Flourless Chocolate & Guinness Cake on St. Valentine's Day

It all started at the Periodicals section of our local Barnes&Noble. I opened Food Network Magazine Special Chocolate issue, and I just could not put it down. The recipe for Towering Flourless Chocolate Cake looked so good! It asked for lots of chocolate and also some Guinness beer, both Dave’s favorite so that very minute I knew what I would make for my husband on St. Valentine’s Day. 

Last year I had kept it low key making just heart-shaped cookies so this year I was thinking about treating him to something unusual.

In-pumpkin baked veggies w/pork

This post is a part of the FaveDiets November Blog Hop & Giveaway: Favorite Vegetable Recipes. As I was thinking about what recipe to submit, I asked myself: how would you like your veggies in late fall? No doubt, it is all about seasonal produce and hearty dishes. What can be more seasonal than pumpkin and what can be more hearty than a hot casserole dish? Only the one where you can combine both and add some fun twist to it.

Pumpkin is not only a great ingredient to cook with, but is is also an amazing thing to cook in. It looks fun, plus you don’t have to clean up the mess;)

You can find pumpkin practically any size now. For this recipe I’d rather recommend you don’t go extra size but stick to a small or medium-sized one: it cooks faster and makes it a great treat on a weekday night or fun thing for weekend family dinner.

Russian comfort food: Stuffed peppers

This blog post is a part of The FaveDiets Blog Hop, The Healthy Hop: Your Favorite Recipe From the Last Month. I’ve decided to share one of my all time August-September favorite recipes. Why August-September? The answer is simple: we are talking what’s in season, and there is nothing better than a couple of stuffed peppers with some sour cream.

This is an easy recipe you can also cook in advance and then just re-heat: it will taste as good as freshly made and saves you from unhealthy frozen dinners on a week night. When I was a kid, we used to cook it a lot in our country house, and since back then stuffed peppers are on my list of perfect end of summer meals. 

Anti-deep-fried chicken w/roasted red potatoes

Today’s post is special: we are taking part in The FaveDiets Blog Hop, The Healthy Hop: Your Favorite Healthy Low Cost Recipes. It is our first time and we are very excited. 

For today’s post I picked a very simple recipe I tried just a few days ago. Hope you like it too: it is easy, fast, healthy and budget-friendly. 

Deep-frying and chicken seem to go together in eating habits of many people. But is it really healthy? And also think about all this oil you need. Thumbs down! But what to do when your kids (and big kids too) want their chicken crispy on the outside and soft and moist on the inside? There is a great trick that I learned from Semi-Homemade Cooking’s Sandra Lee’s and simplified for everyday use. They will love it, guaranteed.