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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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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 Healthy Travel Tips & Cheerios Snack Mix Recipe

10 Healthy Travel Tips & Cheerios Snack Mix Recipe to keep you fit and fueled on all of your adventures! Traveling and exploring the world is something I love to do! It’s also important to me that I support the over-all health of my body so I feel good while I’m out exploring. I love …

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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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Los Angeles, California Best Hole in the Wall Restaurants; An Insiders Guide

Los Angeles, California Best Hole in the Wall Restaurants; An Insiders Guide is part of our Travel Tips & Tricks series because we all know that the BEST restaurants are hidden and tucked away, like a hole in a wall! Los Angeles is a huge city so naturally there are a lot of options when …

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Beverly Hills, California on a Budget; An Insiders Guide

Beverly Hills, California on a Budget; An Insiders Guide is part of our Travel Tips & Tricks series because lets face it. . . who doesn’t love to be out in the mix of the city life while still being conscious of their pocketbook! I think for the most part we’re all happy when we …

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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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Portuguese Beef Stew & Sintra, Portugal

Portuguese Beef Stew & Sintra, Portugal is a comfy one-pot meal with photo’s and travel highlights from my week in Sintra! I know you’re just going to adore both our Portuguese Beef Stew & Sintra, Portugal! First let’s take a look at Sintra, Portugal I found Sintra a lovely, quaint little town situated within the …

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Mediterranean Cheese Board & Cascais, Portugal

Mediterranean Cheese Board & Cascais, Portugal will delight your taste buds and your travel itch! First off we’re headed to Cascais, Portugal a quaint ocean side city! I fell right in love with this little town. . . the beach, the fishing boats, and the light houses were so enchanting. I was completely lost meandering …

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Solo International Travel Tips

Solo International Travel Tips and Tricks to make your grand adventures a success!  I’m excited to begin a series on some of my favorite tips and tricks from traveling abroad “solo” in Europe.  During my 7 week adventure I spent time in 6 countries and 12 different cities.  I’ve loved highlighting recipes of the cities …

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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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Italian Chicken Marsala with Linguini Recipe & Rome, Italy

Italian Chicken Marsala with Linguini Recipe is an Italian classic plus photo’s from my visit to Italy! Chicken marsala is an Italian-American dish made from chicken cutlets, mushrooms, minced garlic or shallots, and Marsala wine, and although traditional Italian versions of this dish are typically never served with pasta. Rome is one of the three …

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Irish Cheddar, Ham, and Chive Scones Recipe

Today’s Irish Cheddar, Ham, and Chive Scones Recipe are buttery, flakey, and perfect for your Irish dinner! You’ve gotta love Irish recipes. Our Irish scones are a welcome addition to your brunch menu.  Why we love Irish Cheddar, Ham, and Chive Scones Recipe Today’s Cheddar, Ham, and Chive Scones recipe will win over all the …

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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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Chinese Pickled Vegetables Recipe

Today’s Chinese Pickled Vegetables Recipe is a simple and tasty way to preserve vegetables! Chinese preserved vegetables are simple to make and very healthy for you. We’ll show you how to make pickled Chinese vegetables–you’ll want to make them every week! Chinese pickles are a great way to preserve vegetables for later use. I’m also …

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German Apple and Celery Root Salad

Our German Apple and Celery Root Salad or Selleriesalat in German which is more commonly known as the Waldorf Salad here in the States! German celery root salad, also known as celery remoulade or celeriac salad–is made with celery root, green or green apple, and a mayonnaise Dijon dressing. Celery root salad German style has …

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German Homemade Sauerkraut

German Homemade Sauerkraut is popular side dish for most German foods!   Today, Culinary Journey Around the World tour has Germany up next on our itinerary!  German food is rich, hearty and delicious and many top German dishes make great comfort food. I’m super excited to spend a few weeks exploring german foods and visiting the …

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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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French Potage Saint-Germain

French Potage Saint-Germain (Split Pea Soup) is a humble and comforting soup, a french home cooks staple recipe! Welcome back to our Culinary Journey in the beautiful country of France~ we’ve already been busy making some amazing recipes!  Like these crêpes with a fabulous French Pâte à Crêpes recipe.  Then, we held onto 8-10 of them and …

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Japanese Salmon Teriyaki Recipe

Our Japanese Salmon Teriyaki Recipe is an authentic recipe from Japan it’s so simple to make and has such amazing favor~ every bite is rich, buttery, and decadent! In Japan, Salmon Teriyaki incorporates a traditional special sauce called ‘tare’ and it’s cooked “yakimono” which means it’s a broiled or pan-fried dish.   Why we love …

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