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Grilled Skirt Steak Salad with Nectarines and Goat Cheese

August 20, 2016 by It's Cooking With Magda

This is one of my favorite salads this summer! It combines the best produce available and the steak makes it hearty enough to be served as dinner. 30 minutes from start to table!Our boys started school this week! I can’t believe how fast the summer break went by. Since I started working right around the end of school year, our boys spent most of the summer at different camps. They had fun and made some new friends. But no breaks […]

Categories: beef, Salads • Tags: beef, fruit, salad, steak, summer

Skirt Steak with Garlic Butter

August 7, 2016 by It's Cooking With Magda

Skirt steak is a relatively inexpensive cut of meat with a lot of flavor. Great for weeknight dinner as it cooks quickly. Serve it with your favorite salad. We are back from our trip to Yosemite which turned out to be fun and relaxing. The house we rented was supposed to have the internet connection but it didn’t. And guess what, we ended up talking to each other much more, playing games with the boys and reading. I started reading […]

Categories: beef, Dinner • Tags: beef, butter, garlic, meat, steak, summer

chunks of tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and chopped basil drizzled with balsamic vinegar

Caprese Salad

October 6, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

There is still time to make this classic salad. But hurry, sweet and juicy tomatoes won’t last much longer.Are you desperately trying to hold on to summer? Do you feel like you are absolutely not ready for jackets, scarfs and boots? Here in California it still feels like summer most of the time. We got a tiny bit of much needed rain last week but now we are back to 80 degree weather. So I think posting a very summer-like […]

Categories: Salads • Tags: balsamic vinegar, basil, mozzarella, salad, summer, tomatoes

bread salad with tomatoes, olives, greens

Panzanella, the Tomato and Bread Salad

September 18, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

Keep the summer a bit longer with this classic salad. There is something so special about the combination of ripe tomatoes, fresh herbs and crunchy bread brought together by a sweet and tangy dressing. It will become your favorite, too!School is in a full swing here but I still feel like I’m behind with many things. Now that both my boys go to the same school (3rd grade and Kindergarten) it should be easier. But it’s not. Getting everyone ready […]

Categories: Salads, Side Dishes • Tags: basil, bread, dressing, easy, kids, lunchbox, summer, tomatoes

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