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Chocolate Desserts Sweets

Jammy Pomegranate Coffee Tart

Jammy Pomegranate Coffee Tart recipe is so fast and easy to make that you would never expect it to be a super-duper, delicious dessert! Actually it’s almost a no bake recipe if you forget about five-minute baking of the crust. For the filling of the inside and topping, you almost don’t have to do anything: mix the mascarpone and cream, spread over the crust and top with pomegranate seeds and jam. That’s so easy and fast! Who’s never had some unexpected guests after a busy day at work? Nobody? ... continue reading...

Cakes Desserts Snacks Sweets

Cherry Zucchini Muffins

Using vegetables for a dessert recipe has always sounded great to me. Pumpkin muffins and cakes are of course on the top of the list for a lot of people, but including zucchini (it comes from the pumpkin family) into your ingredients list also makes a magic touch to your muffin recipes. Cherry zucchini muffins recipe is a good example of this yummy coupling! These healthy zucchini muffins make a perfect snack for your family and guests. Without addition of some sweet fruits like banana, ... continue reading...

Dinner Ideas Salads

Couscous Turkey Spring Salad

At least two times a week, we have salad for dinner or lunch. In winter, pickled or canned veggies are very practical to use, but when it is spring you don’t want to use them as the greens at your grocer’s are so attractive. Couscous turkey spring salad recipe came out spontaneously after we stopped by or grocer’s this afternoon. Chervil, arugula, watercress, red coral lettuce, soybean sprouts, radishes,... all heralding the arrival of spring pushed us to have a colorful salad for dinner. ... continue reading...

Chocolate Desserts Sweets

No Bake Almond and Goji Berry Chocolate Bites

No time to bake something? Are you craving for something delightful? Does your kid keep asking for some sweets? Do you want to get all the compliments at your weekend party? This fast no bake almond and goji berry chocolate bites recipe is just for you. It all started with whining for no reason, followed by hours of crying for a bar of Kit Kat, and finally reached the peak when he started threatening us with moving to his grandma! It may sound very familiar to you if you are parenting a five ... continue reading...

Dinner Ideas Pastas Seafood

Creamy Pepper Shrimp Pasta

Life would be so boring without pasta! Easy, yummy, nutritious, cheap… etc. It’s the food of everybody. That’s why I usually cook pasta for my guests, everybody likes it. This time I wanted to make something creamy and colorful, so I ended up with this creamy pepper shrimp pasta. Seafood and pasta always make a great combination: mussels, scallops, squid and of course shrimps are commonly used by pasta chefs. Getting some shrimp is as easy as getting the pasta itself. Fresh or frozen, shrimps ... continue reading...

Salads Vegetarian

Red Bean Orange Avocado Salad

Chop the veggies and fruits, add some olive oil and sauce, your salad is ready! What’s easier than making a salad for your lunch or dinner? Definitely nothing. That was my case yesterday evening, and my red bean orange avocado salad was ready in less than 20 minutes. After a few days of unhealthy eating, you can hear the voice of your body asking you to feed it with something healthy. A big bowl of salad makes you and your body really happy in that case. Something red, something green and ... continue reading...

Pastas Soups

Quail Egg Noodle Soup

Asian food is becoming more and more popular; sushi and noodles in the very first two place all the time! Actually I didn’t feel very positive about Asian food until I visited Japan for a week last year. Possibly I couldn’t find the correct place to eat sushi, but all the noodles I ate were really scrumptious, and they inspired me to cook quail egg noodle soup. Just like Japan itself, there is a hidden simplicity behind its complex vision. I tried a lot of kinds of noodles, but my favorite ... continue reading...

Chocolate Desserts Sweets

Chocolate Tart

Looking for a dessert recipe to please anyone who eats? Trying to get all the compliments from your guests? Are you crazy about cocoa? This recipe is just for you. I swear that chocolate tart tastes far better than it looks! Sometimes very simple ingredients make miraculous recipes, and I bet this is one of them. You can find these ingredients in every kitchen. The important thing is how you bring them together. Being a good chef is like being a poet: Everybody uses words, but when a poet uses ... continue reading...