Food

Happy Valentine’s Day!

By Annie Holland / February 14, 2009

I had a very hectic day yesterday. I had so much going on that I didn’t even notice it was Friday 13th! On the other hand, maybe it’s better I didn’t know 🙂 Not that I am that much superstitious, but just in case you know 😉Anyway, yesterday we went to Michael’s ( the store)…

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I’m in love!!!( Roasted chicken with thyme)

By Annie Holland / January 12, 2009

Yes, that’s right! At most inconvenient of times I saw him and I just fell in love!!!He is big, he is heavy and he is hot!A Lodge Cast iron skillet!I just love this thing and it was a love from first sight!If you want to read a very good articles about cast iron and the…

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Garfield’s Lasagna

By Annie Holland / January 4, 2009

My son has the habit of wanting food he sees in movies. It’s not the first time ( it won’t be the last either)I made something by his request that I had no idea how to make. We have the lentil soup of the 7 dwarfs, Kung Fu panda’s noodles, Harry Potter’s pea soup, Popeye…

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Honey Spice Christmas cookies

By Annie Holland / December 9, 2008

The Good Ol’ DaysThis is a recipe my mom used to make when I was little and I’ve always new that whenever Christmas was near, my favorite cookies’ smell would fill the air. It was times, when there weren’t that many cookies in the store, 2-3 kinds and people used to rely on their cooking…

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Sticky Lemon Turkey a la Gordon Ramsey

By Annie Holland / December 9, 2008

Did you ever have trouble figuring out what to do with the turkey leftovers after Thanksgiving? Well, this year we had lot left so I had to figure out what to do with it and then I remembered that I can make Gordon Ramsey’s sticky lemon chicken that I’ve seen on Youtube, but with turkey…

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Strawberry pie

By Annie Holland / November 28, 2008

As I promised in my previous post, here is the recipe for the strawberry pie I’ve made for Thanksgiving.After I’ve read a lot on pies ( crusts and fillings separately) I’ve used the Culinary Cafe recipe for crust. I am pasting it as it is there, you can check the full explanation and wonderful article…

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Thanksgiving 2008

By Annie Holland / November 28, 2008

As with Bulgarian tradition, we celebrate The day of the christian family a week earlier, but since Thanksgiving is an oficial holiday and my husband is not working, we celebrate it on Thanksgiving. I like the idea of this holiday, to give thanks about things that happend and some that don’t. I am thankful about…

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Spinach Phyllo Triangles or Spanakopita

By Annie Holland / October 13, 2008

This is unbelievably easy recipe that I haven’t made in a long time!Today I had some fresh spinach and I decided to make “banitsa” for dinner but I wanted it to be different than the usual one I make. So I chose the triangular shape and made a filling from eggs, feta cheese, spinach and…

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The fringe benefits of yogurt

By Annie Holland / October 5, 2008

You all know that I am originally from Bulgaria.Well, the one thing you probably don’t know or haven’t payed attention to is that one of the bacterias used for making yogurt is named Lactobacillus Bulgaricus.First identified in 1905 by the Bulgarian doctor Stamen Grigorov, it is named after Bulgaria. This bacterium is also regarded as…

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Divine Chocolate Espersso pudding with Raw chocolate chips

By Annie Holland / October 5, 2008

I know, I know! I haven’t posted anything in a while, but it really has been crazy around here!We are getting a dog ( on top of everything), so beware 🙂 I’ll post a lot of pictures of the little rascal when we bring him home on Nov, 8th 🙂I am desperate to start working…

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