I wanted to try these peanut butter cookies since a long time, but somehow I never made it. Few weeks ago, my better half was on a long business trip and I had two weeks all for myself. With no family to visit and still a small network of friends, cooking seemed like the best…
Super healthy
Eggs in yogurt
I wasn’t sure if I needed to write a blog post about this recipe, because it’s so simple, it’s hard to call it a recipe. It’s practically a layer of yogurt flavored with olive oil and a crispy egg on top. Anyway, the geek in me, that wants to have everything in order decided to…
Asparagus & trout pasta
Life is so fast since I moved here in Dublin, and I’m loving every minute of it. But, this also has its cost, less time for my favorite activity, cooking for my family When in a hurry pasta comes to help, so today I’m sharing with you a simple and delicious dish that I mixed…
Smoked trout salad – Bake My Day Happy recipe for Mandarina’s readers
Hi everyone, this is Nevila from Bake My Day Happy, but today you can call me Mandarina :), I won’t mind. I’ve initiated this guest-posting game between us food bloggers not only to share our experiences, but most of all to have fun. When I proposed this to Valbona and Ejona they welcomed it and…
Spinach & strawberry salad
I am a huge salad fan. They’re easy to make, colorful, tasty, healthy, and you can have so much fun experimenting with them. I try to have salads at lunch and dinner, apart from the main dish, or sometimes transform the salad into a main dish itself by adding grains, beans, seeds and nuts etc….
Stuffed dates dipped in chocolate
I love creating delicious sweet bites with dates. They are ready in few minutes and you can play endlessly with flavors. I like filling dates with nut butter, like almond butter, or peanut butter, or my favorite plant-based butter, tahini. They pair perfectly also with ricotta or mascarpone, and also with lightly toasted almonds. I always…
Sun-dried tomatoes pesto
While having a quick lunch in Amsterdam, I ordered pasta with red pesto, which was something I had actually never heard. I couldn’t wait for it to be ready, partly because I was super hungry, and partly because this was a type of pesto out there that I hadn’t tried. The big bowl of pasta…
Spinach balls
I don’t eat meat, since 1 year now, so I’ve experimented with vegetarian balls all the time. I’ve tried them with beans, quinoa, cauliflower, spinach etc. This is a very simple and healthy recipe, which happens to be also one of my favorites. I usually add a yogurt sauce and transform it into a great…
Creamy polenta with sautéed porcini
When you’re in hurry, but still want a delicious meal cooked at home polenta with sautéed porcini mushrooms comes to help. It’s super easy, quick and you need only 5 ingredients to make it. I’ve chosen porcini mushrooms because I love them so much, but in case you cannot find them, feel free to use your…
Easy cauliflower soup
I loveeee vegetables, and preparing soups is such an easy way to enjoy them. I haven’t been a soup lover, until lately. I don’t know what happened, but a big bowl of soup with crunchy croutons on top, a warm blanket, Netflix and my furry babies, is my favorite way to spend the evening lately….
