Homemade pizza tonight, everyone made their own tasty pizza!
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Homemade Pizza
Category Archives: Sides & Bites
Cheese Puffs
Such an easy recipe and quick to make, but so delicious! They are scrumptious when hot, but also good cold too. Perfect for breakfast with your tea, lunch with your soup or salad, and dinner like appetizer. Reminds me of khachapuri, but easier and more simple. Also perfect idea when you...
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Keftedes (Greek Meatballs)
Keftédes (κεφτέδες) may be one of the best Greek appetizers (mezé) around! They are little round meatballs served as an appetizer or with tzatziki, Greek salad and pita or pasta for a full meal.
Of course there are many recipes for this dish. Keftedes different from many meatballs because of their size. Greeks make...
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Asian night
Yep, it still snowing here in Minnesota, a lot and we try to keep our house warm :) Asian night this Sunday! Steamed and fried dumplings; chicken egg rolls with homemade dough. Nailed it again!
Sweet and Sour Pork Steamed Dumplings
Fried and Steamed Dumplings
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Orange Madeleine with Chocolate
Another cold day here
Today my kids decided to make sweet ‘potato’ cakes. Another really cold day outside, but warm and sunny in my kitchen!
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Baby it’s cold outside!!!
When it’s -24C outside and no school, it’s the perfect time to make pelmeni/ dumplings with the kids! So much fun and really tasty!
The dough recipe, my favorite!
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Football Pizza Pockets
It's game time and I found a clever idea online for a perfect Super Bowl party snack. Really fun to make for game night and very easy to prepare. Use fillings to your taste, go Italian by adding pepperoni, pizza sauce and mozzarella, or try chicken with bacon. I even used sliced brats and it worked...
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Pork Meatballs in Asian Style
These meatballs are so flavorful, tender, juicy and really easy to prepare. A perfect idea for your 'finger food' party, Super Bowl party, or even the holidays. You can make them for dinner with rice, potatoes or vegetables. And you can also serve with any Asian-flavored sauce to your taste.
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Asian Steamed Dumplings with Pork and Shrimp
A very simple recipe using pelmeni/ dumplings dough, but yet it is much easier to work with, because with the addition of vegetable oil, the dough is more soft and more elastic. I cooked some of the pelmeni/ dumplings right away for dinner, and placed the remainder in the freezer for another time.
Instead of a bamboo steamer,...
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