Latest Recipes

Look how far I’ve come with my photography since February 2018. Wow. This Algerian couscous recipe is PACKED full of flavor and vegetables. A definite must try if you’re trying to up your intake of veggies.

The fish is simply seasoned with salt and pepper and blackened in a pan with butter. What’s amazing to me is HOW flavorful this dish is without any complex seasonings. I only used salt and pepper and the flavors were outstanding. It’s all vegetables with a filet of fish. So you can feel great and healthy eating it.

It’s a great meal and fairly easy to make. Lots of simmering and you get perfectly flavored and tender chicken. Plus, adding fried onions in anything is going to give a wonderfully subtle flavor to any dish.

This is the very first dessert I’ve ever learned how to make properly, and so it’s become a go to ever since when I want to make something impressive for get togethers. It’s easy, and it’s delicious. And did I mention, very addicting.

Justin and I loved this dish so much, that we didn’t realize we ate an entire 1.5 pounds of beef in just one sitting. It’s addicting, and incredibly easy to make. It’s also jam packed full of flavor. Highly recommend making it you guys!

Despite including olives (not a fan), the filling was insanely good. The dough, flaky. NO SOGGY BOTTOMS! However, the bf and I both agreed it needed some sort of hot sauce or salsa to accompany the empanada. I cheated and used a bowl as my stencil LOL, not sorry. I also thought I overstuffed them, but turns out, the dough still stretched when I tried to seal them, so overstuffing wasn’t an issue!

This dish isn’t anything “special” in the sense that it’s a pretty easy dish to make. But the combination of flavors is definitely a good one. It kind of comes off as an elevated poor man’s dish - potatoes and sausage - but the addition of endives (or kale) and drizzled with gravy gives this poor man’s dish a great twist.

While Kiwi is a more traditional topping, this really can be flexible enough for ANY fruit. I’ve seen a lot of photos with passionfruit. Me on the other hand, would LOVE a mango-strawberry topping. Drool. What’s your favorite topping for pavlova?

I made schnitzel some time ago when we were still living in Chicago. We had a few friends over for Oktoberfest celebrations. Delicious beers and schnitzel. We made a lot, so naturally we had leftovers. Being from Eastern Europe, I grew up with this stuff and let me tell you, there are at least 4 different ways I can think of to eat this fried pork.

So many spices went into this dish, both to the chicken and risotto styled rice. Very flavorful and just a hint of spiciness to add to the flavor, not take away from it. A must try!

I wasn’t sure how I would feel about this dish since it’s primarily beans. It took me a very long time to get over the texture (from childhood), but now I definitely do enjoy eating beans, lentils, and other legumes. This is a very hearty and delicious stew, that is perfect especially for the winter.

The shredded beef literally uses 5 ingredients, 6 if you count water. It’s insanely easy to make, however it’s a pain in the ass waiting for it to cook. Four hours baking in the oven in low heat, and another hour simmering on the stove waiting to reduce the liquids. But this results in an amazingly tender beef that falls apart by simply a touch.