Everyone is preparing the huge Christmas dinner, right? Menu planning, grocery shopping, decorating dinner table, selecting your outfit, cooking… And what about Christmas breakfast? It’s exhausting but fun! These pancakes are the perfect option for chocolate lovers… Guess which was my pancake topping? Again PB and banana! My favorite! Chocolate Pancakes: 7 pancakes of … Continue reading
This is my favorite seasonal treat. I could live out of this the whole Christmas season! As many of the Venezuelan traditional dishes, this bread has the perfect sweet and savory balance. The combination of hams, bacon and olives with raisins and the lightly sweet bread is… Perfection! In Venezuela we start looking in November … Continue reading
To be honest, I started to drink coffee just because it felt cozy. It was all about the coffee-moment. When I was a little girl, my mom, sister and older cousin chatted for hours drinking coffee. I knew I had to learn how to drink it to really be part of these coffee get-togethers. I … Continue reading
I’m a breakfast lover. Not only because it’s the time of the day when I allow myself to eat more carbs but also because it’s such a cozy moment. On weekends, it gets so much better. Usually, we have time for table talking and extend the breakfast moment. Chatting over breakfast, priceless! These pancakes are … Continue reading
Yes, pumpkin again. But if not now, when? I’m sorry if you’re bored of pumpkin, but I’ve been waiting a year for this! I was crazy to use my new giant ice cream scoop for measuring so I decided to make these cookies… I don’t know why I waited so long to buy this tool. … Continue reading
It’s been a long time since I haven’t bought Nutella. As I have some self-control issues it’s better for me not to have this kind of temptations near me. I have to choose between eating a whole Nutella jar and not eating at all. It seems like the second choice is the healthiest. However, I … Continue reading
Remember the pumpkin spice biscotti that I mentioned last Friday? Here they are… They’re not the most beautiful biscotti but they are very tasty and go great with a good cup of coffee. We liked them so much that the batch we brought to my sister’s practically didn’t even get there. Of course, you can … Continue reading
I’m heading to my sister’s for the weekend and I had some pumpkin puree in my fridge that I needed to use before I left home. The result: pumpkin pancake dinner, pumpkin spice biscotti for breakfast and… (I needed a recipe for the leftover)… Super fast pumpkin bars for the road trip! You only need … Continue reading
It’s been hard for me to find a good cinnamon roll recipe. Not just because of the recipe itself but because, once you find a good one, it isn’t as simple as it seems. Recently, my dad explained to me that the amount of flour used in recipes might vary because of differences between brands … Continue reading
I like deadlines. This is the first time in my life that I don’t have an office routine and, in order to avoid feeling like loosing my time, I need schedules and tasks lists more than ever. These tasks lists become longer and more complex when I’m planning holidays. This is my way to feel … Continue reading
The oven diaries 