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Best Cornmeal Muffins

Best Cornmeal Muffins

These cornmeal muffins are one of my favorite discoveries right now. They are fluffy, buttery and highly addictive. Not only are they easy to make, the ingredients are simple and cheap. It’s a quick bread which means there is no kneading or proofing, and they Read more…

Curried Cauliflower & Potatoes with Peas (Aloo Gobi Matar)

Curried Cauliflower & Potatoes with Peas (Aloo Gobi Matar)

Aloo gobi matar is an Indian side dish that is so classic, you can almost always find it on restaurant menus. It’s not only great as a side dish but as a light meal in itself. It’s quick and easy to prepare and heats up Read more…

Turkish Style Green Beans

Turkish Style Green Beans

I am not crazy about green beans. They’re usually expensive, spoil fast and take forever to prep. There is however one way I eat them, and that’s Turkish style, or Taze Fasulye. You saute onions, garlic and carrots then add tomatoes. This becomes a light Read more…

Scottish Shortbread

Scottish Shortbread

This shortbread recipe is unique from all the others I have ever made. I learned it when I was apprenticing in a pastry shop years ago as a culinary student, and it has stuck with me since. Unlike creaming softened butter with powdered sugar then Read more…

Super Soft Oven Baked Donuts

Super Soft Oven Baked Donuts

Many home bakers love to make donuts but are put off by the fact that you have to fry them. With this recipe, you can leave the deep fryer in the cupboard because these donuts are baked! Now you might be thinking, they can’t possibly Read more…

Quick Cheese Bread

Quick Cheese Bread

You are going to be amazed by how delicious this quick cheese bread turns out. For something that takes minutes to whip up, it really does an impressive job standing in for traditional bread at the table. It doesn’t use any yeast, so goodbye kneading Read more…

Old Fashioned Fudge~Traditional Recipe

Old Fashioned Fudge~Traditional Recipe

There are so many foolproof fudge recipes out there that I think many candy making enthusiasts may have forgotten that fudge is a science. If you’ve ever made a batch of fudge that didn’t set properly, you can probably relate. For this reason, recipe developers Read more…

Focaccia ~ No Knead Overnight Recipe

Focaccia ~ No Knead Overnight Recipe

Of all the no knead bread recipes I’ve made, this no knead focaccia is hands down my favorite. It turns out super soft and fluffy with a good tangy flavor. But the best thing about it is the little amount of labor involved in making Read more…

Old World Apple Strudel

Old World Apple Strudel

This is my grandma’s recipe for apple strudel, and I call it Old World because well, this recipe is old. Ever since I could remember I watched my baba stretch out the dough to cover the entire table. It was paper thin, then she would Read more…

Super Soft & Fluffy Cinnamon Rolls

Super Soft & Fluffy Cinnamon Rolls

I first tried my hand at cinnamon rolls way back in high school, and of course I thought they were spectacular! But only for an hour or two…then they would already start to go stale. But not this recipe. These are the softest, fluffiest cinnamon Read more…