For the love of cooking
This quick sauteed cabbage with the tasty Asian flavours of garlic, sesame and red chili pepper couldn’t be easier. Ready in about 5 minutes and the perfect complement to grilled meat, tofu, or my super saucy, sweet & spicy hoisin freezer meatballs. I wasn’t going to post this recipe at […]
Homemade phyllo dough stuffed with slow roasted caramelized cabbage is a really tasty plant-based treat that makes a great snack or meal. The dough is tried and true – you can use it to make these phyllo spirals or to make flaky cabbage stuffed savoury pancakes. Cabbage Phyllo Spiral Ingredients […]
These cabbage stuffed savoury pancakes have layers of flaky dough surrounding slow roasted caramelized cabbage. They’re easy to make and delicious as a snack or starter. The idea for these pancakes came from Chinese style scallion pancakes. You know the ones – flaky layers of dough with bits of scallion, fried […]
This Romanian style slow roasted caramelized cabbage is the caramelized onion of the cabbage world. It’s sweet, spicy, smokey, tangy, and full of complex flavours. Through the magic of slow roasting, plain cabbage is transformed into a decadent comfort food that can be served over cornmeal porridge, in a bun, […]
This is a traditional Romanian white bean spread with loads of garlic and a topping of caramelized onions with sweet and smoked paprika and tomato paste. We traditionally eat this around the holidays and especially in the lenten period leading up to Easter. More Romanian recipes: Slow Roasted Caramelized Cabbage […]
This is called everybody’s favourite white bean soup because it’s really flavourful and versatile enough to keep a crowd happy or just yourself. The concept for this soup is that it can be eaten as is or topped with different things to make it interesting for a dinner crowd or […]
These extra crunchy breadsticks with seasoned breadcrumbs are coated with seasoned breadcrumbs to give them extra flavour and an amazing crunch factor. They’re great with a creamy spread like hummus or make them for your next charcuterie board. The best part is that the dough is super simple. It’s the […]
Hi and welcome. I'm Cristina and I started this blog to share my love of being in the kitchen. I was born in Romania, grew up in Toronto, lived in the US for 3 years, and now live in Amsterdam. I also love to travel and learn about culinary practices in different places. My cooking is a reflection of all the international influences in my background. I see food as the ultimate way to connect beyond our differences.