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Chicken Quesadillas

Yesterday I made chicken quesadillas!

I thought of it

I wanted it

so I made it

I love quesadillas, I love chicken and I love cheese and when I want something I have to get it or make it or I go crazy, and I cry, and I don’t wanna cry anymore…

You can make the tortillas from scratch or [...]

Vol-au-vent with salmon cream

Vol-au-vents are one of the most popular finger food during parties. Despite what it can seem, they are not difficult to make, all u need is puff pastry and cookie cutters.

You can fill them with a wide variety of ingredients: vegetables, meat, fish.

The filling I have chosen for mine is a creamy and soft mixture [...]

Frittata with Potatoes

This is one of those plate I’ve been eating since I was a little kid. It was a common dish when my grandma was alive and after her, my mom continued making this delicious frittata.

Frittata is a type of Italian omelette either simple or enriched with meat, cheese or even pasta. It is not an [...]

I’ve found this recipe on a cooking magazine and I thought it was a cool recipe for an original finger food or as an alternative starter. It can also be used as a way to have your children eat legumes without even realizing it

It is also a very healthy and low fat dish, ideal if [...]

Japanese vegetable rolls

After the recipe for making Japanese sushi rice, let’s now see how to prepare some sushi rolls. The vegetable sushi rolls are the easiest therefore the best one to learn if we have never made Japanese sushi before.

Ingredients: 材料

1/2 cup Japanese Sushi Rice – 1 /2杯寿司米饭
1 cucumber – 1个黄瓜
Bamboo mat (makisu) – 竹席
1 sheet of [...]

Chocolate Salami

The chocolate salami is an old recipe my mom used to prepare for me and my sister when we were having house parties with our classmates back in primary and secondary school.

I almost forgot about it until last Sunday when I went out for dinner with a group of friends and a girl asked me [...]

Butterfly cookies

Butterfly cookie is a recipe that I’ve seen my grandma made a thusands times when I was a little kid. On a Sunday morning she used to spend hours carefully preparing the buff pastry, then fold it and cut it in the shape of small, cute, little butterflies. I LOVED IT!

This Saturday morning I woke [...]

Nachos

Here we go with another Mexican recipe. As you guys know I dont really like any of the Mexican restaurants in town, so I am trying to learn as many mexican dishes as I can. My boyfriend taught me this one! Let me know what you guys think about it

Ingredients (for 5 servings)

1/2 package of [...]

Baci

Baci (in Italian it means kiss) is a famous Italian chocolate brand. I love their chocolate balls but unfortunately they are not sold here in China. Good thing my mom has this recipe which reproduce them quite well. It’s easy and I am sure you will all love it!

Ingredients (for 40 Baci):

1 cup hazelnuts (250 [...]

Danubio

Danubio is a salty cake originally from Campania, a region in the South of Italy. My parents went to college in Naples, which is where my mom learned this delicious dish. She used to make it for me and my sister as an afternoon snack and during parties with our classmates, I remember it fondly.

A [...]

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