mexico as well as in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, people celebrate the Day of the Dead. This is a touching and at the same time joyous holiday when people remember their dead relatives and ancestors. A special place on the table is Pan de Muerto “Bread of the Dead”. There are many varieties but it is usually round in shape, often with the addition of anise seeds and orange zest, strips of dough on top in the form of bones, and on top a round ball symbolizing the skull.

What’s in season

From cakes and quick breads to pies and pancakes, everything benefits from the sweet and spiced flavor of pumpkin.

Autumn is here…

Keep warm as the weather turns cooler with these easy fall recipes!

Potato Latkes

Celebrate Hanukkah (December 5- 12) with a traditional classic! These crispy potato pancakes are a welcome dish all year.

Kartofdzhyn

Kartofdzhyn- the pie stuffed with potato and cheese. These popular Ossetian pies are baked with different fillings and often prepared on holidays. In Ossetia they traditionally serve three pies on a plate and only on days of mourning – an even number. These pies are a cult food in Ossetia and have ritual significance.

Grill time!

Warmer weather means it’s time for backyard burgers, tender kebabs, sizzling steaks, BBQ ribs, cold refreshing drinks and gatherings of family and friends.

Chicken Piccata

Chicken Piccata are chicken breast cutlets coated in flour, fried and served with a sauce of butter, lemon juice, white wine or broth and capers. Simple ingredients, but the result are great, delicious, and tasty!

Slow cooker (crock pot)

Slow cooking allows flavors to steep and blend together. It circulates heat and liquid so food stays moist.

Breakfast

Whether it’s a special occasion, or just the weekend, one of these breakfast ideas will be the best part of waking up!

Love my garden

I love gardening so much, it makes my world beautiful. I have a vegetable/herb garden, flower gardens, fruit trees and berries. When I am outside I feel happy, too bad we don’t have nice weather all year but when we do, we are gardening! 😉

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Banana Bread with Nuts and Orange Zest

Moist Banana Bread with Orange Zest, Walnuts & Dark Chocolate A small-batch banana bread made in the Ninja Crispi Pro. Soft, moist, fragrant, and not overly sweet, with a lovely combination of orange, warm spices, crunchy walnuts, and dark chocolate. Ingredients 127 g ripe banana, peeled * 45–50 g egg (without shell) * 30 g unsalted butter, melted * 30 g brown...
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Tori No Karaage

One of the most -loved Japanese dishes, Tori No Karaage. This is Japanese chicken Tori no Karaage — bite-sized pieces of chicken coated in an extra-crispy coating. The secret is double frying, which makes the crust especially crispy. (more…)...
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Alabama BBQ Chicken with White BBQ Sauce

The sauce reminds me Icelandic sauce for the hotdogs, so good with everything. I didn't had horseradish this time, so I used garlic and Dijone mustard. The sauce is the bomb! White BBQ Sauce: 3/4 cup of Mayo, 2 tbsp cider vinegar, 2 tsp sugar, 1/2 tsp prepared horseradish, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp black pepper, 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper. -Mix...
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Chiles en Nogada

Even though the holiday season is already over here in Mexico, and no one is serving or selling this dish in restaurants anymore, I decided to make it anyway. Read more

Belyashi with meat

Belyashi with meat (for the dough I used sour cream). Also, you can use pork or beef, or mixed.
На 4 беляша:
* 100 г сметаны
* 35–45 мл воды или молока
* 150 г муки
* ½ ч. л. разрыхлителя
* ½ ч. л. соли
* 1 ч....
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Fried King Oyster Scallops

Fried King oyster scallops (they taste like scallops, super delicious!). Нарезать кружками толщиной около 1,5 см или вдоль пластинами. Обжарить: * немного масла * до золотистой корочки с двух сторон * затем добавить * 1 ст. л. соевого соуса * немного мирина или сахара * каплю кунжутного масла * немного сливочного масла (по желанию) Обжарь king oyster именно на...
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Fancy Rhubarb Tart

Remember the new cookbook I got a few weeks ago? It’s full of amazing and helpful information, beautiful photography, and so many recipes I can’t wait to try.
We started with the very first one that caught my eye. It had been on my baking list...
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Vareniki, summer 2026

My son is visiting us this weekend, so my daughter and I are making one of his favorite Ukrainian dishes for dinner—vareniki (Ukrainian dumplings, in Poland- pierogis)—with three different fillings.
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