This Sweet Bread Snowman makes for a lovely pull-apart dessert to serve to your family and guests this holiday season. I posted the sweet bread recipe on my website a while ago. It was the traditional Romanian Cozonac, a sweet bread usually filled with nuts and/or Turkish delight. I’m using the same dough but I […]
European Appetizer Meatballs
These European Appetizer Meatballs are popular in Eastern Europe. In Romania they are known as “chiftele” and there is literally no Christmas, New Year’s Eve or party without these meatballs served as an appetizer. Nothing beats the taste of these meatballs! We love using ground pork but other people use a mix of pork and […]
10 Irresistible Christmas Tree Cupcakes
Today’s post is all about Christmas Tree Cupcakes! From classic cupcakes covered with green frosting to cheesecake trees stuffed inside cupcakes to festive cupcake trees. I mean, who can resist cupcakes? Especially when they’re so pretty! Making these cupcakes would be the perfect family activity for the holidays! So get your kids involved, I can […]
50 Great Ideas for Your Winter Holiday Menu
The Winter holidays are just around the corner so I started looking for some new and creative recipes for our Christmas and New Year’s Eve parties. I thought it would be a good idea to share 50 of my favourite recipes with you (in no particular order)… some from my blog, some from other great […]
Romanian Cozonac (nut & Turkish delight fillings)
The delicious aroma of freshly baked Cozonac is the smell of Romanian holidays. It is a sweet bread usually filled with nuts and/or Turkish delight (lokum). You can find Cozonac in every house at Christmas (or Easter). In the evening of the Christmas Eve children go out carol singing from house to house and they […]
Stuffed Cabbage Rolls (Romanian Sarmale)
Cooking Stuffed Cabbage Rolls (Romanian Sarmale) for Christmas and all other major holidays is a Romanian tradition. They are usually made with pickled cabbage and stuffed with ground pork (sometimes combined with beef), rice and various herbs and spices. We serve these with polenta and a few generous tablespoons of sour cream. Time: 135 min, Prep: 45 […]
