Super Bowl

Bring sports bar favorites to your home, just add friends and your favorite game and let the fun begin!

What’s in season

Pomegranates have been enjoyed for thousands of years and are a symbol of hope and abundance in many cultures.

January 31 st marked as ‘birthday’ of Russian Vodka.

 

It was on this day in 1865, the famous chemist Dmitri Mendeleev defended his doctoral dissertation “On the connection of alcohol with water”.

Peking Duck

Peking duck is one of the most famous of Chinese dishes. The duck is rubbed with honey and baked in a special oven, usually served with steamed pancakes (or ‘mandarin’ pancakes), spring onions, cucumber sticks and sweet bean sauce (Tianmianjiang which can be replaced by Hoisin sauce). There are many recipes for Peking duck, some are easy and some are not, which can make it intimidating to prepare.

Need to escape the chill of winter? Warm up your days with these tasty winter dishes!

What’s in season

Try one of these tasty recipe ideas using oranges.

Lemons

If there’s one fruit you should always have on hand, it’s lemons. From their zest to their juice, they enhance so many recipes and make everything a little brighter!

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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Snapshots from life

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Mexican Cobb salad

Mexican Cobb salad (carnitas, black beans, tomatoes, poblano, corn, avocado, red onion, Mexican cheese, cilantro) with homemade avocado dressing (avocado, jalapeño, Greek yogurt, lime, cilantro, olive oil, garlic, water, salt, pepper) (more…)...
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Poppy seed buns

While I was working in the garden and planting seedlings, Nicole made delicious poppy seed buns. So lucky my kids can and love cooking! We changed a little bit her recipe, usually the filling is having more liquid, so try to cook longer on a low heat, add a little bit of flour or add les water....
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Crispy skin and juicy chicken

For crispy skin and juicy chicken you don’t need to do a lot. Super easy recipe: dry a whole chicken with paper towel, put in a baking sheet; you don’t need to put any spices, but I put some on top for chicken. Then pour some salt around the chicken or in the corners of baking sheet, I put...
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