Make your own pizza dough from scratch, add your favorite toppings and bake the best homemade pizza!I love this recipe, it’s easy to make and delicious and it calls for simple and budget friendly ingredients. When I ask my kids what they want for dinner the answer is almost always the same: pizza. I know, it’s much more easy to order pizza but I prefer homemade food. Homemade pizza is very tasty, you can make the crust as thin or as fluffy as you want and you can add your favorite toppings. To make the pizza dough you need you need flour, water, fresh or dried yeast, a little vegetable…
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Pickled red bell peppers (video recipe)
These pickled red bell peppers are the perfect balance of salty and tangy with a touch of sweetness. Learn how to make at home the best pickled red bell peppers that keep crunchy for up to 2 years! Don’t worry, they won’t last that long because they are absolutely delicious đ The end of summer and the beginning of fall is canning season in Romania. We can fruits and vegetables to fill up our pantry for the winter season. Sometimes it looks like we want to fill up our pantry for the next 10 years :). I’m not such a big canning fan but a few jars or pickled red bell…
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La BĂȘte noire (The Black beast) – flourless chocolate cake (video recipe)
This black beast cake is the best chocolate cake! It’s pure chocolate! It’s so rich, creamy and flavorful and yet incredibly easy to make :). I love this flourless chocolate cake because it looks fancy but it’s quick and easy to make with a handful of ingredients. It’s definitely a recipe for beginners! I saw this recipe on Liz blog and I said to myself: “hey, this cake has such a funny name and it looks sooo good!” So I put it on my to do list. Why is this cake called the “black beast” or La BĂȘte Noire? I really have no idea :). I’ve made some research on google…
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Drop doughnuts (video recipe)
Are you looking for the best doughnuts? Soft, fluffy, absolutely delicious doughnuts and yet incredibly easy to make? Well, stop looking! These drop doughnuts are the best doughnuts ever! If you don’t believe me, just make a batch of doughnuts and you’ll see đ These drop doughnuts are my favorite! They are a little moist on the inside and so flavorful… The secret? These delicious drop doughnuts are made with yogurt which keep them moist on the inside. As I was saying, these delicious doughnuts are incredibly easy to make: all you have to do is to mix all the ingredients. No kneading nor raising time required but for better…
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Peach sponge cake – video recipe
Soft and fluffy sponge cake, juicy and flavorful peaches and a dust of sugar… Mmm, delightful! Peaches. Again :). I promise, this is the last peach recipe for this summer! It’s almost fall, pies season. Oh, I can’t wait to treat myself with a piece of apple pie or pumpkin pie. By the way, which one do you prefer, apple pie or pumpkin pie? For me it’s very difficult to decide so I take a piece of each :). But I was talking about peaches and sponge cake. This is such a great combo, don’t you think? The cake is sweet, vanilla flavored, and the peaches are so flavorful, juicy…
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Cinnamon peach pancakes
Light, fluffy and so flavorful, these cinnamon peach pancakes make the perfect summer breakfast! It’s peach season, so here’s another peach recipe: Cinnamon peach pancakes. These pancakes are soft and flaky, vanilla and cinnamon flavored but also quick and easy to make in the morning. It’s actually a piece of cake to prepare these cinnamon peach pancakes with only a handful of ingredients. Now let me tell you a few things about these ingredients Buttermilk. Buttermilk is the key ingredient when you want to make light and fluffy pancakes. Using buttermilk is also a matter of flavor and texture. A substitute for buttermilk? You may use low fat yogurt. Sugar.…
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Easy peach cake (video recipe)
So flavorful, soft and light as air and topped with whipped cream, this peach cake makes the perfect summer treat. And it’s so incredibly easy to make and budget friendly đ This peach cake is an amazing combo of soft and flaky sponge cake, juicy and flavorful peaches and whipped cream. It’s so refreshing! A few tips about how to make the perfect sponge cake. – Always use fresh, room temperature ingredients! Why room temperature ingredients? Because when at room temperature, certain ingredients like eggs, butter, and dairies form an emulsion which traps air. While baking in the oven, that trapped air expands and your cake will be soft and light as…
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Easy chocolate cake – video recipe
Still looking for the perfect chocolate cake! Well, good news: you just found the best ever chocolate cake! Everybody loves this chocolate cake and it makes the perfect choice for any anniversary. This two layer chocolate cake is dense and fudgy, perfectly moist with a brownie like texture. And it’s so incredibly easy to make! Also, this made from scratch chocolate cake calls for simple ingredients like flour, cocoa powder, vegetable oil, sugar and eggs. To prepare this chocolate cake all you have to do is to combine all the ingredients. You may use a mixer but a whisk will work as well. I prefer to combine first the wet…
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Chocolate buttercream (video recipe)
This chocolate buttercream is my favorite frosting! It makes the perfect choice for cakes, for cupcakes, for brownies or for cookies. This chocolate buttercream is so creamy, smooth, rich and decadent… Mmm, and it’s absolutely delicious and it holds its shape perfectly! So, this chocolate buttercream is the best frosting for piping. And it’s incredibly easy to prepare with only 3 main ingredients! I say only 3 main ingredients because this frosting tastes amazing even without vanilla or rum essence and instead of milk or heavy cream you may use water. So you can prepare this chocolate buttercream using only butter, confectioners’ sugar and cocoa powder. A few tips for…
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Chicken Kiev
Slightly crispy on the outside but incredibly tender and flavorful on the inside, this chicken Kiev is my favorite! Chicken Kiev is a very tasty and very popular schnitzel. It is made of boneless chicken breast stuffed with a mixture of butter, garlic and herbs, wrapped in breadcrumbs then fried or baked. The result is an irresistible combo of textures and flavors.The crust is slightly crispy, the meat incredibly tender and the butter melts into a rich and very flavorful sauce. This chicken Kiev is not the easiest dish to make but it totally worth the effort! There are 2 ways to make chicken Kiev. 1. Pound the chicken breast,…
