Or almost homemade. I do cheat and use purchased pizza dough, it’s waaay simpler than doing it myself. Once you try this, it’s hard to go back to restaurant pizza. My secret: the stone. Ingredients 1 pizza dough – thawed at room temperature (see below)1 small can pizza saucemozzarella cheesefresh basilYour favorite toppings:pepperonibell peppermushroomscorn flourall…… Continue reading Homemade pizza
Crepes
This is my mom recipe. Better said “my mom’s list of ingredients” as she never measures the quantities when she makes “clatite”. I started writing down the ingredients as I was adding stuff, so this is the result. Ingredients 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour + 2 tbsp1/2 tbsp granulated sugar2 packages vanilla sugar1/4 tsp salt2…… Continue reading Crepes
Tonkinoise soup
The first time I tried this soup it was uncle Richard who made it. Of course I had to give it a try to do it myself. I would say it is similar to pho soup. The recipe is from one French recipe book he had. I modified it already to my taste. Ingredients 2…… Continue reading Tonkinoise soup
Sweet cheese and raisins pie
I should probably start this post by saying this “pie” is not what you think. It’s a Romanian dish with a cheese quite hard to find outside Romania, so I gave it a try with Ricotta instead and the result turned out amazing! Plăcintă cu brânză de vaci și stafide So I will do my…… Continue reading Sweet cheese and raisins pie
Chicken and sweet-and-sour red Napa cabbage
This is the best marinated chicken ever! And it was me who came up with the recipe! I now keep some pen and paper when I cook, so when I experiment like this I write down the ingredients and measures until I come up with something to my taste. There is a secret ingredient in…… Continue reading Chicken and sweet-and-sour red Napa cabbage
Chicken pumpkin curry
The veggie basket this week had some new stuff (2 types of pumpkins and red Napa cabbage): I searched immediately for a recipe with pumpkin as main ingredient and other veggies where I could substitute with the veggies in my basket. I chose the sugar pumpkin, one onion, some potatoes and carrots for a chicken…… Continue reading Chicken pumpkin curry
Pork with roasted veggies
This is one of my favorite meals so far! It is as good as it looks! Let’s start marinating the pork. Original recipe is here, but I already modified it to my tasting: Ingredients – Pork Marinade:1/4 cup olive oil1/8 cup lemon juice freshly squeezed 1/8 cup soy sauce2 tbsp liquid honey1 tbsp maple syrup…… Continue reading Pork with roasted veggies
Beets and feta salad
My hubby and I decided to register for weekly fresh farm veggies basket, the main idea behind being to force myself to try new stuff and be more creative with our daily menu. I should probably mention the basket doesn’t come with a list of what’s inside. It took me a while to search online…… Continue reading Beets and feta salad
Banana bread
This is as good as everyone says! Yesterday evening, I realized I had 3 overripe bananas. My natural reaction: search for a recipe to try. I found this one on Allrecipes super voted, so I gave it a try. Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour1 tsp baking soda1/4 tsp salt1/2 butter at room temperature3/4 cup brown…… Continue reading Banana bread
Rice pilaf
The recipe is something I came up with myself, while actually trying to do a risotto. In the end it turned out to be more of a rice pilaf. I guess a failed experiment turned out to be something yummy and now my hubby’s favorite way of eating rice. Ingredients 8oz Arborio rice5 tbsp vegetable…… Continue reading Rice pilaf
