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Apple Galette with Spiced Caramel Sauce

November 23, 2016 by It's Cooking With Magda

Super easy and delicious! This quick version of apple pie is festive enough to grace your Thanksgiving table! Thanksgiving is in two short days and there is so much still to do! I finally got the turkey yesterday and I’m thinking of trying Alton Brown’s recipe this year. Do you brine your turkey or not? His recipe calls for it and even though I typically don’t brine the bird, I think I will try it this year. Early on, when I […]

Categories: Christmas, Dessert, Thanksgiving • Tags: Apple pie, caramel sauce, dessert, Fall, food photography, galette, Thanksgiving

Artichoke and Smoked Salmon Quiche

May 6, 2016 by It's Cooking With Magda

Celebrate this upcoming Mother’s Day with your loved ones and some delicious food. This quiche can be made ahead of time so the special day can be work-free! Mother’s Day is approaching fast and I wanted to have something special on my blog. I was going back and forth between the classics like pancakes or waffles made with some twist or something less traditional. I decided to go with this quiche because it a) is scrumptious, b) can be made […]

Categories: Breakfast, Mother's Day, Special occasion • Tags: brunch, dill, food photography, Mother's Day, quiche, smoked salmon

french lentils, cara cara orange, fennel salad with arugula and tahini dressing

Lentil, Fennel and Orange Salad with Tahini Dressing

February 2, 2016 by It's Cooking With Magda

Still sticking to your New Year’s resolution to eat healthier? Try my delicious and healthy salad of lentils, fennel and oranges served on a bed of arugula with a creamy tahini dressing. Recently, I celebrated my birthday, the last one in this decade. Usually, especially as I get (ahem…) older, I don’t like to celebrate it in a big way. I’m quite happy if I can spend a couple of hours just with my husband, doing something fun and of […]

Categories: Salads, Side Dishes • Tags: cara cara, fennel, food photography, healthy, lentils, orange, salad, tahini, vegetarian

Mustard Greens Salad with Pear, Pomegranate and Goat Cheese

January 19, 2016 by It's Cooking With Magda

Make this delicious and super healthy salad soon, while mustard greens are in season. Mustard greens! Have you tried them? They look like a combination between curly kale and arugula. The taste is quite spicy, peppery and slightly bitter. I always sneak a nibble before buying to make sure the greens aren’t overly bitter. When buying, look for the bright green leaves as the darker ones tend to be more bitter. It is a winter crop meaning the mustard greens […]

Categories: Salads, Side Dishes • Tags: food photography, healthy, mustard greens, pomegranate, salad

Chocolate Peppermint Bark

January 5, 2016 by It's Cooking With Magda

Chocolate Bark is very festive, easy to make and can be made with endless combinations.Hello 2016! I was hoping this post would make it here during the holiday season but things just got a bit crazy and I wasn’t able to write it. Anyway, I hope everyone had a great time spent with family and friends in a loving atmosphere filled with joy and laughter. How many of you make New Year resolutions? I typically don’t, so I don’t feel […]

Categories: Christmas, Dessert • Tags: bark, candy canes, chocolate, food photography, peppermint

Cranberry muffins with orange zest and almond flakes

Cranberry Orange Muffins with Almond Topping

December 8, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

These flavorful Cranberry Orange Muffins will keep you in the spirit of the Holidays between the Holidays. They can be served as a part of your Christmas Day breakfast. Fresh cranberries available this time of year mean holidays for many people. There is hardly a Thanksgiving dinner without cranberry sauce, relish or stuffing with cranberries. Pork roast, often made for Christmas Day dinner, can be served with cranberry-mint relish or cranberry-apple sauce. Last year’s November issue of Food Network magazine […]

Categories: Breakfast, Christmas, Muffins • Tags: almonds, Christmas, cranberries, food photography, healthy, muffins, orange zest

Rustic Plum Galette with Thyme and Honey

September 25, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

This rustic galette will be a great addition to your baking repertoire. The dough can be made and kept in the freezer and you can use switch it up with peaches, nectarines, apples and/or pears.Goodbye Summer! Hello Fall! Fall is officially here and nothing says Fall better than plums. At least at the beginning. Then I move on to apples and butternut squash and Brussels sprouts. Despite living in California for over a decade, I still think of many things […]

Categories: Dessert • Tags: dessert, Fall, food photography, galette, plums, tart dough, thyme

a serving of oven baked salmon with mango salsa and fresh raspberries

Baked Salmon with Mango Pineapple Salsa

September 8, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

Here is one of our favorite salmon recipes. It’s sweet, fruity and very easy to make. Give it a try today!This recipe takes me back to the very beginning of my relationship with my husband. At that time he knew how to make about 3 dishes, all seafood related, and would make them often. Him cooking for me clearly worked! I remember being so impressed with this dish and him, too. After all these years together (10th wedding anniversary was […]

Categories: Dinner, Seafood • Tags: food photography, mango salsa, raspberries, salmon, seafood

roasted tomatoes and eggplant on a baking pan

Roasted Eggplant and Tomato Soup

August 27, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

Here is a great recipe to use some beautiful, flavorful, heirloom tomatoes that are at their best at this time of year.Summer is very slowly coming to an end, at least in terms of the school vacation (very quiet “yay”). In terms of the amount of fresh produce available at the Farmer’s Market, everything is still at full capacity. Peppers, zucchini, eggplants, mushrooms, tomatoes. Grapes, plums and some early varieties of apples. I remember how surprised I was a long time […]

Categories: Soups • Tags: eggplant, farmer's market, food photography, goat cheese, roast, soup, tomatoes

a slice of key lime pie on a white plate

Key Lime Pie with Coconut Crust

August 19, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

Take a bite of this refreshing Key Lime Pie and instantly travel to a tropical island. Who doesn’t like Key Lime Pie? It’s light, refreshing, creamy, sweet and tangy. Perfect on a hot, summer day, to bring to a BBQ party or to enjoy without any occasion. This pie calls for Key limes which can be hard to find sometimes. Use regular, sometimes called Persian, limes and it will be equally delicious. The difference is hardly noticeable. To me, Key limes […]

Categories: Dessert • Tags: coconut oil, food photography, key lime pie, limes, yogurt, zest