And this, Asian ramen noodle salad is my absolute favorite (♥) salad. Bold, bright, beautiful colors. <– that’s how I like my salads. We’re in the mid 70s in Houston today. I’m feeling warm just sitting here on my couch. What the? I mean we are in the thick of January. I guess Texas didn’t get the memo. To celebrate this abnormally warm weather, i’m bringing you my all time favorite salad....

This is one COLORFUL salad. Fennel citrus salad with buttery avocados, tangy feta, and a sweet onion vinaigrette is just about the best thing I’ve tasted this year. The sweet onion dressing adds a nice complexity to the dish. I first had this salad on my birthday last year. Albeit, it was a leaf-less version of the salad with wedges of avocado, segmented citrus fruit, and dripping, generous portions of creamy burrata cheese, finished with the vinaigrette, a delicate drizzle of Meyer lemon infused olive oil, and a few fennel fronds....

Serve with a fresh Summer Tomato Salad with Herbs to balance out the dairy-richness of your savoury tart. There are few foods as divisive as quiche. It stands firmly on the love/hate battlefield with Marmite, tequila and cilantro (coriander). My husband is a staunch quiche supporter and the reason for this strongly flavoured quiche recipe. Stilton and bacon are a flavour force to be reckoned with. The pungent blue cheese and smoky cure of the bacon are formidable partners that pack a powerful punch....

These donuts are perfectly tender and sweet and always a crowd-pleaser. They’re just like your favorite donuts from a bakery without having to go through the hassle of deep-frying the donuts for when you have a craving that needs to be satisfied quickly. Baked to golden perfection, you’ll have trouble eating just one. If you’ve got a craving for more donuts, try making my apple cider donuts recipe or glazed donuts recipe....

Looking for more Beef Recipes? Then try my Korean Beef Bowl or Crockpot Beef Barbacoa. beef teriyaki noodles These Beef Teriyaki Noodles are comfort food at it’s finest. Tender cubed flank steak sautéed until tender and tossed with noodles and a homemade teriyaki sauce. Making your own teriyaki sauce at home is so much better than buying it! I used the same homemade teriyaki sauce as my Easy Teriyaki Beef Meatballs and my Teriyaki Baked Salmon....

Serve with our Butternut Squash and Sweet Potato Soup for a delicious and filling lunch or dinner. It’s difficult to think of a sandwich more popular then a grilled cheese sandwich or a cheese toastie, as it is lovingly called in the UK. Perfectly toasted buttery bread and gooey cheese is a combination, that is hard to beat! However, I am attempting to take it up a notch by slathering my bread slices with sun-dried tomato pesto for an extra infusion of flavour....

The Best BLueberry Cottage Cheese Ice Cream Recipe Did you know that you can easily make ice cream right at home without any equipment? It’s true! This blueberry cottage cheese ice cream is super easy to make with 5 ingredients, a blender and a loaf pan. That’s it! Plus, if you are one of those people who always has a sweet tooth, this is the perfect healthy treat that will curb your cravings without too much sugar or calories!...

Eggs are my favourites to serve for breakfast, so if you have a crowd to feed, make my Overnight Breakfast Casserole with Chorizo Sausage and Eggs. Similar concept but all baked together! If I could write a poem about my love for bagels, I would. Alas, I have no talent for it and I am sure you have no patience to read it. So if I must use plain prose, let me tell you I adore bagels....

You don’t need any fancy equipment to make this. This recipe is made all in one bowl, or more specifically, one saucepan. Everything is mixed together by hand in the pan and then scooped into a mini muffin pan. Cleaning up is as easy as making this recipe! Try my peanut butter brownies recipe, my homemade brownie recipe, or brownie in a mug recipe if you want another tasty chocolate-filled treat....

Or you can bake meatballs separately with melty mozzarella! My kids absolutely adore meatballs. So when I suggested spaghetti and meatballs for dinner, it was received with an overly enthusiastic YAY! However, when I reached for spaghetti in my cupboard, I came back with a pack of bucatini instead. No matter, my kids actually prefer bucatini. According to them it’s “fun and slurpy”. And the best sauce, that comes with this type of pasta, is Amatriciana....

If you love easy pasta meals, then check out my recipes for 20-Minute Pasta Carbonara and Penne alla Vodka with Sun Dried Tomatoes! Homemade Baked Chicken Alfredo I have to admit that I love pasta. I would eat it every night of the week, if I could. (Well, I should say if my metabolism worked at hyper speed.) This Cajun Chicken Pasta Bake recipe is creamy, decadent, and pairs perfectly with a side salad, some homemade focaccia bread, and a cup of soup....

These are seriously some of my favorite childhood snacks. Chicken in puff pastry is basically savory chicken turnovers or little golden brown triangles of crunchy, buttery, delicious puff pastry wrapped around a creamy chicken filling. You can bake immediately or freeze and bake at the drop of a hat when you need a snack for the kiddos after school or an appetizer for your next book club meeting, potluck, or party....

If you’re a fan of quick breads then give my Cinnamon Swirl Bread and my Apple Fritter Bread a try! Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Bread Pumpkin bread is just one of my favorite things about Fall. Apple cider doughnuts, pumpkin cheesecake and pumpkin smoothies are also at the top of the list. This quick bread is slightly adapted from my Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread. It is super moist, slightly sweet with the perfect amount of spice....

Good chocolate is a must. I swear these look just like donuts.

I loved the combination of super-rich chocolate cake, with swirls of peanut butter batter covered in peanut butter frosting then finished off with Italian buttercream, which is less sweet than the regular kind and didn’t overpower/ compete with the other flavors in the cake. The chocolate ganache was just right; in all honesty I’d put chocolate ganache on literally anything and be happy. Did I mention I made two versions of the cake?...

Pro Tips for Christmas Cupcakes Measure your flour correctly! Adding too much flour to the recipe is the most common mistake. The best, and easiest way to measure flour is by using a scale. If you don’t have one then fluff your flour with a spoon, sprinkle it into your measuring cup, and use a knife to level it off. When making that marshmallow snowman make sure to pick a little bit of the surface where the nose will go!...

For another classic British favourite, give our Caramelised Onion Sausage Rolls a try. Discovering new food that becomes a favourite is something we love doing . Cornish pasties are our most loved discovery since we’ve moved to London. What is Cornish Pasty? For those of you, who don’t know what they are, Cornish pasties are savoury hand pies filled with steak and potatoes. They originate from Cornwall and are often associated with miner’s food because they were so convenient to bring along for lunch....

So this settles it. This veggie-loaded, creamy, warm, and cozy Broccoli Cheese Soup is the only soup i’m making for the rest of 2014! It’s simple, seriously yummy, and definitely perfect comfort food for fall. ♥ I’m just going to apologize now for bringing you a soup every week. I’m slightly soup obsessed right now and just cannot get enough. I’m well aware there are people that don’t like soup as much as I do....

Low-Fat Oven Baked Potato Wedges Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, that’s how I love them! Fries are delicious, I always loved eating them. But every time when I ordered French fries in a restaurant, I got sick right after eating them. My stomach hurt, and I really felt bad for at least half an hour. Too much refined oil just doesn’t agree with me. If you love fries but don’t want them to be covered in oil, try out these low-fat oven-baked (or air-fried) potato wedges....