This Easy Chicken Noodle Soup is such a time saver, perfect to make when we are in a hurry, or perhaps feeling unwell. Why is it that we take comfort in chicken noodle soup when we are sick? Perhaps it’s a childhood comfort memory, our mum’s feeding us chicken noodle soup to make us better?…
Recipes
Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe From Scratch!
This homemade Blue Cheese Dressing recipe is a delicious recipe that you can make at home very easily. Don’t be scared of the Blue Cheese. Apparently our taste buds are meant to regenerate every 7 years or so, which means our food preferences can change. I used to hate Blue Cheese salad dressing until I tried…
Tvorog from Greek Yogurt
There are many ways to make fresh cheeses like Tvorog, and they’re called by many names from different cultures. Known as Quark, Farmer’s Cheese, White Cheese, Fresh Cheese and many more names. I grew up eating Tvorog stuffed in blini or Vareniki, or ate them as fried Syrniki. We went to Russian school every Wednesday…
Perogy Pizza
I love eating Spicy Perogy Pizza, loosed based from delicious Potato Perogies. Perogy Pizza is a spicy pizza with layered potato, bacon, cheese topped with sour cream and green onion. Absolutely delicious, a Canadian classic! Depending on what part of the world you are from, you may have never heard of Perogies before, certainly not in…
Strawberries and Sour Cream
This Strawberries and Sour Cream Dessert brings back great childhood memories. I love eating fresh strawberries. As a child, we went to u-pick strawberry farms, where we would pick strawberries in a field and pay by weight for what we picked. Usually we would eat more than what we picked in the basket, or at…
Asian Coleslaw
Creamy Asian Coleslaw with Cilantro is perfect as the weather heats up. Summertime brings friends and family together at picnics, bbq’s, and potlucks. Usually you’re asked to bring something to these events, and it’s really hit and miss with dishes the people bring. Coleslaw is a dish with many variations. I think the worst coleslaw offender has raisins…
Easy Spice Cookies Recipe
This Spice Cookies recipe is one of my favourite recipes I remember baking from my childhood. This delicious cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger recipe has similar flavors to Speculaas cookies, but aren’t a shortbread and more chewier. Without molasses, they are easier to make with fewer ingredients, but more spice flavor! As a kid, there are…
Sharlotka Apple Cake
There are many variations of Sharlotka Apple Cake out there. It’s a basic apple cake made with simple ingredients. Some recipes only contain only 4 ingredients! This is not like my American Apple Pie, which is worth checking out, but it’s definitely a cake. This is my wife Rita’s Sharlotka recipe, and I’m grateful she shared the recipe…
