Chicken Rolls with Ham and Cheese
These chicken rolls are simple and totally delicious meal that everyone will like. Pinky promise.I've tried serving them in different occasions, from weeknight family dinners to weekend dinner parties...
View ArticleCreamy Vanilla Rice Pudding with Peaches
Peaches are not in season, I know... at least not on the northern hemisphere. But as you remember, I've been emptying my blog draft folder since my camera was being repaired (and it got home safely...
View ArticleBlueberry (Billberry) Ricotta Muffins
I'll never refuse a good muffin, especially a fruit studded one. Any time of the day, in the morning, after lunch, in the mid-afternoon. There's always a good excuse to have one.I won't lie, though,...
View ArticleMorning Bow Ties
Year after year, we arrived to number 12 together. And it seems like it all started only yesterday.Our knot got tied even tighter with our three gorgeous kids. One could not ask for more but good...
View ArticleRicotta and polenta chips with sage salt for Gluten Free (Fri)Day
When I was a child my mother often prepared polenta in the evening. We loved it. Especially my younger brother who always made sure there was some of it left for second helping. Unlike most people who...
View ArticleHot Milk Sponge Cake
There are moments when we all seem to be running headless around. And yet I don't won't to renounce something nice and homemade to have in the morning with the first morning coffee or in the afternoon...
View ArticleSourdough crackers
                     Ten more days and I'd be counting two months absence from blogging. Lots of things happened in the meantime... we moved to a new appartment finally, and above...
View ArticleFettine Langarole
This household cannot survive without cookies. They can change shape, ingredients, taste, but the sight of an empty cookie jar creates immediate panic and triggers the brainstorming process: What...
View ArticleRoasted Cauliflower
            This winter hasn't been really winter, so far. Too warm. Kids complain about absence of snow. Even the little snow that we had two days ago were rather "much noise about...
View ArticleA Slice of Paradise
There are moments of a day when everyone need a caress. Or a slice of Paradise maybe.With this cake you get both.Shut the door. Take your favourite cup from a cupboard. Fill it with coffee or tea. Get...
View ArticleWhite Beans and Roasted Cauliflower Cream of Soup
The flu just won't leave this house. I've been nursing around for the third week in a row, and hoping I won't be the next victim.That leaves little time for cooking, of course. Because as much as kids...
View ArticleMasala Chai
Just as much a big cup of Italian moka in the morning, a cup of chai has become important for me in the afternoon. Both serve as a fuel to carry the day on. I love my coffee but rarely drink any in the...
View ArticleCoconut Chocolates
Kids birthday parties can be so exhausting. But I've survived one more of those. Still carring the consequencies and longing for a nice massage, but trying to go on.The important thing is my daughter...
View ArticleCoconut Milk Cake
As soon as I made the coconut filling for Coconut chocolates the other day, a big question mark appeared in my eyes. And now what? All that coconut milk I'm left with can only last three days in the...
View ArticleQuinoa and Vegetable Patties
An alternative to a meat burger? And really tasty? Get on board and check for yourself.This was one of the very first recipes I tried with quinoa, and I loved them from the first bite.Over time, I've...
View ArticleAlmond and Apple Puff Rolls
"You should have made these with chocolate."(Yeah, right, as if everything I bake must be with chocolate)."But they are horribly good, anyway", he adds with his mouth full and his free hand reaching...
View ArticleFocaccia
Two weeks of house detention have turned me into frenetic baker. To the point that I was left without flour, eggs or butter in the end, not being able to go shopping. Forced detention, seeing that my...
View ArticleCrumble Apple Slices
I've been teasing my facebook followers with photografs recently, promising to post the recipes soon. But things rarely happen in the order I have in mind. And one of the biggest problems is that I'm...
View ArticleWarm Roast Cauliflower, Chickpea and Quinoa Salad
It's Friday and it calls for a simple, healthy but always delicious recipe.To combine vegetables, legumes and cereals in one meal is for me the closest thing to perfection. One dish that has everything...
View ArticleHot cross buns with chocolate chips
Soft sweet buns or croissants are my second favourite thing to eat in the morning for breakfast. Cookies of all shapes are always my first choice. But I must admit that over the past couple months I...
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