RECIPES

Mango Salsa Recipe {perfect for Cinco de Mayo}

Mango Salsa for Cinco de Mayo I’ve been making different kind of salsas for a while to test different flavor mixes and to give the same old salsa a new spin. I like this mango…

Travel Insight: Reconnect over Afternoon Tea

Spring makes me think of beautiful china, cucumber sandwiches, petit fours, and blueberry scones with Devonshire cream. You know I love high tea yearround, but there is just something about the springtime that makes me…

Margarita Lime No-Bake Cheese Cake Recipe {perfect for Cinco de Mayo}

Margarita Lime Cheese Cake This easy to make lime cheese cake is one of my favorite spring and summertime desserts. This time I added a little tequila to the cake to make it a perfect…

Global Kitchen: Semlor Recipe from Sweden

Happy Fat Tuesday! Happy Fat Tuesday! You might be celebrating Mardi Gras today, but in Sweden we have fettisdag, Fat Tuesday and we are eating semlor, a cardamon bun with marzipan and whipped cream inside!…

Global Kitchen: Toblerone Danish Pastry Recipe for Après-ski

The mixed cultural background of the Toblerone Danish It would be so simple if I could tell you a story about skiing in the Alps in co-injunctions of the Toblerone pastry recipe, now wouldn’t it?…

Swe-DISHES: Rhubarb Strawberry Meringue Brita Cake Dessert

brita meringue cake recipe at http://www.skimbacolifestyle.com

Brita Meringue Cake This Scandinavian dessert/cake is amazing. Like really amazing. Like the best-I’ve-ever-made amazing, and I even messed up the recipe and it didn’t matter (read more below the recipe and I’ll explain). Brita…

Swe-Dishes: Danish Smorrebrod with Shrimp

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Swe-DISHES: Danish Smorrebrod Swe-DISHES with Skimbaco is our new Nordic food special series focusing on bringing you recipes and culinary inspiration from Scandinavia, and my cooking adventures in Sweden. We are kicking off the series…

Pinata cookies and Other Cinco de Mayo Recipes

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Did you already see the piñata cookies that SheKnows.com created in honor of Cinco de Mayo? They’ve gotten quite an attention online and even made it on TV. The multi-striped, burro piñata sugar cookies are…

Mother’s Day Brunch Recipe: Pear & Brie de Chevre (goat milk Brie) Tart

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Welcome to Holiday Headquarters! I’m joining with several other bloggers with a series of posts of spring and summer holidays and giving you tips how to celebrate them. Pamper Mom with Food Whether it’s breakfast…

The Best Cornbread Stuffing Recipe (with Mushrooms and Apples)

One of the key ingredients in Thanksgiving cooking is chicken broth, right? Well, what if you forget to buy chicken broth or you run out of chicken broth in the middle of Holiday cooking? This…

5 Favorite Soup Recipes for the Fall

Guest post by fabulous Jennifer Leal of Savoring The Thyme. I want you to be warm. All warm and cozy and glad that the fall season is approaching. Before you know it we will be…

Finnish Style Healthy Tuna Salad Recipe

Healthy No Mayo Tuna Salad & Secret Ingredients I have been craving for Finnish style tuna salad, tonnikalasalaatti (try saying it), the entire week, and finally today I took time (all the 30 minutes) to…

Chicken and Artichoke Stir Fry & New Way to Grill: Shinwa Grilling Table

I am pretty excited about this new type of grilling product that just hit the market in the US. The Shinwa grill is part table, part grill and it is like your own Japanese steakhouse…

Recipes Inspired by The Help for a Summer Book Club Meeting

The book that everyone is talking about, The Help, is coming out as a movie on August 10th. Host a summer soiree inspired by The Help, or a book club meeting with pies and cocktails…

Greekburgers – Greek Style Hamburgers with Tzatziki

Greekburgers are our family’s summer favorite and in fact we kicked off our summer grilling season with them. Greekburgers are hamburgers inspired by Greek cooking and filled with yummy tzatziki dip and inside a pita…