My family love homemade hamburgers and cheeseburgers. The homemade buns take traditional hamburgers to the whole new level. I know, it is much easier just to buy a prepared buns at a store, but trust me it is for sure worth your effort to make everything from scratch. Ingredients: Buns 1 1/4 cup milk, warm… Continue reading Homemade Hamburger
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Appetizer Pizza Rolls
Every time I am invited to someone’s house for dinner, I have my standards that I like to bring over: my dinner rolls, my dessert and my appetizer. I love to make these rolls. They are easy to make, they look great and they taste delicious. Cook time: 20 minutes Makes 16 rolls Ingredients: Puff… Continue reading Appetizer Pizza Rolls
Garlic Shrimp Pasta with Cauliflower and Spinach
This is delicious! It is easy to make and it will leave you crave for more. Cook time 30 minutes Ingredients: 1 lb cooked shrimp 2 shallots or 1/2 medium onion, chopped 4 gloves of garlic, chopped 2 cups of spinach 1 cup of cauliflower, cooked 2 tbs olive oil 2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp… Continue reading Garlic Shrimp Pasta with Cauliflower and Spinach
Gluten Free Coconut Chocolate Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
I tried a coconut brownie at my friends house and I really like them. So, I decided to make my own version of coconut banana brownies. At first, I made sugar free chocolate banana bars. However, my kids said they too dry and weren’t sweet enough, so I decided, to soak the bars in a… Continue reading Gluten Free Coconut Chocolate Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Homemade Cheese Pizza with Marinara Meat Sauce
My kids love pizza, and they think that mommy’s pizza is the best. I make my own pizza dough and marinara sauce that make my pizza delicious. Pizza dough recipe Ingredients: 4 cups flour 1 tsp sugar 1tbs dry yeast 2 teaspoons kosher salt 1 1/2 cups water, warm 3 tablespoons olive oil For a bread… Continue reading Homemade Cheese Pizza with Marinara Meat Sauce
Chicken Potato Casserole with Dry Mushrooms
For Christmas my father sent me a lot of wild porcini dry mushrooms that he picked and dried by himself. This is my first attempt to create a dish from them. This is a Classical Russian dish that people have been cooking for centuries. Classically the dish is prepared in an individual ceramic pots with… Continue reading Chicken Potato Casserole with Dry Mushrooms
Healthy Sugar Free Oatmeal Banana Chocolate Chip Bars
Holidays are over, now it is time to get back in shape. For me it is so hard to just to cut all the baking goods off. I decided that I can still bake, but something healthy. These bars are healthy and yummy, they are a perfect transition into non-holiday, healthy diet. Ingredients: 2 bananas… Continue reading Healthy Sugar Free Oatmeal Banana Chocolate Chip Bars
Beef Taco with Homemade Taco Mix
I make tacos and quesadillas all the time. I make my own taco mix, add it to ground beef or turkey and dinner is ready. Taco Mix Ingredients: 2 tbs chili powder 2 tsp cornstarch 2 tsp salt 1 1/2 tsp paprika 1/2 tsp pepper 1 tbs ground cumin 1 tsp ground coriander Mix all… Continue reading Beef Taco with Homemade Taco Mix
Chicken Tomato Curry
I wanted make something new, so I started to experiment, and this is what I came up with. My version of chicken tomato curry. The dish came out very tasty, my husband said, that it should become a new staple in our house. Ingredients: 2 chicken breast 1 tsp masala 1/2 onion, chopped 2 tbs… Continue reading Chicken Tomato Curry
Superfood Smoothie
After making and baking and EATING holiday cookies and pies, my body needs to cut back on all the baking goods, at least till Christmas. Today, for lunch, I wanted to make something that would fill me up, but also be super healthy and yummy. After drinking two cups of this smoothie I was… Continue reading Superfood Smoothie