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

Let the holidays begin!

Find some great recipes for Christmas and New Year!

What’s in season

Try one of these tasty recipe ideas using oranges.

Cookies

Here are great cookies ideas to help make the holidays extra sweet and special!

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!

Potato Latkes

Celebrate Hanukkah (December 25-Jan 2) with a traditional classic! These crispy potato pancakes are a welcome dish all year.

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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Nalysnyky

Nalysnyky is a traditional Ukrainian dish made from thin pancakes and served with sour cream, jam, honey, condensed milk, caviar, whipped cream, or even more savory ingredients like cheese, meat, mushrooms or vegetables. It’s very similar to crepes. Traditional Ukrainian fillings for Nalysnyky is cottage cheese with sugar and raisins, and the second most popular filling is meat. Here...
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Stuffed Baked Prunes in Bacon

Easy and tasty appetizer. I used Jarlsberg cheese but you can use any other cheese of your choice  and instead of walnuts you can use toasted almonds. The bacon juices balance the sweetness and make it a hearty appetizer, great with white wine or a tapas party!...
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Lemon Madeleine

Madeleine cookies are one of my family's favorite desserts. They are not very cheap in the store and kids eat these cookies so quick. But it's actually really simple to make and they turn out so much better than store bought. Plus its easy to add different flavors. The only problem is you need to have a madeleine mold,...
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Blini

Russian Blini with pear filling topped with caramel syrup and peaches with whipped honey cream. These looks good enough for dinner to me! ;)  I'll share the recipes soon! (more…)...
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I love Guacamole!

Hi, it's Nikita here and I'll tell you how I make one of favorite dishes, guacamole. This dish is so creamy but chunky, and very healthy. I like to serve this with chips, tacos, even hotdogs and burgers! The ingredients are simple: One Avocado, 1/2 of a medium tomato, one small seeded jalapeño, 1/2 of a medium onion, juice of 1/2...
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Latkes

latkes are a traditional Jewish dish for Hanukkah, but they can be made on any other day as an appetizer or side dish for dinner. Latkes are usually made ​​from potatoes and onions, but you can also add zucchini, apples, carrots, sweet potatoes, parsnips and more. If you want your latkes to be golden crispy on the outside and soft...
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