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Lemon Ricotta Cookies

March 3, 2016 by It's Cooking With Magda

These Lemon Ricotta Cookies are light and fluffy like a cake. The lemon glaze compliments and enriches the lemon flavor. Delightfull! Several years ago Giada De Laurentiis was visiting San Jose while promoting her newest cookbook “Giada’s Kitchen”. Back then, our older son was maybe 7-8 months old and I was on my way to meet with some friends, almost all of them new moms, too. We met through our husbands, who were all working at Yahoo! at that time and […]

Categories: Cookies, Dessert • Tags: cookies, glaze, lemon, ricotta cheese, zest

lemon cupcakes with jelly beans on a pink cake stand

Mini Lemon Cupcakes With Jelly Beans

April 2, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

Look at these super cute Mini Lemon Cupcakes decorated with Lemon Icing and Jelly Beans. Very tangy, sweet and moist! Easter is just few days away and these super cute Mini Lemon Cupcakes decorated with jelly beans will brighten the table and surly bring a smile to everyone’s faces. Kids and adults will just love them! These Mini Lemon Cupcakes are very lemony and tangy with sweetness coming through. Lemon and orange zest are added to the batter. The icing […]

Categories: Dessert, Easter • Tags: cupcakes, Easter, icing, jelly beans, lemon

Grated carrots and apple salad on a square plate

Carrot And Apple Salad With Lemon-Dill Dressing

March 19, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

Quick, easy and very tasty salad to boost your vitamin A intake and give your hair some shine! I have two boys. One of them is a more adventurous eater, who likes asparagus, beans, sashimi and… Nutella. The other one likes carrots and cucumbers. Tomato soup works, too. Both of them really like this salad. It is a salad I grew up eating as well. There were no rainbow carrots back then in Poland but the taste was pretty much […]

Categories: Salads • Tags: apple, carrots, dill, lemon, vitamins

Lemon Pasta With Mushrooms And Asparagus

March 5, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

Hearty, full of flavors and quick, this pasta dish is perfect for a weeknight dinner. Sophisticated enough for a date night dinner, too! This is one of my favorite pasta dishes. Mushrooms provide a rich and earthy flavor that’s brightened by asparagus and lemon. And it’s pasta after all! Generous amount of Parmesan cheese or only a little bit won’t hurt either. It only takes about 30 minutes from start to finish to make it. On a busy weeknight I […]

Categories: Pasta • Tags: asparagus, lemon, mushrooms, Parmesan, pasta, umami