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Spicy Peas and Carrots Rice – easy to prepare one pan dish. Spicy Peas and Carrots Rice is easy to prepare one pan dish. Vegetables are mixed with rice and spices while cashews add a nice nutty flavor and additional proteins. It can be more or less spicy, to your linking. Health Benefits of Turmeric…
Moist White Fruitcake – mixed fruits in soft cake with rum and vanilla flavor. This Moist White Fruitcake was first served at my Easter table some five years ago. For years I was trying to make a replica of a cake that I used to buy in the shop, but up to now without much…
Since readers of my blog liked very much recipe for One Pot Spaghetti that I posted last year, I thought you would also like this Pasta with Peas, Ham and Red Bell Peppers. It is almost as simple as the spaghetti, even though you cook the pasta separately, so it’s not technically one pot meal….
Buckwheat Porridge – gluten free, healthy breakfast alternative. To veganize, use non-dairy milk. Classic oatmeal porridge is, in my opinion, an ideal breakfast. Whether I cook it, bake it, eat it raw as a muesli or make into a smoothie or smoothie bowl, oats are every day on my breakfast menu. Chocolate Peanut Butter Baked…
German Vanilla Crescent Cookies – tender, melt-in-your-mouth, buttery cookies with ground walnuts. Besides Custard Cream Pie Slices and Walnut Cream Cake, these German Vanilla Crescent Cookies were my mom’s signature dessert. The recipe is handed down for at least 4 generations, as far as I know. All of her friends and guests were delighted when…
Pumpkin Pecan Cobbler – a self-saucing, crunchy autumn delight easy to make with cake mix! I love cobblers. They are so simple and so very tasty. Like a pie without much fat content. Bisquick Peach Cobbler One cannot go wrong with pumpkin-spiced desserts in autumn. Moist Pumpkin Bread This one is simple to make as…
Homemade Banana Pudding – dreamy, easy to make Southern dessert; real pudding, the way it was made before instant pudding mix and Cool Whip were invented. In old fashioned times things were made the old fashioned way. Classic pudding was cooked from scratch, using on-hand staples such as eggs, milk and flour. Real Southern Homemade Banana…
Napa Cabbage Stir Fry – Chinese restaurant quality dish made easily at home in 10 minutes. I’m always on the look for new ways to incorporate cabbage, one of the world’s healthiest foods, into my cooking. Napa Cabbage Stir Fry is one of my most favorite recipes. This is a kind of dish you can…
Cappuccino Icebox Cake – easy, no bake treat with graham crackers softened with airy cream-yogurt-cappuccino filling; only 6 ingredients! Old fashioned icebox cakes are back. Try making this quick and easy no-bake recipe for Cappuccino Icebox Cake for a new taste sensation. Layers of graham crackers (store bought or homemade) are soaked briefly in cappuccino….
30-Minute One Pot Spaghetti dish is comfort food at its finest, its fastest and its easiest! It’s hard to beat homemade pasta recipe (from scratch) that can be whipped up in less than half an hour. Instead of using jar sauce, you can create your own fresh meal with no effort, even if you’re camping….
Cream Cheese Pesto Pasta – you need only 3 ingredients and 5 minutes to prepare this gorgeous creamy pasta dish! The other day I needed to make a quick and easy lunch without much fuss. I had some pesto and cream cheese in the fridge so I thought of mixing them together to make milder…
Chickpea (or garbanzo) sweet potato patties are a tasty veggie alternative to meat burgers. Serve these low fat cakes in burger buns or wrapped in lettuce and drizzled with ketchup or sweet chilli sauce. Chickpea And Sweet Potato Patties This recipe was first published on: January 7, 2013. Recipe adapted from here.
