Warm summer salad with zucchini and mushrooms

This salad is quick to make and can work as a side during hot summer days. It includes all veggies that are in season in the summer like tomatoes, zucchini or red pepper. This recipe can be modified to include corn, asparagus, parmesan or balsamic vinegar depending on your taste. Time to make: 20 minutes…

Chocolate banana pie with walnuts

This is basically the upscale version of banana bread – easy and quick to make and only requires basic ingridients. It tastes very nice and goes well as a desert for coffee or tea or even as a breakfast in the morning. Total time: 1h 10mins (10 minutes to make  the batter and 1h for…

Crunchy meatballs in tomato sauce with cheese dish recipe

As Canadian Thanksgiving is approaching, consider meatballs as one of the dishes to make. You can also make it on its own, without the pasta and experiment with side dishes instead, and do not need to wait until major holiday to enjoy this fantastic dish. Below is the recipe for a cranchy meatballs in tomato…

Warm kale salad

This salad takes about 5 minutes to make, takes only 5 ingredients and makes you rethink everything you knew about kale! Easy, warm, delicious and, of course, very healthy! It can be an appetizer /entree or a side. The instructions below are good for 2 people, just double ingredients if you are making it for…

Authentic pizza from scratch under 40 min

This sunday we wanted to have a special meal by going out to get a pizza from Italian restaurant. However, after looking for restaurants, their menus and the delivery charges, we figured out that we can do a better job by making pizza completely from scratch by ourselves! It took me less than 40 minutes…

The best apple pie

I know right now you would say that I cannot surprise you with an apple pie for a fall recipe. Right? Wrong! Although it is not ground breaking, it is still the best apple pie I have tried in a while, and my husband agrees. While it will be baking, your whole house will smell…

Weekend Meal: Mushroom Penne Pasta

This is something that can be done under 30 minutes and tastes amazing! It is a penne pasta with portobello mushrooms and bacon in tomato four cheese sauce sprinkled with mozzarella cheese. You can switch it up, add more ingredients or change the kind of sauce you want to use, but this specific combination has…

Chocolate Mousse Desert

Looking for a quick Christmas desert that does not require baking, a lot of work or special ingredients? Look no further! *Drum roll* Meet the Chocolate Mousse! Yes, it is that good that it should be referred to only using capital letters. Light and rich at the same time, it will make any holiday night…

Best hot chocolate recipe

In the time of global pandemic, economic and environmental decline and also horrible November weather a simple cup of hot chocolate is the best way to put the crazy world on pause and enjoy a moment of joy. What you need for one cup: -one cup of milk -two-three table spoons of hot chocolate powder…

Authentic flatbread pizza in 10 minutes

I finally figured out how to make the flatbread pizza taste like it just has arrived from Italy – the secret lies in replacing mozarella cheese with bocconcini cheese. Below is the easy recipe that will get you amazing authentic-tasting pizza in 10 minutes: Ingridients flatbread (I used Greek pita bread) tomato sauce for pasta…