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Easy Strawberry Cheesecake

Crusty in the bottom, soft in the middle, juicy and fresh on the top, this easy strawberry cheesecake recipe gives you all the pleasures you expect from a dessert. A great addict of strawberries, my son insisted on getting some from the supermarket. Normally, the best season for strawberries starts from May and lasts until September. But luckily we can have strawberries all round the year nowadays. What is surprising, they still taste really yummy. ... continue reading...

Double Coated Chocolate Cake

When my chocolate crisis reaches a maximum level, I can’t think of any other thing but start preparing my double coated chocolate cake recipe. It gives me a full satisfaction of chocolate flavor and eases my dessert desire. If you are among those who crave chocolate, this is the correct recipe for you. Baking an ordinary cake sounds very boring to me, so I always try to give an alternative touch when I bake a cake. Sometimes it is a difference in the cake, sometimes it is about the cream or ... continue reading...

Dinner Ideas

Rice and Meat Stuffed Zucchini

Who doesn’t like zucchini? No matter how you cook it, it makes your recipe a really good one. There are a lot of ways to cook it: you can fry or grill, you can use it in meat, chicken and pasta dishes, make a yummy zucchini soup. I also know some recipes using zucchini for desserts. But today I’m making rice and meat stuffed zucchini. Zucchini is one of the healthiest veggies. Luckily it is very common in our kitchens and plays an important role to balance a diet that mainly consists of meat ... continue reading...

Dinner Ideas Pastas

Pasta with Chicken and Tomato Sauce

Sometimes I feel so hungry that I suppose will never have a full stomach. This usually happens to me after a few days of weak calorie intake. At that point I can’t think of anything else but meat and pasta. I always dream about a large reddish plate of pasta with some chicken on the top. That very same feeling pushed me to make this recipe. Yeah, it was difficult to wait until it was done, but I was very satisfied with the mouthwatering outcome of pasta with chicken and tomato sauce . Some ... continue reading...

Snacks Starters Vegetarian

Garlic Avocado Bites

Appetizers are the beginning part of a larger meal. Usually served cold, some appetizers can also be served hot. They are usually eaten to accompany a drink -usually wine- before the main course comes to the table. These garlic avocado bites are so delicious that you don’t want to go on with the main course. Sometimes I don’t want to eat something for dinner and just have a snack. What usually happens to me is I start with an appetizer, that triggers my urge to eat more, and finally I leave ... continue reading...

Chocolate Desserts

9 Minute Microwave Brownies

Who can resist newly baked brownies with all that tempting chocolate smell filling your lungs? I can’t! Being very fast and delicious, 9 minute microwave brownies are just for all brownie addicts. Do you have some unexpected guests, does your kid keep asking for some desserts to have before it’s dinner time, or is it your chocolate crisis level at the maximum? Whatever it is, here’s how you can handle your case: You just need not more than 30 minutes. It’s been a long time since I first ... continue reading...

Cakes Desserts

Carrot and Walnut Muffins

What children want is not healthy, what mothers offer is not yummy. This is no longer true. After baking these carrot and walnut muffins, our understanding of “healthy” and “delicious” has changed. When the spring comes, it becomes more difficult to keep a four-year-old boy inside. With his unlimited energy, he drags mom and dad to parks and playgrounds. Most of the time right after breakfast, sometimes he can wait until lunch. Since we spend four or five hours outside, in both cases we have ... continue reading...

Cakes Desserts

Cinnamon Apple Cake

An apple a day keeps the doctor away! Ok, that’s true if you eat the apple alone, but using apples is a good way to make a dessert healthier and also more delicious. Fruits are commonly used to bake a cake but apple is absolutely my favorite. I like its texture when you bake the apples. They give the cake a juicy and soft texture. I like the contrast between the dryness of the cake and wet feeling of the apple in my mouth, and that was the case in this quick cinnamon apple cake recipe. Apples ... continue reading...

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