Month: August 2012

Home Made Cooking

Veggie Burgers

We always have a veggie burger in the freezer. It’s good to go on the BBQ and I also sometimes use it as base for some recipes. This time I decided I’ll make my own veggie burgers/ patties.

Baked Goodies

Fail proof Easy Sweet Challah Bread

Every Friday we buy a Challah. We usually eat it Friday night and use the leftovers for French toast breakfast on Saturday. Well, last week we bought the Challah, we ate it on Friday but didn’t use it on Saturday, and so it stood on the counter top, wrapped, until Tuesday. We noticed that it […]

Salads

Home Made Guacomole – The Best Ever

The ultimate dip, my favorite, with tortilla, chips, nachos and even on a slice of bread – Guacamole! It is so easy to make and so fast to eat 🙂 the kids love it even though it has onion in it and if you let it stand in the fridge for 30 minutes, the onion […]

Garlic Butter Roses
Baked Goodies

Garlic Butter Swirls- The Salty Version of Cinnamon Rolls

We all know what Cinnamon Rolls are right? Well, the problem with Cinnamon Rolls is that you can’t serve them for lunch or dinner. The solution? Create something similar, but with garlic. I’m kidding of course, who would ever think about garlic when you have cinnamon rolls in mind? Nevertheless, I made these wonderful Garlic […]

Cakes and Cookies

Blueberry Banana Cake – Fast and furious

It’s berry season, and what’s better than a blueberry cake? Our friend went picking Blueberries and brought us a box of them. I usually make blueberry pancakes and muffins but this time I decided I want something fast and that the only thing I need to do is mix the ingredients and that’s it. I […]

Home Made Cooking, Tips and News

Green Beans in Garlic and Butter – The perfect solution for a side dish

Having a bag of frozen green beans in the freezer in our house is a must. You can make pies with it, soups, even add to fresh salads but mostly I use it as my go-to side dish when I want something fast and nutritious.

Home Made Cooking

Roasted Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes – Irresistable

I like going through the spices at “Costco”, all the ones I bought taste so fresh and it’s simply a pleasure to work with spices that actually taste like they should. So during my last weekly shopping session, I went to the spices aisle and started looking. Luckily I came across this wonderful spice mix, […]

Home Made Cooking

Kugel in a pan or Noodle Frittata

As usual, I make too much of something and then I’m stuck with leftovers in the fridge, now what? A-ha! but there is an answer 🙂 Ever since I can remember myself, every time my mom used to make us chicken noodle soup, we knew we’re going to have this delicious “noodle frittata”.