Red velvet cookies with white chocolate chips
What unites these cookies with red velvet cake is the cocoa-containing dough used to make the cookies and food coloring to give them a red color. I used Indian red food coloring which is supposed to be natural. You can add twice as much food coloring to get cookies with more intense red. White chocolate […]
Cheddar cookies
The slightly sharper taste of cheddar together with thyme and freshly grounded black pepper gives the cookies a great combination of flavors. You can find quite a few recipes for cheddar cookies. I gave these recipes my twist. I believe it’s worth a try!!It would be ideal to make the dough the day before so […]
Spanakopita
A traditional Greek open pie served in Greek restaurants around the world. It is still a festive pie eaten all over Greece. Spanakopita (σπανακόπιτα) and similar pies are believed to have been made in Greece since ancient times.I made my version where I used quite a few different herbs which gave the pie a fresh, […]
Simple Mexican tacos
Tacos are the heart of Mexican cuisine. Historically, it is said that thin cornbread filled with fish was offered to the staff of Hernán Cortés when the conquistadors arrived in the territories of present-day Mexico, at least this is what the historian Bernal Díaz del Castillo, who was a soldier in the expedition of the […]
Mexican adobo seasoning mix
Mexican spice mixes are characterized not so much by the sharpness of the spice, but rather by the richness of variation and taste, which is supported by the fresh flavors of avocado, tomato, lettuce, cucumber, or paprika in food. Medium-hot chili peppers, cumin, and paprika certainly play a role in creating the main flavors, in […]