March 17, St. Patrick’s Day

A day when everyone can feel a little Irish!

Spring is in the air! Celebrate warm weather with a casual-yet lovely- spring dinner!

March 8, International Women’s Day

Here is a tasty sweet and sour pie stuffed with blueberries.

Maslenitsa!

Maslenitsa is an Eastern Slavic religious and folk holiday where people celebrate saying goodbye to winter and welcoming spring. Like Easter, Maslenitsa is a different day every year, in 2024 it will take place from Feb 26  to March 4.

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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Honey cake, medovik

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What I cook for my favorite people… Another dish I never understood why people are so obsessed with, honey cake ( medovik). I tried many times before from different bakers, and I really don't get it. Plus it’s sooooo complicated to make, at least for me, it takes forever if you are doing a perfect version of the...
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Vietnamese tomato onions salad and dressing

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Vietnamese tomato onions salad, with baguette, Thai basil, cilantro, pistachios, crispy shallots. For the dressing: fish and soy sauce, maple syrup or honey, lime zest and juice, mustard, red chili. Love it!
Serves 4
For the dressing
1 tbsp fish sauce or soy sauce
1 top maple syrup or honey zest of 1 lime plus 1 tbsp juice 1 red...
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Mozzarella Stuffed Rosemary and Parmesan Soft Pretzels

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Mozzarella Stuffed Rosemary and Parmesan Soft Pretzels, they are super good!!! Ingredients For the Dough: 1 and 1/2 cups warm water (between 110-115 degrees F) 1 package Rapid Rise yeast 1 and 1/2 tablespoons sugar 1 and 3/4 teaspoons salt 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary, chopped 4 and 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, very soft Cooking Liquid: 10...
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Slivyanka, plum liqueur

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Skivyanka, plum liqueur. From 10 kg of plums, a little more than 10 l of super delicious drink. plums 1 kg vodka 0.5l sugar 300g Rinse the ripe plums thoroughly, remove the pits and cut into small pieces. 2. Place the chopped plums in a jar or wine bucket. I also put them in a special wine making bag. 3. Add vodka, Plum...
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