Category Archives: Cooking with Kids

Tres leches

We made with my son Tres leches? one of my favorite cakes! To this one I added peach jam to the batter and to the cream ? the cake is soaked with rompope liquor and 3 different milk mixture: condensed milk, evaporated milk and whipping cream. Recipe is coming soon! Photos...
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Khinkali are Georgian dumplings, but also popular in Armenian and Azerbaijani cuisine. Eating Khinkali is an art – using only your hands, hold the handle with the your fingers, then biting the pocket. You aren’t supposed to use a knife or fork, since it will release all the broth. This is what differentiates it from Read more

Vareniki / Pierogi with potatoes and mushrooms or cherries and blueberries

Vareniki ( varenyky, pierogi, perogies ) are stuffed dumplings from Ukraine made from unleavened dough and different fillings. Some of the more popular fillings are vegetables, boiled potatoes, salted cabbage, baked pumpkin, fruits and berries, meat, mushroom, cheese, poppy seed, or buckwheat. My favorite fillings are meat, potatoes with onions and mushrooms, cottage cheese or curd cheese with cherries....
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