Food
Tannita’s delicate orange cardamom cookies
My virtual friend blogger Tannita gave me a big surprise! She organized sort of a raffle on her blog, where we had to guess what her daughter wants for breakfast. My kids and I guessed most of the things and won the raffle. She sent me this beautiful round baking pan, that I just LOVE!…
Read MoreChristmas Mini tarts with caramelized pear jam and pecans in 3 easy steps!
As I promised in my post yesterday, here is the recipe for the mini tarts I made for Christmas. Very easy and less time consuming than most recipes for sweets. You would need:1 package of pie crust ( there are 2 crusts inside)1 jar of jam ( I used caramelized pear jam but you can…
Read MoreChristmas cookies 2009
I was thinking if I should name this post ” Cookie baking from Hell”, but then I thought it would be easier to find the posting later if I put only the ” Christmas cookies”. 🙂 Long story short, I spent 8 straight hours baking sheet by sheet ( no, I don’t have one of…
Read MoreThe best (Saffron) Salmon soup
I haven’t made fish soup more than a year. I don’t know why, probably because the kids prefer the baked/fried fish more, but it’s a real shame because I have the best recipe for Salmon soup with saffron.So, last week I wanted to cook something warm, like a soup, because it was such a chilly…
Read MoreThe 3 things you need for an awesome Thanksgiving dinner (Roasted chicken with mushrooms and onions)
You know how there are these lists of things you need to make your Christmas perfect? Well, I have my 3 things you absolutely need to have a perfect Thanksgiving dinner: -Friends, Pie and Turkey!If you lack even one, it’s not the perfect Thanksgiving dinner. This year I have more things than ever to be…
Read MoreKitchen Aid Black Friday deal on Amazon!!!
This is my second posting for today, but I just had to share as soon as I saw it!!!Amazon is having a blow out sale of Kitchen Aid 600 Professional ( the same as mine) on this amazing price! * Note that the price is a subject to a change, I have no idea what…
Read MoreThanksgiving Feast 2009
Very turbulent holiday we had yesterday, but overall it was a nice and warm evening that reminded us how important is to have your family around you, to love you, support you and help you though tough times.So the thing I am thankful for this year is having the love of my family! I wouldn’t…
Read MoreI am week 9 contest winner!!! :-)
I’ve posted 2 recipes in the Athens Food Phyllo Dough contest some time ago and imagine my surprise, when I just found out that I won week 9’s prize!!!Isn’t that amazing? I didn’t even know! I totally forgot about it and here it is ” Week 9 winner” title right next to my post! 🙂…
Read MoreTikvenik – Phyllo Dough Pumpkin Sweet
This is one of the things I’ve craved the most when I was pregnant with my daughter. Gosh, wash I glad when I finally found a ready made phyllo dough from the store! I love tikvenik made with home made phyllo dough, but it takes too much time, especially when you are as big as…
Read MoreA very quick caviar appetizer
In spite of all that glorifying of the black caviar, I just love the red one! Unfortunately I haven’t seen it in the store for the longest time and the one Seafood store we have around here is very far, so I guess black caviar will do 😉 It is very easy recipe and you…
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