Category Archives: Desserts

RAINBOW JELLO

This is a perfect gelatin dessert for children’s parties. Rainbow Jello is an eye-catching, splash of colors and flavors that little people love. So prepare the gelatin by adding boiling water to gelatin mix. Stir until gelatin crystals completely dissolve. Do not add cold water, like the package instructions mention, instead, add about 2 tablespoons vanilla… Continue reading »

FRUIT SALAD

I make fresh fruit salads pretty often, and my kids love them. Usually, in my house, in order for my little people to consume fruits and veggies, I need to come up with something interesting, and presentable, something different rather then just filling up our fruit basket with bananas and kiwis 🙂 In that case no one… Continue reading »

CHOCOLATE-COVERED STRAWBERRIES

These Chocolate-Covered Strawberries bring back warm memories of summer. The chocolate itself makes this dessert utterly romantic. A perfect delicious and wholesome treat for your loved ones. Ingredients: 1 package of strawberries 1 cup truffles 1/2 cup white chocolate for decorating (optional, not pictured) Heat water in a saucepan. Place bowl over the saucepan (congratulations, you’ve just created… Continue reading »

ABIGAIL’S FROZEN YOGURT TREAT

ABIGAIL’S FROZEN YOGURT TREAT

Meet Abigail. Abigail is my sweet 10-year old daughter. She is incredibly good at everything that  she challenges herself to do. She is a piano player, a great artist, a reader… Lately, she started bringing cook books from the school’s library, watching “Master Chef Jr.” and hanging out in kitchen watching me cook, and trying to get her… Continue reading »

EASY PUFF PASTRY TURNOVERS

As the weather gets colder, who wouldn’t mind a perfect cup of coffee or tea  with a perfect, sweet, fancy, delicious puff pastry? That’s right, fancy pastry. Its pretty time-consuming to make a puff pastry dough from  scratch. I buy it from the store. It saves hours of work, and it is ready in no time. Perfect for… Continue reading »

APPLE SHORTCAKE (Sharlotka)

  Apple…Feels like this fruit was created for preparing delicious pies, strudels, shortcakes…Sweet enough, juicy enough, very inexpensive, and always available. Ingredients: 3-4 big apples peeled and diced 6 eggs 1 cup sifted flour 1 cup sugar Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease with butter 9×13 glass baking dish. Spread diced apples on the bottom of… Continue reading »