Nutella Brownies

This is a truly wonderful brownie recipe: it involves only three main ingredients and it takes only about 15 minutes in total to make! The main ingredient is Nutella, which makes the brownies sweet, tender and moist inside. 

The recipe was adapted from Butter Baking.

Lasagne with Ground Beef

This time I decided to share my favorite lasagne recipe! I love this Italian dish. It might take some time to make it, but it's worth it since you'll have plenty of food for the next days. You can store it in the fridge and simply heat it up in the microwave or oven right before serving. This lasagne recipe was adapted from here. 

Carrot Cake with Crushed Raisins, Walnuts and Pineapple

This cake is a very interesting variation to the traditional carrot cake. It involves crushed pineapple, raisins and walnuts. The delicious frosting is made from cream cheese and vanilla/lemon flavored quark (cottage cheese).  The recipe was adapted from valio.fi.

Choux Patsry Balls With Shrimps

I have another recipe to share that involves choux pastry (pâte à choux). This time it’s profiteroles. However, these profiteroles (or cream puffs) are not meant for dessert since they involve a salty filling. This recipe might appear complicated, but I assure you, it’s not. As you probably realized in the last post (chocolate éclairs), making choux pastry is not complicated at all. And, of course, the filling is not hard to make as well. In fact, it’s so easy I forgot to write down the directions for it at first!

Profiteroles with shrimp filling are perfect for appetizers or a cocktail party (your guests will be impressed). The recipe was adapted from here.

Chocolate Eclairs

Éclair is a very famous French pastry made from pâte à choux (choux pastry). I’ve read that it has been a popular dessert for over 120 years by now. Yet, I always thought that making éclairs is incredibly complicated. Therefore, for the longest time I was very hesistant to try and make them myself. But when I finally did have the courage to try them, I was so surprised to find out that it’s not that complicated at all and they turned out great from the first try! Granted, they don’t look all that uniform and professional as the ones in French bakeries but the taste is the same! Besides, home baking doesn’t have to look perfect.

Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Marshmallow Cookies

I decided to share another cookie recipe. They’re just like the regular soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies except with the addition of mini marshmallows. I’ve had a jar of marshmallows in my drawer for some time now, so I decided to make good use out of them. The cookies turned out perfect. The combination of sweet marshmallows with dark chocolate chips is amazing. The recipe was adapted from here. 

Meat skewers

Recently, I tried these delicious bacon wrapped turkey skewers marinated in yogurt and served with a yogurt sauce. They turned out so good that I just had to share them here. You can probably tell that I love turkey by now, since I’ve already shared a couple of my favorite turkey recipes here, such turkey roast, turkey meatballs and turkey in a cream sauce. Despite that, you can make these skewers with any type of meat you like.  

This recipe involves a yogurt marinade, which makes the meat extra soft and flavorful. Also, since summer is right around the corner, meaning that the grilling season is soon to be open, you can grill these rolls instead of frying and roasting them. This dish is perfect for adults as well as kids!

Homemade Mayo

Making mayonnaise at home is very easy and takes less 10 minutes to prepare. Making your own mayo is a much healthier option since it will save you from all the preservatives and other chemicals used in store bought mayo.

Tosca cake (Toskakku)

On the weekend I baked a cake, called Tosca cake (Toskakakku). It’s very popular cake in this part of the world. I’m not exactly sure whether this cake is originally Finnish or Swedish, so let’s assume that it’s Nordic. This wonderful cake has a soft base with a crusty and sweet almond topping. Like all the recipes in this blog, it’s not complicated to make at all, yet it looks very interesting and tastes delicious.    

Turkey Meatballs

It’s so easy and quick to make these ground turkey meatballs. I made them yesterday and they turned out so delicious: soft on the inside and crusty on the outside. They are lighter than regular meatballs and thus perfect for a light, yet nutritious meal.

Macaroni and Cheese

Nothing compares to macaroni and cheese. It’s a universal dish: goes well with almost everything. I think many would agree, that the cheese sauce in mac’n’cheese is the most important. You can serve this dish as a main course or a side dish.

The recipe was adapted from food.com. This is so far the best mac'n'cheese I've ever made.

Homemade Shamrock Shake

Here is my version of the famous McDonalnd's Shamrock Shake. This minty milkshake is very refreshing and perfect for St. Patrick’s Day.

Broccoli Cheddar Soup

Today I wanted to share another soup recipe. I think it’s evident by now, that the health benefits of broccoli are countless. But to be honest, I don’t find broccoli that great tasting just boiled or fried. However, I decided to try out broccoli in a soup, and guess what? It’s delicious and very easy to make!

Chocolate Fondant

You’re in a bad mood? Nothing like a good old French classic chocolate dessert to cheer you up! I know, I’ve been on a roll with dessert recipes lately, but who can resist this Fondant au chocolat? I find it amazing that when you barely touch the surface of the little cake with a spoon, delicious chocolate lava pours out. Imagine my surprise when I found out that it’s literally one of the easiest desserts to make. It literally takes no more than 15 minutes in total. And out of those 15 minutes only 8-10 minutes of baking time! Isn’t that some sort of a baking record? Don’t forget to serve it with a scoop of ice cream. Really, melted gooey chocolate with some vanilla ice cream… The best thing ever!

The recipe was adapted from a French website meilleurduchef.com.   

Banoffee Pie

This pie might seem complicated, but I assure you it’s one of the easiest pies I’ve made. It doesn’t even require any baking! The combination of banana flavor and a layer of toffee along with sugar coated pecan nuts is simply amazing. I strongly encourage everone to try out this recipe!

The recipe was adapted from Valio.