Strawberry Meringue Roulade
It’s strawberry season! We love strawberries! We also love the “farm to table” philosophy, so we spent the Sunday morning supporting our local farmers picking fresh organic strawberries. The sweetest...
View ArticleBalsamic Strawberry and Mascarpone Ice Cream
When I was little and dinner was over, I remember my grandmother in her hard-soled shoes going into the root cellar for her canned strawberries. She would put a little vanilla ice cream on the side and...
View ArticleCoconut Strawberry and Lemon Bars
Please meet the iconic Coconut Strawberry and Lemon Bars! These lemon bars are super delicious and healthy. There are no grains, no dairy and no refined sugar in this recipe! Bring these delicious...
View ArticleCrème Caramel
Because I like to cook but have never cared much about baking, I’m always looking to add to my repertoire of blog’s desserts – recipes you don’t have to be a precision baker to pull off. Here is a...
View ArticleBalsamic Pavlovas with Berries
Meringue, whipped cream and berries gotta be my favorite summer dessert combination. These mini balsamic pavlovas with berries are light, crunchy but fragile with gooey marshmallowy centre smothered...
View ArticleLemon Tart
Oh hi! Did everyone enjoy that “oven” weekend we had? The temperatures reached its highest for the year and the humidity was melting us. Even though it was super hot we managed to spend the whole...
View ArticleCherry Piroshki
I spent most of my childhood at grandma’s little farm in Ukraine. I would spend the early mornings picking fresh cherries and raspberries and, over the following days, gorging on them. When we moved to...
View ArticleRed Currant Clafoutis
You know what? I’m having a fantastic summer. Life is incredibly sweet and I feel incredibly indulgent with my pink-stained fingernails and belly full of ruined meals because I can’t quit snacking on...
View ArticleNo-Bake Energy Bars
These raw, nut-free, grain-free and sugar-free no-bake energy bars are loaded with healthy seed fiber and contain only natural sweeteners. They make a perfect snack and give you a boost of energy, when...
View ArticleWaffle Cones with Creamy and Nutty Filling (Trubochki)
Morning – that magical time of the day! It’s filled with smells of creamy aroma of pancakes, fresh bread and waffles, fragrant roasted coffee and warm tea. It’s important that every morning is calm and...
View ArticleWalnut and White Chocolate Brownies
I don’t mean to brag, but I just ate a bowl of extra fudgy, rich and gooey brownies with bits of walnuts and white chocolate for breakfast. And by a bowl, I mean an entire tray. I don’t know how it...
View ArticleFig and Orange Upside Down Cake
I love the character that orange and figs add to this upside down cake. You can lose interest in a plain cake after a few bites, but adding figs and orange zest creates another dimension that makes you...
View ArticleApple Butter Yeast Rolls (Bulochki)
I love sweet and soft yeast rolls. These tasty Russian Yeast Rolls, a.k.a. bulochki, are especially dear to my heart because they carry the taste of my childhood memories. Every summer break my parents...
View ArticleNutella Lava Cookies
Okay, I have to tell you this, enough is enough. Enough, eating Nutella out of the jar. There are far better uses for Nutella. Did you know about this secret of what happens when Nutella and chocolate...
View ArticleBanana Nut and Date Bread French Toast
There are a lot of good reasons to make banana bread: You have a pile of sad bananas in your fruit bowl that are near the end of their life expectancy; You like things that are undeniably delicious and...
View ArticleHalloween Ferrero Spider Cookies
I love Halloween! Being a kid I never had it back home and I was missing out on all of the fun that kids have here. I mean, what an excuse to eat so much candy, chocolate and cookies, right? In my...
View ArticleBoosty Matcha Latte
These cold and rainy fall chills often leave me craving for something warm, boosty and full-bodied. Like this Boosty Matcha Latte! It’s so rich, so comforting, and soooo velvety in texture. Plus I love...
View ArticleNutella Cardamon Rolls
During the colder months when the wind is beating against the house and the trees around us are groaning and aching under the strain, nothing calms my nerves in quite the same way as freshly baked...
View ArticleFarmers Cheese Pancakes – Syrniki
Remember how I made the delicious farmers cheese? Farmers cheese is an Eastern European version of ricotta cheese except it first curdles at room temperature to start off the fermentation process and...
View ArticleHomemade Creamy Ricotta Cheese
Have you ever tried making ricotta cheese? Try this recipe for homemade creamy ricotta cheese and you will be amazed how simple and delicious it is! Ricotta is very similar to farmers cheese that I’m...
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