Month: April 2018

Traditional Cherry Turnovers

Traditional Cherry Turnovers

As always one thing  I love is to share my favorite recipes that I prepare for the family, and today is none other than cherry turnovers.  this one is the long version recipe and I do understand that not too many people have the time…

Quinoa Salad Mediterranean Style

Quinoa Salad Mediterranean Style

So let’s do something different today and have a journey to mediterranean eating and the best way to do this is by starting out with a delicious salad. Did you all know that Quinoa comes to us from the Andes Mountains of South America, we would…

Best St Louis Ribs ever

Best St Louis Ribs ever

 This recipe has been my  own creation, one of my best meals that I have shared with friends and family, ans it is never enough ribs to go around that is how delicious they are and since the weather seems to have forgotten to get…

Perfect Chocolate Covered strawberries

Perfect Chocolate Covered strawberries

Want to have an easy dessert that your whole family can enjoy? in this house no dessert  is ever too much 🙂 Chocolate Covered Strawberries!  what’s not to love about them? They make such elegant little additions to any get together  and they couldn’t be any easier…

Gooey Butter Cake

Gooey Butter Cake

   I stumbled upon this out of this world, addicting cake, pie or just out of this world dessert by watching “Cooking Network’s Best thing I ever ate” the way the various cooks that had tried this addicting pie and for me it  was a…

Skillet Flank steak in garlic butter with potatoes

Skillet Flank steak in garlic butter with potatoes

Guess what? in my home is a meat and potatoes kinda home 🙂  and  with this delicious meal  you and your family will  be extremely satisfied! The savor of the crushed garlic and all the fresh herbs used is a must to do many times…

Chocolate  Espresso cake with chocolate cream cheese frosting

Chocolate Espresso cake with chocolate cream cheese frosting

      While going over the many recipes that I still have not shared with the world, this one is one of my favorite one’s.   The rich, smooth chocolate flavor with a hint of coffee is a perfect dessert for the chocolate lover in…

Buttermilk pound cake with fresh berry topping

Buttermilk pound cake with fresh berry topping

 Hi everyone, another weekend is among us, and the one thing I love to do most is create delicious meals for the family. However the one thing I love to do the most is surprise them with a phenomenal unexpected dessert, so it started out…

Seafood Stew

Seafood Stew

Here I am updating recipes and this one has been lost in the shuffle and it is too good to be ignored.  This delicious creamy Seafood Stew is quick to cook and perfect for entertaining or as a weekend dinner dish for the whole family.…

Fresh Berry Yogurt Bundt Cake

Fresh Berry Yogurt Bundt Cake

There’s something about bundt cakes, I cannot put my finger on it, maybe is the amount of so many pretty molds to create beauties or maybe is the amount of time and love I put when baking them.  This all started with one particular cake…

Spicy Avocado spread with egg

Spicy Avocado spread with egg

     I think most of you have heard this many times: “Breakfast is essential” trust me I am one of those that can say  and have defy that phrase.  As a kid  I would be more than happy with  a piece of toast,  or…

Cast Iron Skillet Pineapple upside down cake

Cast Iron Skillet Pineapple upside down cake

When I started baking many years ago, the one cake that I started with was Pineapple upside down cake, and there are two main reasons : the first one  is my sister Claudia, if there is one way to show her my love and appreciation…

Rice Soup with beef and vegetables

Rice Soup with beef and vegetables

This soup is a must at home and one of my favorite soups, it could be summer and I will never turn down any soup (well maybe tripe soup, but that’s another story for another day!)  The recipe calls for “pearl rice” and  this type…

MOIST LEMON POUND CAKE WITH LEMON VANILLA GLAZE

MOIST LEMON POUND CAKE WITH LEMON VANILLA GLAZE

     As far back as I can remember the one thing I have always loved is a great cup of  tea accompanied by any lemony cookie or pound cake.   I do believe that my love of pound cake is because  it  takes me back…


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