Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups (325g) oat flour 2 cups (414g) sugar 3 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 1 cup (240ml) milk 1/2 cup (120ml) vegetable oil 1 tbsp vanilla extract 2 large eggs Preparations: Preheat oven to 180°C and line a cupcake tin. In a large bowl, combine sugar with your wet ingredients. Add … Continue reading Oatmeal Blueberry Muffins
Ingredients: 1 pack - tea biscuits (I used festive-spice & lotus cookies) approx. 600g 100g - melted butter 1 Cup - milk 1 pack - marshmallows 200g - Chocolate (1 used 100g dark and 100g festive edition Lindt) Optional: Sprinkles Preparation: Blend the cookies until they are fine Mix in the melted butter Incorporate the … Continue reading Chocolate Marshmallow Festive Tarts
If you are looking for a moist chocolate cake that is not too sweet then look no further. The chocolate flavors in this cake are brought out by my favorite trick - coffee! And the frosting itself uses mascarpone which is rich, velvety, and much less sweet than your conventional buttercream. Cake Ingredients: Makes two … Continue reading Chocolate Cake with Mascarpone Frosting
I often buy apples and forget about them until I really need to do something about them. Here in Düsseldorf, where I live, it is currently cold and rainy which calls for warm comforting food. But of course, I’ve noticed that Germans love ice cream no matter what the weather; so what better dish than … Continue reading Comforting Apple Crumble
This recipe is the definition of childhood summers in the south of France, spending the whole day at the pool with my cousins and being greeted by my mom and aunt’s smiles around 4PM, bringing us ‘le goûter’ in woven baskets covered in dish towels. These baskets contained (most of the time) either of 2 … Continue reading Le Clafoutis de Mamouchka
This was specifically made for my mother. When I pitched the idea to her, her eyes lit up like a Christmas tree; a combination of her two favorite things, raspberries and lemon! So I dedicate this recipe to my sweet mother. Muffin Ingredients: 1 3/4 Cups - Flour1 Cup - Sugar2 Tsp - Baking Powder1/4 … Continue reading Lemon-Raspberry Muffins
So here's the catch: I recently discovered that I am intolerant to wheat and cow milk/cheese. Great 
Because of this I have to stop eating anything with these products for 6 months (I've yet to be able to keep it up for more than 6 days at a time - when I am ready … Continue reading Chocolate Coconut Cake
Every time I think salsa, I think chips, dip, parties, carbs, etc... But what if it doesn't have to be that way? Well that's a thought; things don't have to always be the same. This sentence, which I am sure many of us hear over and over, can be applied to an array of different … Continue reading Mango Salsa in an Avocado & Some Change
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