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Christmas (festive) aroma in the house

23Dec

How to make your house smell like Christmas. Great idea for Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Year, or any fall/winter chilly evening. 8 cups of water 1 orange (skin) 1 lemon (skin) 1 apple cut into 4-8 pieces 2 cinnamon sticks 1 branch of a Christmas tree or a small bunch of rosemary 3 star anise 1 tbsp vanilla 5-10 cloves caramel and nut syrup (almond) Add all the ingredients into a...

Pilaf / Plov in Instant Pot

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19Dec

Plov ( pilav, pilaf and etc) in an Instant Pot? Why not? Some call it "Lazy Plov", because to cook the real one, you need to spend more time and use some certain techniques for achieving non-sticky cooked grains. You also use a special dish to cook the Plov, but I’ll...

Rogaliki ( the easy way) and photobomb from Knopka

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17Dec

When you are cooking and taking pictures for food blog and there is photobomb from Knopka ? (more…)...

Quick homemade tomato sauce

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09Dec

Quick homemade tomato sauce for the pasta ? super easy and so delicious ? onions, garlic, tomatoes, tomato paste, balsamic, basil, Italian herbs, pepperoncini (more…)...

Roasted Cherry Tomatoes with Thyme, Garlic, Oregano and Olive Oil

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09Dec

A very simple and easy recipe for an original and super tasty tomato side dish. It goes great with grilled steak or other meats, roasted chicken, fried fish or add in with pasta. I suggest to pierce each tomato with a toothpick before cooking them. A flavorful and tasty side dish, healthy for your daily portion of vegetables. Read more

Feta Cheese Bread with Herbs

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05Dec

I love feta cheese on cabbage salad, Greek salads, or tarts (also with roasted figs). I add feta with orzo pasta, Khachapuri, or some of my favorite appetizers as well (or...

Coca Cola Baked Ham

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02Dec

I always had thought to make a Coca Cola baked ham for Easter or Christmas. I finally got a great peace of meat from the butcher and made this delicious, sweet, and little bit spicy baked ham! (more…)...

Happy Thanksgiving 2019

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28Nov

Happy Thanksgiving ??? had 3 hours for making this delicious dinner today, I think we nailed it! Creamy Poblano Rajas with Chicken; Chicken Marinated in Mineral Water and Baked with Garlic Sauce ; Mush potatoes with roaster garlic and rosemary; Gravy; Korean Carrot; Beets with walnuts; Custard Cream Horns (Trubochki); almost all recipes in my blog! Enjoy your time...

Easy Mexican Red Tomato Sauce (Salsa Roja)

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26Nov

Mexico is so popular with the huge number of various salsas, all very tasty! Whether you like it hot and spicy, cold and mild, easy or complicated, there are so many different kinds, it will take forever to try them all! I added my simple recipe for Salsa Verde (Green Sauce) andRead more

Tasty and healthy soup for these days

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25Nov

Caldo de Pollo (Homemade Chicken Soup) with corn chips and avocado, perfect dish for this cold, windy weather. In Mexico, this soup is used during illnesses as a treatment for colds, as well as a regular comfort food for cold or under-the weather days. Read more

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Christmas (festive) aroma in the house

Pilaf / Plov in Instant Pot

Rogaliki ( the easy way) and photobomb from Knopka

Quick homemade tomato sauce

Roasted Cherry Tomatoes with Thyme, Garlic, Oregano and Olive Oil

Feta Cheese Bread with Herbs

Coca Cola Baked Ham

Happy Thanksgiving 2019

Easy Mexican Red Tomato Sauce (Salsa Roja)

Tasty and healthy soup for these days

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