
I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable Memorial Day! Kemal and I enjoyed both great food and wonderful company at our friends’ home where we grilled out and had one heck of a feast!
Vanja grilled some mouth-watering steaks, Kemal made some fantastic veggie kabobs, Vesna made a lovely Greek salad and the best baked … [read more]

I love church cookbooks because they usually contain a lot of old recipes which have been passed down for generations. So when I found a church cookbook in the used bookstore, I just had to pick it up. It contains a lot of treasures, and there are many recipes I want to try.
Yesterday … [read more]

The best part about getting back from vacation, besides sleeping in our own bed, is not having to eat in restaurants. We enjoy our own cookin’ more than restaurant food, and it was wonderful to have a home cooked meal after two weeks of eating in hotels and restaurants.
The first meal we had when we … [read more]

I usually eat my first meal of the day between 1 and 2 p.m. I like to keep it simple, and most generally I have 2 slices of bread with butter. For the past several months, I’ve been eating Yoga bread for breakfast. I love it because it’s sweet without being too sweet, nutty, and … [read more]

Last night Kemal was in the mood for some kind of dessert made with bananas. We were looking at various recipes, but we were both really tired and wanted to make something simple. Kemal suggested that I try making some banana brownies. I’ve never heard of that before, but it sounded good…even better when we … [read more]

Inspired by Joy the Baker’s dipped bananas, I decided to try my hand at making them. I found some popsickle sticks at Hobby Lobby for $1.99 for a package of 50.
I made a few modifications to her recipe. Instead of chocolate chips, I used bark chocolate. I melted 3 blocks in the microwave and dipped … [read more]