Have you seen the movie Ponyo? Miyazaki is one of my favorite directors and as a huge fan of “Kiki’s delivery service“, ” Castle in the sky“, “Howl’s moving castle” etc, I couldn’t miss to introduce this movie to my kids!We all LOVED it! I’ve talked about how my kids love to eat “movie” food…

I had this big basket of strawberries that we picked up from a local farm and although the kids love them, I wanted to try something different than the regular things. So, I came up with my version of Strawberry Daiquiri which both my daughter and I enjoyed very much in this hot day! You…

  This is one of the recipes I’ve always “feared” as very complicated ( as pretty much everything that needs caramelized sugar!). So I postponed it as long as I could, but since we went to Samascott orchards the previous week and I had 2 large bags of ripe plums and I made all the…

Very long and complicated title, I know! No time to make it short and it says what the food is, so I guess it will do.For the longest time I though that the best way to make chicken livers is baked with butter and spices, but that was until I tried this way of preparing…

I love Potato Croquettes!When they are freshly made, I love the smell of savory and onion in the mashed potato! I love to eat them with everything! I make them as a main dish, I make them as a side dish, I make sandwiches and burgers with them, I make them in shapes ( like…

This salad is very easy ( and quick) to make and on top of that is very delicious if you like zucchini! We LOVE zucchini! I prepare them in so many ways and my family really enjoys them, but this salad since I started making it couple of months ago became a favorite very fast!…

What is a better way to spend a rainy afternoon at home, than with your family?What is a better way to have your family over than to have a nice lunch?And what is a better way to have a family lunch than to serve warm comfort food made with lot of love? Roasted leg of…

As I mentioned yesterday in my post ” Food for the soul or food for the mouth“, I prefer food for the soul, but that unfortunately is not enough, so here is a nice, warm “feel good” recipe for a meatball soup that I call “magic”!Why magic? Because according to my kids, once you eat…

I love good food, what I love more is to see it well presented in the plate!I can be compelled to try a recipe just by the look of the food! I respect very much people who can arrange beautifully the food in the plate, I respect even more the people who can take a…

   I only wanted to wish you Happy Easter everyone and head off to a birthday party!While I am gon,e enjoy the sight of these amazingly yummy Easter crescents I made by the recipe of a friend of mine: The recipe you can check here:http://tanitaang.blogspot.com/2010/04/blog-post.html And if you like baking things but you don’t have…