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Cinnamon Raisin Kugel Recipe

Cinnamon Raisin Kugel Recipe is a favorite dessert at Hanukkah celebrations! Traditional kugel recipes are made to celebrate Hanukkah which is a holiday celebrated during the month of December. I love our cinnamon raisin kugel recipe because its made with egg noodles, raisins, eggs, sour cream, cottage cheese, sugar, butter, cinnamon then bakes in the …

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Mediterranean Lemon Roasted Potatoes Recipe

Mediterranean Roasted Lemon Potatoes Recipe are the side dish that will make any meal happy! We hope you’ll enjoy our Greek roasted potatoes; which are inspired by a recipe that I made during my extended vacation there. You may remember how I ended up staying for three months due to the current global situation. I’m …

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Greek Baked Fries with Feta & Oregano Recipe

Greek Baked Fries with Feta & Oregano Recipe combines our family favorite baked fries recipe with a little flavor spin from Greece! Our family has loved baked fries for decades because they’re so simple to toss into the oven as a side dish. We also like that they’re healthier than fried potatoes with all the …

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Fruit Plate with Feta and Honey & Dilesi, Greece

Fruit Plate with Feta and Honey & Dilesi, Greece is delightful appetizer or dessert to make for your family this week.  I’m also excited to share a quaint costal town of Dilesi with you today! Our Fruit Plate with Feta and Honey is often served at the beginning or end of a greek family style …

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Horiatiki Greek Village Salad & Acropolis of Athens

Horiatiki Greek Village Salad & Acropolis of Athens made with fresh from the vine tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, and red onion. . . served with a thick slice of greek feta cheese, drizzled with greek olive oil, a handful of kalamata olives, and sprinkled with dried oregano. The Greek Village Salad or Horiatiki Salata is served …

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5 Travel Tips to make Airplane Food Taste Good

5 Travel Tips to make Airplane Food Taste Good because, unfortunately, we’ve all had some less than appetizing meals on planes! I’ve flown a fair amount over the years and watched food on airplanes change.. like back in the 1990’s when they served a full meal on a 1 hour flight, to today where you’ve …

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Blueberry Lemon Mastiha Cocktail Recipe

Today’s Blueberry Lemon Mastiha Cocktail Recipe & Greece Travel highlights will bring the beauty of the Mediterranean right to you. Our Mastiha liquor cocktails are a must-try! On my first evening there, after dinner by the seaside, we were served Skinos Mastiha Liqueur. This recipe was inspired by that mastiha evening–enjoy our Lemon Mastiha Cocktails …

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10 Travel Tips for Packing Carry-on Luggage

10 Travel Tips for Packing Carry-on Luggage to make all your travels that much more enjoyable! I’m excited to announce that I’m headed out on a month long summer European adventure AND I leave tomorrow! Woop Woop!!! I’ll be off on another solo trip with my backpack and a carry-on! Sometimes, it’s a trick to …

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Mediterranean Couscous Salad & Catania, Italy

Mediterranean Couscous Salad & Catania, Italy are two must-do’s for your bucket list! Mediterranean Coucous Salad has fresh from the garden flavors with green and red peppers, cucumber, red onion, and lemon. Mediterranean Couscous Salad recipe is a fabulous pasta salad made with one of the tiniest pasta shapes and fresh vegetables. It’s so delightful!  …

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Welcome! So happy to meet you… I’m Ruthie! I’m the creator of Cooking with Ruthie, and I love to bring the joy of cooking to your kitchen and inspire joy in life by sharing Recipes, Travel, & a variety of Etceteras! As a classically trained Chef, who graduated with a degree in the culinary arts, …

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Meatless Bolognese Sauce & Vaticano

Meatless Bolognese Sauce & Vaticano is a traditional Italian red sauce with highlights from Vatican City, Italy! Our vegetarian bolognese sauce is rich, flavorful, and filled with all kinds of delicious vegetables. You’ll be in heaven with this sauce and no one will ever guess that it’s meatless. Each week as I sit down to write …

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Guinness Beef and Potato Stew Recipe & Dublin, Ireland

Our Guinness Beef and Potato Stew Recipe & Dublin, Ireland is a winter must-try plus highlights from my trip to the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, Ireland! Ireland just isn’t Ireland without a meat and potatoes meal!  As I’m sure you know, Ireland is famous for it’s hearty meals, most of which include in it.. somewhere.. …

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German Celery Root and Apple Salad with Dill Mustard Dressing

German Celery Root and Apple Salad with Dill Mustard, also known as celery remoulade combines celery root, green or red apple, and a mayonnaise dijon dressing.  Celery root looks like a giant turnip, but tastes more like a cross between celery and jicama. This salad tastes like coleslaw but without cabbage.  I think you’ll enjoy …

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Guisantes Ahogados

Guisantes Ahogados or Stewed Peas is a traditional Catalana recipe from Spain!  This is our last week in Spain on our Culinary Journey Around the World but we’ve enjoyed so many recetas deliciosas (delicious recipes) plus highlights from my daughter, Madi’s, trip to Spain too!  So far we’ve enjoyed recipes like Ropa Vieja with Cuban Rice  and a lovely dessert, Crema …

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Crema Catalan

Crema Catalan is a dessert right from Spain and sharing awesome photo’s of Spain too!  Our Culinary Journey Around the World is in Spain to enjoy some recetas deliciosas (delicious recipes) plus highlights from my daughter, Madi’s, recent trip to Spain!  We’ve been sharing some delightful Spanish recipes, like Ropa Vieja with Cuban Rice!  This week we’re happy to be adding …

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Chinese Mango Coconut Pudding Recipe

Our Chinese Mango Coconut Pudding Recipe and tips on what to see when your visiting in Beijing, China! Today’s recipe is Chinese coconut pudding and we think it’s pretty perfect and then we add some mango! Chinese pudding is mildly sweet but very flavorful and we’re so excited to be adding it to our Culinary …

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Chinese Honey Garlic Chicken Recipe

Chinese Honey Garlic Chicken Recipe and photo’s from my visit to the Great Wall of China in Beijing! Chinese Honey Garlic Chicken has all those flavors that Chinese foods are famous for. . . generous amount of sautéed garlic, soy sauce, rice wine, oyster sauce, red chilis, and of course rice!  On my recent trip …

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