Oven Baked Doughnuts

I have used the same dough like for the doughnuts fried in a deep oil, but it came out so different. This one was baked in a muffin pan and it's not that greasy at all. Crusty outside, soft and bubbly inside...I love doughnuts! 

The cherry filling is perfect for such doughnuts...so refreshing and appetizing.

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Pork Paprikash

Paprikash is a one pot meal similar to goulash but with potatoes in it. Usually made with chicken meat, but this time I used pork meat to indulge my son's wish. He likes baby sized cubes of meat and potatoes but the original Pork Paprikash requires a bit larger shaped ingredients. It's easy to adapt to such a small bites meal...so sophisticated. :-)

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Strawberry Filling

I had an idea for making a delicious strawberry filling cake, but first the filling had to be made. It's nothing spectacular, just an ordinary fruit filling. I don't like to buy it in a store, because homemade is always the best! Fresh, nice and domestic strawberries were there on my table. Why wouldn't I make my own strawberry filling?

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Shepherd's Pie

This meat pie or casserole - also called Cottage Pie is very easy to make. It has a long history. Since the name of this pie is Shepherd's Pie, the lamb meat is necessary. There are a lot of people who aren't very fond of that kind of meat, but if some other meat is used the name of the pie must be changed...or we can be liberal and use any meat that we have at home :-)

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A Glass of Baileys Pudding

For grown ups only dessert won my respect a few years ago. I don't drink but Baileys is one of a kind, especially in dessert. Nicely combines with chocolate, nuts or whipped cream and the taste is extraordinary. Try it out and serve it to your friends just to see the positive outcome!

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Vegan Spring Soup

This lite soup is made of spring vegetables that I could find on the market. Very easy to make and healthy. No fat at all and dairy products were avoided. Nice and mild taste prepares you for an upcoming meal. My stomach is extremely grateful for this treat - hope that your will be too.

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Homemade Cherry Pie Filling

The cherry season has just started and I have a lot cherries in my garden. Good thing about it is that everyone in my family loves cherries in all sorts and variations on the table.When you have a lot, you need to figure out how to store them in order to be used through the whole year. My pattern is to put them in a deep freezer and deal with them as necessary. Off course, all of them pitted out...yes, a lot of work but it's much easier later.

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Fan Sliced Hot Dog

This interesting snack can easily be your breakfast or a picnic meal. Any sort of dough can be used to wrap the sausage in... and don't forget to serve it with a dipping sauce. Mustard is my favorite, but there are still people who hate it and choose ketchup over it.  

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Strawberry Cheesecake Phyllo Cups

This is not an ordinary cheesecake recipe... it's the one with semolina. Nevertheless, baked sweet cottage cheese is the food worth craving for. This time I used strawberries to bring some spring into this sweet phyllo basket. I'm thinking about some other fruits, to make a mix in this attractive dessert cup - it would be awesome.

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Carob Brownies with Chocolate Glaze

This cake can be prepared very quickly and easy... It's all about mixing the ingredients together, baking it and pouring the glaze on. Simple as that! Carob gives this cake a special aroma that craves for the chocolate glaze, but as people are not all the same - it's possible that your carob cake craves for a fruit glaze. :-) I'll stick with the chocolate one...

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Strawberry Recipes

Strawberry is the most appreciated fruit in this blog, so I decided to dedicate this post to all the recipes I have tried out using this tasty fruit. As it's so aromatic, can be used in lot of desserts and beverages combining with everything and giving an incredible flavor.

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Nutella Crepes with Strawberries

Every week I have to bake crepes... The cravings for them are enormous and can't help it. We eat it with jelly, cinnamon and sugar, cacao and sugar, all sorts of pudding, whipped cream and fruits (seasonal), poppy seed and sugar, or salty variations. It's better if you eat it strait from the pan. The crepe is crusty in a first few minutes and in this case, Nutella melts on it and gives you an incredible feeling while eating it.

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Cucumber Salad

This quick, easy and refreshing salad is among all very healthy. It can be served beside every meat or soya stake and it would enrich the taste of the lunch or dinner and grow your appetite :-)

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Cheesy Turkey Meatball Muffins

The muffin pan can be used for lunch and dinner, too. I was afraid that the meat wouldn't be baked in the middle - I was wrong! These became the nicest meatballs ever! All look alike and the cheese is just about to come out... I have found the biggest garlic clove of all time for these little meat cakes - but I haven't used it entirely, just a part of it :-) 

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Leftover Chocolate Easter Bunny Muffins

So many Easter Bunnies left, so many kinds of chocolate... I had to bake something delicious and tempting. This great recipe was born as I was gathering all those bunnies and chocolate eggs. My son enjoyed in crushing those chocolates and helping me out with the muffins. The muffins came out better than ever... it was so many kinds of chocolate to blame.

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Nutella Strudel

Nutella is an only ingredient well known all over the world... When you say Nutella you are speaking sweet on every language. The other day, I have made a simple strudel dough and I was thinking if I should use cottage cheese to cream it or something else. There were some nuts and jelly and poppy seed and off course - Nutella. Well, the cottage cheese I used for macaroni and my hand reached for the nutty chocolate spread with an exquisite taste - Nutella. 

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Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies

You said “foam”? Oh, yeah! So soft and melts in your mouth like a delicious bubbly ice-cream. I am always in the mood for that kind of sweetness!  This recipe runs in our family for generations and it’s welcome anytime and anywhere. I am very grateful to my grandmother for saving this recipe in original so I could pass it to young generations and spread it all over the world through this blog! This is a kind of recipe that needs to be read ahead to be understood perfectly and then to be used wisely.

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Easy Danish Poppy Seed Scrolls

I'm crazy about poppy seed... It's so tasty and aromatic. Can be used for different kinds of cakes and desserts, to enrich the enjoyment in consuming it! So, I have made a few different sorts like - Poppy Seed Cake with Cherries, Poppy Seed Bars, Poppy Seed Strudel and Poppy Seed Crackers.

I have to add to poppy seed collection one more quick and appetizing cake. No more kneading dough and waiting it to rest. Follow the recipe and surprise your friends.

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Dill Sauce

Fresh herbs are so inspiring for making a lot of good and tasty meals. Dill is the most aromatic herb in my garden... grows so nicely anywhere I plant it and has a beautiful and attractive smell. When I make a saucy meal, I have to make a few different kinds of sauces - dill sauce, tomato sauce or cheese sauce.   

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