Ingredients for 24 cupcakes or 48 mini cupcakes: 2 sticks butter (1 cup / 230 g) 1 cup cocoa powder (110 g) 2 cups cake flour (220 g) 1 ½ cups sugar (340 g) 1 tsp baking soda 3 tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt 4 eggs 1 ½ cups (360 g) sour cream 1 […]
Viennese Schnitzel
Viennese Schnitzel (or Wiener Schnitzel) is one of the most popular dishes in Austria and Germany. Cooking schnitzels always reminds me of our honeymoon from a few years back. We went on a road trip from Romania to Spain and Vienna was our first stop. We spent only a few hours there so our main […]
Easy Cream Cheese Berry Butterfly Tarts
These Cream Cheese Berry Butterfly Tarts are the easiest and cutest dessert you can make this Spring! You only need 5 simple ingredients and a butterfly cookie cutter to make them. I told you before that I have a crazy collection of cookie cutters (about 200!) and I don’t really bake cookies that often but, […]
Sweet Potato Soup – Cooking Efficiently for Families with Babies
Sometimes I feel that I spend twice the time cooking our meals nowadays. It’s always about preparing unsalted and unsweetened food for our nine month old baby while making our regular meals. I’ve been trying to get more efficient at this lately and come up with simple and healthy recipes, perfect for our nine-month old […]
Creamy Pineapple Berry Smoothie
There is nothing better than a good and creamy Pineapple Berry Smoothie! It is filling and packed with vitamins and nutrients that provide so many health benefits. From improving digestion to lowering cholesterol & blood pressure, boosting your immune system and preventing early ageing, tooth decaying & cancer, this smoothie does it all! And do […]
Beans with Roasted Peppers and Onions
Everyone knows that beans are super nutritious, high in fiber and antioxidants and are a great substitute for meat. We eat dried beans regularly but a few months ago we ate them more than usual as George followed a slow carb diet which focused a lot on lean proteins, legumes and vegetables. He read about […]
Banana Blueberry Parfait
I’m the type of person who walks into a Starbucks and orders a grande sugar-free non-fat half-soy organic-chocolate extra-hot white chocolate mocha. Yeah, not really : )! I’m not a big coffee drinker but I enjoy their yogurt-berry parfaits. I was craving one the other day and had some frozen blueberries around so I decided […]
Slow-Cooker Whole Chicken with Veggies
This Slow-Cooker Whole Chicken with Veggies is the easiest and healthiest meal you can make. You only need 5 main ingredients (salt, pepper & essential spices do not count) and it takes minutes to put together in the slow cooker. A few hours later you’ll have a tender and succulent chicken with a delicious garlicky […]
Nutella Crepe Cake – A Unique and Simple Easter Dessert
Make a quick and easy Nutella Crepe Cake this Easter! Decorate it with some fake dirt and carrots as well as some Easter bunnies that look like they’re digging in the dirt and raiding the garden of carrots. You can keep the decorating part even simpler and just make some grass out of coconut flakes (add […]
