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Ricotta Blueberry Muffins

June 22, 2016 by It's Cooking With Magda

Breakfast muffins with lots of juicy blueberries, aromatic zest, ricotta cheese and flaxseed meal will make you look forward to your morning a bit more! The summer has officially arrived! We just returned from our week-long visit to San Diego. For the first time we used Airbnb to find a place and it worked out really well. We stayed in El Cajon, which is located about 20 minutes away from the San Diego Zoo. During our stay we visited the […]

Categories: Breakfast, Dessert, Muffins • Tags: blueberries, lemon zest, muffins, ricotta cheese

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

baked white pizza with ricotta cheese, pear, red onion and arugula

White Pizza with Ricotta Cheese, Jalapeno, Pear and Arugula

February 27, 2016 by It's Cooking With Magda

This pizza has it all: thin crust and lots of flavors: savory, sweet and spicy. You are going to love it! The weekend is here! It looks like it will be a busy one for us with some birthday parties to attend. It was a busy week, too. I volunteer at my boys’ school quite a bit and in addition to the regular hours there I also teach Art Vista classes. It is an art program that includes a short […]

Categories: Dinner • Tags: arugula, bread flour, herbs, honey, jalapeno, pear, pizza, ricotta cheese, yeast

Spaghetti with Turkey Meatballs

April 30, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

Spaghetti and meatballs! Everyone needs the perfect recipe for this classic dish!Everyone loves spaghetti and meatballs. It is such a comfort food, one that often takes us back to our childhood. Many families have their own version of this recipe, one that’s passed down from generation to generation. This recipe is the ultimate meatball recipe for me and I hope to pass it on one day to my sons. These meatballs are super moist and soft thanks to ricotta cheese. […]

Categories: Dinner, Pasta • Tags: basil, garlic, Parmesan, pasta, ricotta cheese, spaghetti, turkey meatballs