The Halloween was over and I had a day off before Remember's day. I realized I can't sit and watch TV. To me, when a day off happens it equals to "Cooking experiments" and I like to create new recipes for my family. I had that "Decorative" small pumpkins sitting...
I had guests last night, Brazilian newcomers Claudia and Fernando that I met months ago and I wanted to make the ricotta pie for them. My husband the previous night decided we should prepare an agnolotti pasta ( Agnolotti is a type of pasta typical of the Piedmont...
If you want to impress your guests in a party with minimum effort try this recipe that I created. I had extra ricotta in the fridge that I had to use and 2 leeks and few crimini mushrooms. I did not feel like preparing dinner that night and I wanted my kids to get...
This is a pie that most of my friends like it, specially one friend called Dan. When I cook this pie I remember of his face eating it at my kid's One year old party. It is simple to make and and it is fresh and light for summer time. I wanted to prepare a cake for my...
My husband has been asking me for couple of days to get all that bread in the fridge that was already 1 week old and do something with it. So I decided to cook a Brazilian Style Bread pudding using the Challah and bagels. I haven't cook one in more than a decade. But...
When we are talking about TCM, some rules to preserve your health deal with good cooking from scratch and to avoid certain ingredients. And in some health conditions according TCM you should eliminate these ingredients from your diet for real. Than patients get...
I 'm going to do few updates on this recipe. Back in 2016 that is what I wrote : " I was thinking what to bake to my First Baking Sale Fundraising for Brock Corydon School on Manitoba Elections Day 2016. My husband and I are doing different recipes, he wanted to bake...
Ingredients 10 small apples 125 g sugar ½ cup maple syrurp ground cinnamon lemon zest 1 tsp salt 125 g unsalted butter 1 vanilla beans 1 lime juice 1 pk puff pastry Directions 1. Peel the apples and cut in half. Let it rest in water with lime juice. To do not...
Ingredients: for the cupcakes 250 grams plain flour 2 tablespoons cocoa powder (sifted) 2 teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 100 grams soft unsalted butter 200 grams caster sugar 1 heaped tablespoon christmas-red paste food colouring 2 teaspoons...
Nothing better than the smell of baking cinnamon bun. Ingredients 2 cups flour 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup lukewarm milk 1 envelope active dry yeast or 0.6 Oz 1/8 cup melted butter 1 egg yolk 1 tbsp sugar Filling: 1/4 cup softened butter 4-5 tbsp sugar 3 tsp cinnamon Method:...
Petit Gateau is also know as Lava Cake in North America. Ingredients: 150g dark chocolate 125g Butter 100g Flour 250g Sugar 5 Eggs Instructions: Melt chocolate and butter in a double boiler. Beat eggs and sugar until smooth. Gently fold flour and melted...
Challah is Kevin's (our son) Favorite Bread Ingredients: 600g Flour 1 cup lukewarm water 1/4 cup sugar 3 eggs + 1 yoke 1/2 tbsp salt 1/4 cup oil 1/4 cup Honey 1 tbsp quick rise yeast Instructions: Put in a recipient large enough for the yeast to rise, water, yeast, 1...