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 Last week I mistakenly purchased a huge container of vanilla yogurt. Ooops! I meant to buy plain yogurt. So I decided to return the wrong yogurt and replace it with the right one. I went through my files and found the receipt and put it in my pocket, but I forgot to bring the vanilla … [read more]  We had some blueberries and whipping cream in the fridge that needed to be used up, so Kemal and I threw this together last night after we made veggie pizza. It’s a quick and easy dessert because you can just purchase the pastry sheets and pudding to have on-hand in your kitchen and use … [read more]  One of my favorite winter treats when I was a kid was Dad’s snow cream. It’s way better than ice cream you buy in the store…perfectly sweet, fluffy and creamy at the same time…not to mention full of vanilla flavor. Dad’s snow cream was always something we looked forward to when it snowed…that and … [read more]  Up until today, I’ve never liked rice pudding. I tried it once when I was a kid and thought it was horrid. Then I tried it again when I was an adult and my opinion of rice pudding remained unchanged. It was yucky. Today something totally magical happened. I made a rice pudding for Kemal, and … [read more]  I’ve been in the mood for pears lately, and initially, I was planning to make a pear cake. But I wanted something a little lighter so I decided to make some poached pears. There are many of interesting recipes out there, and most of them involved poaching the pears in red wine. I’m sure the … [read more]  Last night I decided I wanted to make some rum-poached pears and then top them with some frozen vanilla yogurt. I didn’t have any frozen yogurt in the house though, so this was the perfect opportunity for me to make it myself. I had a container of plain yogurt in the fridge, so … [read more]  My friend, Vesna, makes a beautiful and incredibly delicious layer cake that she likes to make for birthdays and other occasions. What’s interesting is that this cake is made without flour. It’s filled with lots of butter, walnuts, sugar, and vanilla. Yummmmmmmm!!!! I decided to make her cake tonight for a co-worker who got … [read more]  I’m not a cookie person. Don’t get me wrong…I love them, but for some reason, I’m not so good at making them. The good news though is that I’m learning from my failures. I used to bake my cookies for too long and they would end up being hard and overcooked. I realized that if … [read more]  Sampita (pronounced sham-pee-tah) is a popular cake in Yugoslavian cuisine. Kemal said his mother used to make it, and it was his favorite cake. He hasn’t had it since he came to the United States so I wanted to make it for him. It was easy to make and it certainly is … [read more] |
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