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Raspberry Almond Holiday Thumbprint Cookies

Dec 14

Raspberry Almond Holiday Thumbprint Cookies

These Raspberry and Almond Holiday Thumbprint Cookies are known for melt-in-your mouth texture! Plus they look so wintry, with their powdery-white tops, contrasted against those deep, raspberry fillings. It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Are you singing yet? The streets are lined with wreaths and lights, and Christmas music is on loop (it’s [Continue Reading…]

Filed Under: Dessert Tagged With: baking, christmas, cookies, dessert, holidays, raspberry jam, thumbprint cookies

Holiday Berry Trifle

Nov 20

Holiday Berry Trifle

There is no better way to welcome the holidays than with this festive bowl of Holiday Berry Trifle – a treat that a whole family can enjoy! Winter holidays are all about traditional sweet treats. For me, it’s hard to imagine the holidays if I don’t spend a day (or five) making a bunch of [Continue Reading…]

Filed Under: Dessert Tagged With: berries, custard, holiday dessert, holidays, jelly, layered dessert, mascarpone, no-bake dessert, sponge cake, trifle

Creamy Nectarine Popsicles

Aug 31

Creamy Nectarine Popsicles

These creamy nectarine popsicles are balanced perfectly with fresh summer fruit and rich, velvety yogurt. Hi Friends! Happy long weekend! I know we’re all occupied in enjoying the last long weekend of summer, so I won’t keep you for long. Just long enough to tell you that I’m absolutely obsessing over these creamy nectarine popsicles that I [Continue Reading…]

Filed Under: Dessert, Gluten Free, Vegetarian Tagged With: dessert, ice cream, nectarines, peaches, pops, popsicles

Nectarine and Almond Pie Bars

Aug 17

Nectarine and Almond Pie Bars

These sweet and crunchy Nectarine and Almond Pie Bars is such a great treat and is the biggest test to your self control! Now is the best time for nectarines, that smooth-skinned sister of peach. You can find them everywhere, from the supermarkets to the farmers markets. There are few things I look for in a [Continue Reading…]

Filed Under: Breakfast, Dessert, Sauces, spreads and dips, Vegetarian Tagged With: almond, bars, dessert, jam, nectarines, peaches, pie, preserves, stone fruit

Strawberry Rhubarb Biscuit Cobbler

Jun 8

Strawberry Rhubarb Biscuit Cobbler

Once strawberries and rhubarb come into season, there’s nothing more satisfying than baking them in a rustic Strawberry Rhubarb Biscuit Cobbler and eating it warm, with a melty scoop of vanilla ice cream.  Yay for Fridays! Especially those Fridays that involve a warm skillet cobbler with strawberries, rhubarb and most definitely buttery biscuits. All served [Continue Reading…]

Filed Under: Breakfast, Dessert Tagged With: biscuits, breakfast, cobbler, crisp, dessert, farm, fruit, ice cream, rhubarb, skillet, strawberry, sweet

Coconut Chia Snack Bowls

Apr 13

Coconut Chia Snack Bowls

Meet your ultimate coconut chia snack bowls loaded with smooth and crunchy textures. Superfood overload!  Time to jump on this whole chia seed bandwagon. CHIA SEEDS!? Where have you been all my life? Sometimes I think I live under a rock. Actually, I know where they have been. They’ve been sitting in my kitchen cupboard [Continue Reading…]

Filed Under: Breakfast, Dessert, Gluten Free, Vegetarian Tagged With: baby-friendly, bee pollen, berries, brunch, chia seed pudding, coconut, fried honey bananas, frosted berries, healthy, hemp seeds, honey, protein, snack bowls, superfoods, vegan, vegetarian, weekend food

Easter Bread Kulich-Cruffin

Apr 2

Easter Bread Kulich-Cruffin

This Easter Bread Kulich-Cruffin is a modern take on traditional Orthodox Easter Bread. Flaky dough of croissant meets moist muffin meets flavourful Kulich! This Easter Bread will surely impress! It’s been more than 24 hours since I took this Easter Bread Kulich-Cruffin out of the oven, but my kitchen still smells like vanilla, orange, almond and [Continue Reading…]

Filed Under: Breakfast, Dessert, Vegetarian Tagged With: bread, croissant, Cruffin, dough, easter, easter bread, easter recipe, family, holiday, Jesus, kulich, muffin, Orthodox Easter, panettone, Paskha, pastry, pull-apart bread, кулич, Пасха

Easter Bunny Coconut Cupcakes

Mar 26

Easter Bunny Coconut Cupcakes

These adorable Easter Bunny Coconut Cupcakes are easy to make and they are great for family gathering or school party. You can even get the kids involved with this EASTER treat. There is something about having kids that brings out the holiday spirit in us like nothing else. Suddenly it’s okay to do dorky things [Continue Reading…]

Filed Under: Dessert Tagged With: coconut cupcakes, cupcakes, dessert, easter, Easter bunny, Easter bunny butt cupcakes, Easter candy, family, holiday, raffaello, religious, traditions, treat, vanilla frosting

Sweet Cheese Qatayef Asafiri

Feb 16

Sweet Cheese Qatayef Asafiri

Qatayef Asafiri is a delicious, fragrant and beautiful Arabian pancake stuffed with sweet cheese filling and ground pistachios. A great addition to your pancake repertoire! Happy Friday, friends! And happy Maslenitsa! If you are not familiar with Maslenitsa, or a pancake week, it’s a Slavic festival that celebrates the end of winter and the start of [Continue Reading…]

Filed Under: Breakfast, Dessert, Vegetarian Tagged With: bliny, cheese, crepes, dessert, farmers cheese, honey, Maslenitsa, Middle Eastern, orange blossom water, orthodox, pancakes, pistachios, Qatayef, Qatayef Asafiri, ricotta cheese, rose water, simple syrup, stuffed crepes, sweet, vegetarian

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