Food Minia

The creamy strawberry cheesecake is perfect for any special occasion. The two layer cake made with pureed strawberries giving an intense flavor. Here is an   amazing and no-bake strawberry cheese cake recipe and it is of course one of the great gathering treat.  Related:   Strawberry cake with cream cheese frosting Ingredients for the base: Digestive biscuits-250 gm Butter melted-100 gm Ingredients for the Cheesecake filling: Cream cheese-500 gm Whipping cream-200 gm Caster Sugar-100 gm Pureed Strawberry-2 tbsp Lemon juice-1 tbsp Gelatin (unflavored)-10 gm Ingredients For Topping: Strawberry (fresh or frozen)-1 1/2 cup Sugar-1 cup Water-1/4 cup Lemon juice-1 tsp Preparation: In a large bowl (or use blender) crumble the digestive biscuits to fine powder; add melted butter in to it and mix well. Grease a spring form cake tin with butter. Add the biscuit mix in to baking pan and press firmly. Keep it in fridge until the filling gets ready. Beat whip cream in a...

Trifle is a beautiful and delicious dessert treat made with cake pieces soaked in fruits and cream syrup. It’s a perfect recipe for a party and can be prepared easily. Here is an easy and scrumptious mango trifle recipe with few ingredients. There is no more ruling for topping the layers; you can add your choice of cream and nuts in addition with my ingredients..👇 Ingredients: Mango Chopped-1 1/2  cup Sweetened condensed milk-1/2 cup Cake pieces crumbled-1/4 cup Cream cheese-1/4 cup Graham cracker biscuit-6 no's Cherries-to garnish Preparation: Blend 1 cup of chopped mangoes with 1/4 cup of sweetened condensed milk and 1 tbsp cream cheese to smooth. Take two tall glasses; carefully fill each glass with half of this mango cream mix. (keep the remaining half for further layering). Above that add half of  crumbled cake and  crushed biscuits  equally. Mix well remaining cream cheese with 1/4 cup of condensed milk and add it in to the both glasses equally. Next the remai...

This Valentine's Day snuggle up to a wholesome and delicious, heart-shaped apple potpie. Because we all need a little more love (and comfort food!) This post is sponsored by Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry. All opinions are mine.Thank you for the love :) Valentine's Day is right around the corner. Have you figured out your plans and how you will impress your favorite person this year?!? I

I made these brownies to go with brownie sundaes and they were perfect! They were rich and chocolately and when still warm they were the perfect base for a delicious sundae covered in ice cream and caramel sauce.  This recipe is from Good Life Eats . 12 tbsps salted butter 1 1/2 cups sugar 2/3 cup cocoa powder 1 tsp vanilla extract 3 large eggs 1 cup flour 1/2 cup chocolate chunks Heat oven to 350. Grease a 9x9 square dish and set to the side. In a medium sauce pan melt the butter over medium heat. Whisk in the sugar and vanilla into the butter. Cook for 3 minutes. Whisk in the cocoa powder and remove from heat. Add the eggs one at a time, whisking well in between each. Stir the flour into the mixture then carefully fold the chocolate chunks in. Pour into the greased dish and bake for 25-35 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool before cutting. 

Indulge yourself in a freshly-baked, oven-warm HUGE piece of this  perfectly moist and sweet bread pudding exploding with colorful blueberries It doesn't get much better than this! Is it cold and rainy outside?? Here is the plan for this weekend. Sleep in, wear your pj's all day and bake a bread pudding you won't easily forget ... Once you manage to get off bed and make yourself a cup of

An easy and quick melt in mouth burfi recipe using milk powder!! Ingredients: Milk Powder-2 cup Milk- 1/2 cup Sugar-1 cup Ghee- 1/2 cup Cardamom powder-a pinch Fried cashews-to garnish Tutti fruity-to garnish Preparation: Grease a tray with little ghee and keep it aside. Mix the milk with milk powder and make a smooth paste out of it. Heat a heavy bottom pan with ghee. When it is hot; make the flame to low. Add the milk paste in to it and stir well continuously for 3 minutes. Add sugar and mix well. Stir well on medium flame until the mixture starts leaving from the sides. Quickly add cardamom powder; mix well and switch off the flame. (when the mixture starts leaving from the pan; don;t cook more; then the burfi get harden after cools down). Add in to the greased tray, garnish on top with chopped nuts and tutti fruity; level the top. Rest for about 40 minutes to cools down completely and after that grease a sharp knife with ghee and carefully cut squares.

Wake up to the inviting aroma of just-baked muffins, right from your oven Every bite is filled with the fresh flavor of cranberries and a hint of sweet oranges These homemade, bakery-style muffins are a sure way of perking up your morning.  Bursting with fresh cranberries and juicy oranges. Soft and delicious. Fruity and sweet.  I really love the flavor combination of oranges and

An easy and gooey melt in mouth  brownie recipe on stove-top!!! Ingredients: Powdered sugar- 3/4 cup Eggs-2 All purpose flour-3/4cup Cocoa powder- 1/4 cup Baking powder- 1/4 tsp Vanilla extract-3/4 tsp Oil-1/2 cup Salt-a pinch Chopped white chocolate- 1/4 cup (Or use chopped walnuts or almonds) Preparation: Grease a baking tray with oil and sprinkle some flour. Add 1 cup of salt (or sand) in a pan and put it on the stove-top on low flame. Place a stand above the salt and put the baking tray on top of it. Cover the lid of the pan and allow to pre-heat while the batter gets ready. Beat eggs and powdered sugar in bowl for a minute until just creamy. (no need to beat until fluffy) Add all the other ingredients except chopped white chocolate and beat until nicely mixed (only about a minute; don't overbeat). Add chopped white chocolates and mix with a spoon by folding it. Quickly pour the batter in to the baking tray; Cover the lid of the pan. Slow cook for about 45-50 minutes or until t...

There is nothing bad about these cookies! When I saw the recipe and saw how easy they would be to make I knew I had to jump on these beauties. This recipe is adapted from Cookies and Cups . 1 (19.5oz) Brownie Mix 4oz Cream Cheese (softened) 1/2 cup Butter (softened) 1 egg 1 cup white chocolate chips Heat oven to 350. Line baking sheet with parchment paper. In a bowl combine the cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add in the egg and mix until incorporated. Pour in the brownie mix and mix on low until the dough comes together. Stir in the white chocolate chips. Use a tablespoon to scoop the batter onto the pan. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Let cool on the pan for 4 minutes the move to a wire rack.

Let's celebrate the holidays with these cute Christmas tree vanilla cakes  stuffed with rich custard cream, and decorated with colorful sprinkles Remember my Christmas tree dessert?!? I've posted this recipe before, and I thought you would like to see it again. After all, these little tree cakes are super cute, very festive and they will surely impress all your holiday guests. Made with

Puppy chow, muddy buddies, whatever you call them this is a classic! Everyone seems to make their recipe slightly differently but this is how I make it! 1 (12 oz) box Crispix 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips 1 cup smooth peanut butter 5 tbsp butter 1 lb powdered sugar In a sauce pan melt together the chocolate chips, peanut butter and butter.  Stir together over low heat until it is completely melted. Pour the cereal into the chocolate mixture and stir until it is covered. Place half of the powdered sugar into a 2 gallon ziplock bag. Add the coated cereal then pour in the remaining powdered sugar and carefully shake to coat.  Place in an airtight container to store.

Make your holidays sweeter with these mini pecan pies Deliciously small and perfectly unshareable! This post is sponsored by Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry. All opinions are mine.Thank you for your support! Who says that dessert should be shared?!? Oh no. Sometimes it's nice to selfishly enjoy every last, tiny little crumb of it. Especially when it's as yummy and cute as these mini pecan pies.

It's that time of year when clementines are in season.  I love these little cuties just as they are but they make a perfect snack or a quick dessert.  I use a container of Baker's Dipping *Dark Chocolate.  This container works great with left over chocolate, just pop on the plastic lid and refrigerate until you make these again.  The chocolate won't stay in the fridge long because you'll make these often! Directions: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, wax paper or a Silpat (non stick baking mat). Peel and segment clementines, set aside.  Be careful not to break the skin as the juice will seize the chocolate.  Gently melt chocolate in  the microwave.  Dip segments in chocolate and transfer to parchment-lined sheet. Once all pieces have been dipped, set the sheet aside until chocolate hardens (takes about an hour). To quickly harden chocolate, transfer baking sheet to the refrigerator for 10 minutes. Serve at room temperature. *You can use mi...

These crazy delicious cookies are begging for a wholesome glass of milk! This blog post is sponsored by The a2 Milk Company™  "Because when your milk is naturally easy to digest, life is easy to digest" There are few simple pleasures in life that never get old, like dunking a cookie into a rich and soothing glass of milk. No matter how old you are, there is something delicious and

Last Christmas I received a pasta attachment for my KitchenAid.  I've been making all sorts of pasta egg pasta, beet pasta, spinach pasta, etc.  I wanted to make a pasta that could somehow incorporate Alaska, therefore tundra blueberry pasta. To get this vibrant purple color you have to use tundra blueberries also called bilberries similar to huckleberries.  Blueberries from the grocery store just won't cut it. Ingredients: 1 cup semolina flour 1 cup all purpose flour 2 tbs. olive oil 1/2 cup tundra blueberry puree 2 tbs. sugar 1 tbs. lemon juice dash cinnamon Directions: Mix all ingredients in a your Kitchen aid mixer and finish off with your dough hook or used a food processor to blend all ingredients so that it forms into a solid ball.   Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface. Roll out dough or wind through your pasta machine. Cut into strips or wind through your pasta machine. Cook the pasta in boiling water until al dente…it will only take 3-4 m...

Happy New Year!  I looked back and realized I didn't post one recipe in December.  It's not that I didn't do a lot of cooking and baking, I did, but during the holidays I stick to my tried and true recipes.  One recipe that has made it into that category is this tiramisu recipe.  If I had to pick a favorite dessert, tiramisu would be it.  I thought I would have to try a few recipes before I found a keeper but after serving this to my daughter (and she likes tiramisu as much as I do), she agreed with me, this one is perfect. I've only made this twice and have looked forward to making it again soon.  Just so happened, I got a call yesterday about getting some friends together for dinner next weekend. There will be 5 couples and trying to get that many around a table at a restaurant and trying to visit with everyone, didn't sound like as much fun as it would be to just have them all over.  The funny thing was, as I was suggesting to ha...

 I used to love to make this for the kids. We had a little heart-shaped wicker basket, which I would fill and let drain overnight. The kids loved this like cheesecake. And it's so much healthier. The basket fell apart. So Amazon.com came to my rescue with a purpose-made dish that drains neatly. It's just enough for two, really, 12 ounces. Very romantic as a dessert to share. With proper prior approval by the sharee, of course. (Ms Manners has the final word on people who expect one to share when one does not want to). Edouard de Pomaine ( French Cooking in Ten Minutes p. 140) has this in a much faster form than mine, above. "Beat some heavy cream into farmer's cheese or soft cream cheese. Stir in some sugar and a little powdered cinnamon. This is a super-quick dessert and it's excellent [italics mine!]. You can serve it either with or without vanilla wafers." 1/2 package of Neufchatel (low fat cream cheese) 1/4 cup creme fraiche or sour cream 1 tablespoon h...

I brought dessert to a party a couple weeks ago and everyone asked for the recipe, so here it is. :-) For a 10" tart (plus some left-over pastry): 1 egg 1/2 tsp salt 125g sugar 250g flour 125g butter 2 or 3 ripe pears (d'Anjou or Bartlett) ground cinnamon almond powder or thin almond slivers (optional) Prepare the  pâte sablée  pastry as follows: Beat the egg, salt, and sugar in a large bowl, using a wooden spoon, until they become foamy and turn to a pale yellow. (Note: why use a stand mixer when you can have a free workout?) Sift all the flour at once over the egg and sugar mix. Start mixing slowly with the wooden spoon, then use your fingers to mix all the ingredients. Rub small amounts of dough between your fingers or hands to turn the mix into a grainy "sand." ( Pâte sablée  means "sanded dough.") Cut the butter into small parcels. If the butter is very cold, heat up in the microwave for a few seconds. Add to the mix and knead the dough with your hands...

It was last weekend, a few days after la Chandeleur , the French "crepe day." I had made the batter around 4pm on Saturday, thinking that we would have the crepes for dinner that evening. Since the batter needs a couple hours of rest at room temperature, I left it on the kitchen counter while we visited our new friends, a family we met through preschool. But kids and parents alike had such a good time that we decided to end the day at the restaurant all together. I figured that the crepes could wait another day. On the way back from dinner, I put the bowl of batter in the fridge until Sunday's lunch. And what a lunch we had! Making crepes is a bit like making jam, as far as I'm concerned: as simple as the recipe might be, something always goes wrong, and I never know what it is. Crepes end up being too thick, jam overcooks... It's an art much more than it is a science. Successes always seem like miracles.  On Saturday, although I always prepare the batter with a w...