50 MINUTES Creamy Pumpkin Soup
When my children were little, I often made soups like this, though thinner and with fewer…
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55 MINUTES Waffle cake with condensed milk
Waffle cake with condensed milk was the second dish I made as a child, after chocolate bis…
4 HOURS 20 MINUTES Khrushchev-style pie dough
I discovered this dough when I first started cooking for myself and immediately loved it.…
25 MINUTES Shortbread cookies with jam
These cookies are close to kurabiye, though not quite the same. I worried the dough would…
30 MINUTES Soba with chicken
Chicken soba is ready in about half an hour, with most of the time spent washing and chopp…
12 HOURS 30 MINUTES Korean-style carrots
My online friend Lena shared this Korean-style carrot recipe. Thank you, Lena! The salad i…
30 MINUTES Banana cookies
In general, this is a standard shortbread recipe. Fat, sugar, flour, plus something for bi…
1 HOUR 15 MINUTES Lenten banana cake
I adapted my banana and walnut cake recipe for this Lenten version; the original is linked…
2 HOURS 15 MINUTES School-canteen-style marinated beetroot
This is the beetroot recipe I had been looking for: the familiar dish from school canteens…
1 HOUR 20 MINUTES Paris in the Snow salad
“Paris in the Snow” is a very light and incredibly tasty salad. My husband said it was a w…
1 HOUR Crescent cookies
My mother often baked these crescent cookies when I was a child, and now I make them for m…
20 MINUTES Lavash triangles
These filled lavash triangles are a quick breakfast, rather like a more substantial versio…
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