a food blog about simple homemade cooking recipes from scratch, with a side of nostalgia
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…
Italian Wedding Cookies – crumbly buttery shortbread cookies with ground almonds and white sugary coating that melt in your mouth. Even though they are called “wedding cookies”, besides wedding dinner reception, these cookies are being served on every Italian family gathering like Communion party, Confirmation party, Baby Showers or through Christmas Holidays. There are so…
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies – fluffy, chewy and soft inside, while crispy at the edges. I wanted to create my own cookies with macadamia nuts and white chocolate chips. I was thinking to use “I Want to Marry You Cookies” for my base recipe, but decided to go for my old “Best Ever Chocolate…
Sweet Potato Souffle – delicate, puffed up and fluffy festive dish, both savory and sweet. Souffle is one of the dishes that people are most scared to make. I must admit I was the one of them. But it is not much different then making a sponge cake – you need to whip egg whites…
Cabbage Pasta – so few ingredients and so much flavor! Simple and light dish, fast to prepare, seasoned with plenty of ground black pepper. Cabbage Pasta is one of those dishes that have so few ingredients and so much flavor. This simple dish is made of cabbage fried in a little oil. It is liberally…
Apple Fritters – learn how to make easy homemade apple fritters from scratch. Apple Fritters are one of the most popular childhood desserts. These little “doughnuts” are actually apple rings dipped in pancake-like batter and quickly fried. They are the best eaten warm, sprinkled with some powdered sugar and cinnamon, while their coating is still…
Beef Barley Soup – easy and healthy meal, rich in flavor of beef, vegetables and seasonings; both stove top and instant pot versions. Barley was very popular in the past because it was widely available. Nowadays it gets more and more popular because it is nutrient rich healthy food. Barley can be prepared in many…
Pumpkin Churro Doughnuts – moist pumpkin cake dough rolled in crunchy and fragrant butter/sugar/cinnamon topping fulfills promise of falling into autumn. I love my Moist Pumpkin Bread recipe so much that I made it 3 times already this summer/autumn. My readers tried it and liked it as well so it became quite popular. The same…
Decaf Ice Coffee – you need just 1 minute to prepare homemade decaf ice coffee with this instant, no cook method. It is the end of August and it may seem a little late to post a recipe for iced coffee when summer is about to end. I planned to post it a month ago,…
Ube Ice Cream – amazing Filipino dessert made with purple sweet potatoes / yams and coconut milk; no machine needed! Before I get to the recipe, I need to apologize to all of you who tried to reach my site in past 40 days. It had some major technical issues which prevented you from seeing…
Semolina Pudding – easy, cheap and filling breakfast or dessert. Semolina Pudding, or semolina porridge or cream of wheat, is a quick milk pudding, cooked on stove top and eaten for breakfast or as a dessert. It can be served with fruit compote or sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar. I can still remember bowls of…
Bisquick Peach Cobbler – juicy peaches topped with tender Bisquick Mix batter in simplified traditional peach cobbler recipe. Bisquick Peach Cobbler brings back great memories. Fantastic as a dessert as well as breakfast, old fashioned peach cobbler is everybody’s favorite southern summer dish. But there is no reason why we couldn’t enjoy a bowl of warm…
