Month: June 2012

Sweets

Apple and Peanut Butter Lips

It’s Saturday morning, and after making some french toast for  the kids I decided to get some fruits into those bellies 🙂 What better way to do it then have fun with it? There’s a great Facebook page called “Spice of Life” and in there they have many cute ideas of different stuff. Among other […]

Sweets, Tips and News

Summer Yummies! Fruit Popsicles!

A Popsicle is one of the best ways to cool down on a hot day. When we were little, mom used to pour some juice into the Popsicle molds and freeze it. It was so much fun to have a new Popsicle every single time, new color, new flavor.

Home Made Cooking

Whole Wheat Peanut Butter and Banana Pancakes – A Father’s Day Brunch

Strolling around the net has allowed me to “meet” great people with great talents and great minds. Sometimes it’s enough for you to read what the other person writes to know what kind of person he is. In this instance I stumbled upon an amazing blog called PeanutButterAndJulie.com managed and written by Julie, who is […]

Cakes and Cookies

Orange Coconut Cake – Aroma Espresso Bar Style

There’s an Israeli Espresso- Bar chain called “Aroma”. When we lived in Israel we loved going there because you could always get a nice cup of coffee, a sandwich and even a real good breakfast. There are branches in Canada but not in Halifax and so this cake is my go-to cake whenever I crave […]

Salads

Corn and Red Pepper Colorful Salad

When you want to make something fast, have guests or just want to “whisk” something for dinner or lunch, this salad is what you call “Fast and Furious”.

Sweets

Cherry Lassi or Cherry Smoothie

It’s Cherry season and I really wanted the kids to enjoy a cold nutritious drink on a nice warm summer day (yes! we finally had one of those) so I though, why not make a smoothie? Well, a smoothie is a drink based on water and or ice cream and I did say Nutritious 🙂 […]

Cakes and Cookies

Easy Butter Crust Cherry Pie

It’s Cherry season! Everywhere you look you see them, red, juicy, sweet or sour but mostly tasty and beautiful. I love eating fresh cherries and my kids adore it. Nevertheless and regardless to cherry season, I had a bag of frozen cherries in the freezer that I had to use before it expired. I never […]

Tips and News

A great way to decorate your kitchen

I always like to go to the Dollar store because it feels like it ignites my creativity 🙂 So I went there on Saturday and saw these oh-so-cute spice jars. I decided to take about a dozen and decorate my kitchen All you need to do is fill the with dry food like pasta, rice, […]