Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Pasta with tuna, tomato cherries and balsamic vinegar

First pasta with tuna (I believe walnuts were also added) I prepared about 3 years ago. It was pretty nice...but we were eating it without being delighted. Then we tried some new variations and step by step it has become one of the favourite types of pasta:) I love caramelized vegetables with balsamic vinegar and they really co-ordinated well with pasta and tuna!
























Louisiana chicken

This is a really tasty poultry meal with the amazing flavor thanks to a mix of peppers, celery, tomatoes and herbs! I adapted the recipe and baked the chicken in an oven (according to the original recipe I was supposed to cook it in a pan). 

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Lentil curry


If you don`t like curry in meals you can omit it, anyway you`ll get a nice and comfortable dish especially good in the fall or in the winter. It was a really big portion of lentil and I recommend to reduce it by half the  ingredients. 





















Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Chocolate ice cream with Philadelphia cream cheese


My first serious ice cream I made a year ago and since that time I`ve been cooking it very often. Before the first experiment I had never been able to imagine that it`s possible to prepare homemade ice cream without a cream  freezer! I still remember the words of my main degustator related to that ice cream...he was eating regular chocolate ice cream and suddenly said: "We will never ever buy ice cream in a store!":) Sometimes I think I shouldn`t have shown him I can do it:)





















Spinach salad with avocado and pomegranate

It`s exactly that type of salads we usually have. Very simple (up to 3 ingredients), very easy to cook and very tasty to eat:) I also use very simple dressing, usually mix of olive oil, vinegar or lemon and mustard but I promise to share smth more interesting as dressing with sparkling vine or cognac:)))

























Monday, April 22, 2013

Baked potatoes stuffed with sausage, onion and mustard

Stuffed baked vegetables it`s a quite new cooking chapter for me because I had never prepared it before last summer. Since that time I`ve cooked these meals  a lot and most of all like cooking eggplant and  bell peppers, but baked potatoes can be pretty lovely too. You can reduce by half the  ingredients if necessary

























Thursday, April 18, 2013

Holliday cheese truffles


I like Philadelphia cream cheese and often add it in different food (pasta, salads, ice cream etc.) and I was happy to buy the book of recipes with Philadelphia (published by KRAFT). It is so lovely! The 1st recipe I made in January was even not a cheesecake but these tasty cheese balls. And now, publishing this recipe I am very happy not to work on the text (fortunately it is written:)) because as I noticed before, I am learning English now and this blog I use for writting practice (It`s a real struggle to depict the recipes without using books!).
P.S. The recipe was changed a little bit by me and I`m writting it according to my experience.


































Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Baked pasta with Italian sausage, onion and mustard


Oh, pasta...:) We really adore and enjoy eating  it every Friday and baked pasta is cooked pretty often. It`s an easy and delicious way to get a lovely dinner! Join!:)




















Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Salad with figs, pomegranate and cheese balls

Before I started living in Canada I had bought and used figs just in October and November. I always anticipated that time - it was so short period! Now this situation has changed and it is really awesome to prepare, for instance, a lovely salad in March! 

Sorry, usually I don`t point out the exact amount of ingredients for a pasta or a salad and simply give an idea. You can change the amount according to your mood or smth. also:)