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Blueberry Pie with Crumb Topping

July 10, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

Perfect Blueberry Pie recipe. It’s sweet and full of flavor. Perfect with your morning coffee and as an afternoon snack.Before I tell you about this scrumptious pie, let me tell you a story. Our almost 8 year old son broke his arm quite badly last week. Considering the things he does like climbing, parkour, scooter riding in a skate park, you would expect him to get hurt during his usual activities. But no, he was jumping off of a brand […]

Categories: Breakfast, Dessert • Tags: blueberries, crumb topping, flaxseed, food photography, pie, summer

Broiled Grapefruit With Spiced Honey

May 9, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

Categories: Breakfast, Mother's Day, Special occasion • Tags: brunch, cardamom, food photography, grapefruit, honey, Mother's Day, vanilla

shrimp tacos in a crispy shell with mando salsa and hot sauce

Shrimp Tacos With Mango Avocado Salsa

April 21, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

These Shrimp Tacos with Mango Avocado Salsa are great not only on Taco Tuesday but any given day. Taco Tuesday, anyone? Here in Cali the weather has been great and on any given day when you go outside around dinner time you will smell some barbeque. But no worries, the shrimp for these tacos can be cooked on a stove, too. We love shrimp tacos and we find them to have much more flavor than the fish ones. Pair them […]

Categories: Dinner, Uncategorized • Tags: avocado, food photography, jalapeno, mango salsa, shrimp, Taco Tuesday, tacos

Pistachio cherry cookies on a pink cloth

Cherry Pistachio Cookies

April 17, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

Crunchy, yet chewy. Tart, yet sweet. And oh so nutty! Cherry Pistachio Cookies! Cherry Pistachio Cookies, what a treat! They are crunchy on the outside but chewy inside. The tartness of cherries is balanced by brown sugar. And then there are pistachios, slightly toasted to enhance their aroma and so nutty! Delicious! The addition of rolled oats and flaxseed makes them a perfect breakfast on the go or afternoon snack. These cookies were approved by my husband and various kids […]

Categories: Cookies • Tags: breakfast, cookies, dried cherries, flaxseed, food photography, Pistachios, rolled oats

a plate full of farfalle with cauliflower, dried blueberries and cheese

Farfalle with Cauliflower, Saffron and Parmesan Cheese

April 15, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

Here is another often requested recipe at my house. Pasta mixed with tender cauliflower florets, dried blueberries, crunchy sunflower seeds and cheese! I have been making this pasta dish for the last 12 years or so. I found this recipe in one of the Williams-Sonoma cookbooks, called “Pasta” and I believe it was one of the first cookbooks I ever got for myself. That’s mostly where I learned how to cook from. I think I own about 15 cookbooks just […]

Categories: Pasta • Tags: cauliflower, dinner, easy, food photography, Parmesan, pasta, saffron

sunflower greens with slices of avocado and blood orange on top

Sunflower Greens with Avocado And Orange

April 7, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

Different post but the recipe is included! The last couple of days have been difficult here as we, very suddenly, lost our dog, Leo. But let me start at the beginning. About 12 years ago, shortly after arriving in the U.S, I adopted Mona, a Dalmatian/Border Collie mix. A few months later I met my husband, Jud. After returning from our honeymoon it seemed that Mona was bored and we decided to give her a companion. So, in November of […]

Categories: Salads • Tags: avocado, blood orange, dressing, food photography, healthy, sunflower greens

Farfalle With Peas And Pancetta

March 26, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

Quick, full of flavor and very Spring-like, this pasta dish should be in your culinary repertoire! Spring is finally here! Although, I must admit that here in Cali the weather is fabulous most of the time. Nonetheless, it’s wonderful to feel a warm breeze on a bare skin and smell my blooming jasmine outside the bedroom window. My garden, on the other hand, requires some serious digging and weed pulling if I’m going to plant some veggies in a near […]

Categories: Pasta • Tags: dinner, farfalle, food photography, pancetta, pasta, peas, Spring