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
Month: November 2020
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
Raclette
My first interaction with raclette (the dish) was in La Savoie region in France. Raclette is all about the cheese and that’s what makes the difference between a good meal and an ordinary one. What I like about it is that you can pretty much satisfy all tastes at the dinner table. The first thing…… Continue reading Raclette
Orange Sweet and Sour Chicken
This is as good as it looks! Simply yummy! For those of you living in US, you might have tried at least once the cheap-yet-good Panda Express. So the original recipe wishes to be a copycat of the famous Orange Chicken. It’s a nice attempt, but not even close as the original. Anyhow, with small…… Continue reading Orange Sweet and Sour Chicken
Hello, my name is Ecaterina
You might ask why do a blog on food, there are soo many already, right? True, there are, but the question is how many are actually good? As many of you did, Covid-19 changed my life. I decided to move out of the big city and live in a cabin somewhere in the middle of…… Continue reading Hello, my name is Ecaterina
My journey in the kitchen 