blog about simple homemade cooking recipes from scratch, with a side of nostalgia
Homemade Pancake Mix – ready in minutes using a few basic ingredients. Easy! It’s a lazy Sunday morning and you need to make pancakes for breakfast, but don’t have any store-bought pancake mix in your pantry? No problem, you can fix it in a minute with a few basic ingredients. If you double, triple or…
Toasted Walnuts – easy method to enhance the flavor of walnuts before using them in your recipes. This is strange! I’ve always toasted hazelnuts before I used them in any dessert recipe. I knew toasting enhances their flavor. But it never occurred to me to toast walnuts. I don’t know why. Probably because my mom…
Tomato Rice – easy summer side dish with Mediterranean flavors: tomatoes, olive oil, garlic and oregano! Remember Potatoes in Tomato Sauce recipe from two years ago? People really liked it and so did I. This time I have for you a similar recipe with rice instead of potatoes. Potatoes in Tomato Sauce It is quite…
Cajun Potato Salad – flavorful creamy side dish to every summer barbecue! Just like Amish Potato Salad recipe from three years ago, this Cajun Potato Salad is a great side dish to every summer barbecue, whether you grill meat, fish or vegetables. Amish Potato Salad Boiled potatoes are mixed with hard boiled eggs, corn, jalapenos…
Crazy Dough Pretzels – easy homemade pretzels, golden brown, crisp thin crust and chewy interior. Just like from bakery! I owe you an apology! When I first published recipe for Crazy Dough for Everything in 2014, I promised to post other recipes that use Crazy Dough, like bread, pizza, focaccia, dinner rolls and pretzels. I…
Easy Peach Turnovers – taste like croissants filled with peach pie filling! Peach season has begun! Peaches are one of my most favorite fruit. I like to eat them raw, but I don’t mind a good Peach Cobbler or a slice of Peach Crumb Bars. Peach Cobbler Peach Crumb Bars Here is another very simple…
Dill Pickle Pasta Salad – crunchy baby dill pickles, creamy dressing, Cheddar cheese and pickle juice infused pasta – what a burst of flavors! There are so many pasta salad recipes out there. Dill Pickle Pasta Salad is one of those that goes equally well with grilled meat as well as on its own. Boiled…
5-Minutes Dragon Noodles with No-Cook Sauce – super quick and easy to prepare, Asian style noodles with hot sauce! I’ve seen recipes for hot Dragon Noodles on several sites like BudgetBytes, Delish etc. Base of the recipe is noodles with hot sauce, but other ingredients vary a lot, from eggs to chicken, sauteed vegetables, julienned…
Strawberry Dump Cake – probably the easiest cake ever! Fresh strawberries, cake mix and butter dumped in a cake pan, baked and served with vanilla ice cream. Yum! Strawberries are in full season. It would be a pity not to use them for delicious treats. Today I made probably the easiest cake ever: Strawberry Dump…
Instant Pot Chicken Breast and Rice – Spanish Style dish cooked in 10 minutes from scratch! (NOTE: This is NOT a sponsored post and I’m NOT affiliate with any company or product mentioned. I’m just sharing my own experience.) Chicken and Rice is a recipe with so many variations in both ingredients and cooking methods….
Green Pea Soup (vegetarian) – old English recipe for authentic spring green pea soup with mint. Here is an old English recipe for timeless Green Pea Soup with mint. I believe all pea lovers will appreciate it as much as I do. The recipe is very easy: onion or leeks are sauteed in butter, some…
Strawberry Banana Greek Yogurt Smoothie – exceptionally creamy smoothie with subtle vanilla flavor. One of the most beautiful parts of spring is abundance of strawberries. Whether eaten fresh with just a little bit of whipped cream, or as a part of a cake or dessert, they always delight kids and grown-ups equally. Today I combined…
