Cupcakes with Orange Flavor and Ricotta Icing

There is nothing more fun than making Cupcakes :) Perfect and delicious for any occasion, party little treats, yourself ;) or as a gift for someone special. Cupcakes are a sweet combination of indulgence and romantic baking that always put a smi (read full article)

Parmesan--Spinach--Hunting Eggs PieHappy Easter!!! Our friends L. and M. Invited us for Good Friday dinner tonight. So I thought that a good and not complicated dish to bring for tonight will be "My Mother's best Spinach Pie Recipe". But as usual, (read full article)

Dining with the Toffs: Lady Maclean’s Diplomatic Dishes

Mooching about our rented holiday villa, sorry, amazingly huge palazzo in Croatia, I found an extraordinary cookbook, Lady Maclean’s Diplomatic Dishes.  Veronica Maclean was a Scottish blue-blood, born to Lord and Lady Lovat in 1920, photog (read full article)

Adding Saucy to your Entertaining Style

Versatility is a secret weapon we use to combat dreary, dull entertaining in so many ways. While traditions can be wonderful, it's the "same old, same old" ho-hum that needs to be avoided at all costs.  We're going to explore versatility in (read full article)

Happy National Cheesecake Day!

New York style Cheesecake with Strawberries In the United States July 30 has been unofficially declared National Cheesecake Day. Cheesecake is a dessert consisting of a topping made of soft, fresh cheese on a base made from biscuit, pastry or sponge. (read full article)

Recipe | Singapore Noodles

Stir-Fried Chinese Ingredients With Indian Spices This spicy specialty from Singapore uses a mixture of Chinese ingredients and Indian spices to create a distinctive and delicious stir-fried noodle dish. Ingredients4 oz (120g) rice vermicelli noodles (read full article)

Eating out with man’s best friend

I adore a proper country pub, complete with roaring fire, home-cooked food, slate floors and a couple of dogs dozing by their master’s knee. I know at this point, I should probably advocate real ales – my boss would as many a business trip has i (read full article)

Pear Coffee Cake

A few years ago I came across the first food blog I started reading, Chocolate and Zucchini I have been reading it for many years, it was one of my first blog inspirations.  I have bought Clotilde’s cookbook and enjoyed many of her recipes. One (read full article)

Homemade Caramels: Make Your Own Monday #29

Before I set about writing this post, I did a Google search of "homemade caramels."  I found a few other bloggers who posted their adventures with stoves and candy thermometers and caramels that turned into hard toffee like substances.   (read full article)

Happy Birthday nutritioulicious™

Today is the 1st birthday of my blog, nutritioulicious™! Here’s my first blog post: Welcome to My Blog! In the past year I have written 132 posts on various nutrition topics, including nutrition news, nutrition tips, holiday eating, behavior (read full article)

Key Lime & Vanilla Bean Buttermilk Ice Cream

Ice cream. Ever the temperamental beast. In the recent past, I’ve made ice cream without a machine and somewhat regretted the results. Although a mighty tasty concoction I could make, the consistency was never quite….well, right. After s (read full article)

Strawberry Shortcakes

I want to write something witty today. Really I want to amaze you with my awesome ability to rear to children, wirte and develop recipes, take gorgeous photos and still have time to write amazingly thoughtful prose. Too bad I have lost half my bra (read full article)

With (out) a little Irish Luck!

I'm baaaaack!!!!!  I know, things have been a wee bit quiet here at the Table. This of course, wasn't by design. No, I had it all planned out - during our vacation in Ireland, I had several posts that I planned on posting while "on holiday". Unf (read full article)

Fresh Dolmades

So there’s these grape vines at our house. A lot of them…of varying species. We know one of them is juicy concord, but the rest remain a mystery. They are green and some are tasty, tangy, and tart and then there’s some that are comp (read full article)

When Is A Fruit Not A Fruit? When It's A Fig!

Daddy had a green thumb. Stick a twig in some dirt and he'd make it grow, like magic. That's exactly what he did when I was about seven years old — put a branch in the ground and, seemingly overnight, that Ficus grew into a 20-foot tree with sweet (read full article)

Swiss Chard Ravioli – Homemade Pasta

Homemade pasta. Not exactly one of the quick dinners I was imagining I would be making three weeks after the birth of my second child. But you know what? It’s not nearly as hard as you think it is. Have you, like me, always wanted to make yo (read full article)

Vanilla Pudding Parfait

Here’s an easy and delicious recipe for a homemade cornstarch vanilla pudding you can make into this cute dessert parfait. I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July holiday. If your lucky enough to have today off, this is a delicious suggest (read full article)

Eating Light After a Holiday Weekend: Asian Lettuce Wraps

If you indulged as much as I did at 4th of July celebrations last weekend, you’ll be happy to find something nice and light on the blog today: Sweet and Spicy Lettuce Wraps. You’ll need some fresh ingredients… cooked chicken breast, (read full article)

Balancing the Holiday Excesses: Enjoy the Seasonal Foods and Don't Skip Breakfast!

Healthy ~ 31 Recipes for Easy July Cooking ~ "...a collection of recipes with lots of things for the grill, lots of easy salads and tons of healthy foods..." Recipes to take advantage of all of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs (read full article)

Dark Chocolate Cherry Brownie Parfaits and a la Mode

I have two very quick and easy recipes for you today that would be perfect last minute desserts for your 4th of July celebration, but they would also be wonderful at anytime of the year.  Nestle has some new Cherry [...] (read full article)