Creating a special dinner to celebrate New Year’s Eve is a special skill. First of all, the atmosphere: it needs to be a perfect blend of intimate and celebratory (I celebrated most of my new years at home). Second, the food – it has to be fun, yummy but easy to make (in one of…
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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…
How to become more present and feel happier
This is not a drill, I repeat, this is not a drill. It is possible that, doing this one thing you can both become more present and feel happier. The secret is… *drum roll*…when you are doing something, give 100 percent of your focus. Sure, this does not sound new at all. We all knew…
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…
How to mentally prepare for the holidays
As Winter Holidays approaching, it can be both the happiest and the most challenging season. Holiday gifts? Sure, but also stress of finding and selecting the right gifts, gifting them in hopes for the right reaction and then, next month, getting the bills. Seeing friends and family after a long time? Sure, exciting, but also…
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…
