Ricotta bread without yeast!

Sometimes my family ask for quick and fresh bread from our oven. And I made one recipe that I use in that cases. Because the dough is with baking powder, we have fresh and delicious bread in one hour (kneading + baking)! When I don't have ricotta cheese in my fridge I use mayo and Greek yogurt! It sounds weird but trust me, you will be delighted with fresh bread in one hour making! So let's begin with the ingredients.
Ingredients:

• 250 gr + 50 gr (2  + 1/4 cups) of flour
• 1 egg + 1 egg
• 4 tbs of ricotta cheese or if you don't have ricotta cheese you can do 2 tbs of mayo and 2 tbs of Greek yogurt. 
• 50 ml (1.7 oz) of milk
• 3 tsp of baking powder
• 1.5 tsp of salt

Preheat oven to a 430 degrees.

Mix dry ingredients, 2 cups (250 gr) of flour first, you can add more flour after, if you  need to.  Then add ricotta, egg, milk into the flour.  Kneed well, until you make a lovely ball shape. The dough suppose to be soft and airy. Roll the dough into a circle 1 inch thick. Then roll the circle from one end to another, making a loaf.

Place the loaf into a baking pan with baking sheet.

Break down the egg with a fork, and coat the loaf with it.

If you want sprinkle course salt, sesame and flax seeds on the top of the loaf.

With kitchen scissors snap the top of the loaf  several times. 

Bake the bread 20-25 min! 

The brad is very nice the day after baking, or like a toast. Just keep him covered with the dome or in the air tight container.

Enjoy 💖👄🥖🍞

Spring is here 🎕🥀

No matter how long winter, the spring is sure to follow! Celebrate the birth of nature! 

Healthy no flour brownies with avocado

These little treats are life savers 👼 One piece is enough for satisfying  cravings during the day. Very easy to make, to storage and can help when you need something sweet but yet not so bad. After lunch one of these loveys  with cup of coffee and you are set.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup of almond flour
• 1/2 cup of cacao powder
• 1 avocado mashed
• 1 banana mashed 
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 tsp of baking soda
• little bit of brown sugar if you find not enough sweet from banana 

I made a avocado frosting, but you can sprinkle cacao powder of icing sugar on the top.

 Avocado frosting:

• 1 avocado mashed 
• 1/4 cup cacao powder
• 1/4 cup of Greek yogurt
• 1/3 cup of honey

Preheat oven to a 350 degrees.

You need 8x8 inch baking pan, line it with baking paper.

Mix together avocado, banana, eggs. Mix it well. Add flour, cacao, baking soda pour it in the pan and bake for a 20-25 min.

For Frosting, mix honey, avocado, Greek yogurt and add cacao powder mix it well. Leave it the fridge.

After the brownies are cooled, cover them with  Avocado frosting.

Divide  into 12 pieces. You can store them up to 1 week in the fridge.

 Enjoy with just a little bit of a guilt. 💖👄

Blueberry cake with Greek lemon yogurt frosting

I had some blueberries in my fridge and I decided to make something sweet with them. Cake for breakfast or in the afternoon with cup of tea, coffee and maybe glass of milk for youngest one. My little boy adore blueberries! He love this cake as his father 😉 Anyway, here is the recipe for lovely Blueberry cake:

• 2 cups of flour
• 1 cup of milk
• 2 eggs
• 4 tbsp butter or 1/4 cup of oil
• 1/2 cup of  brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp of baking powder
• 1/2 tsp of baking soda
• 1 tsp of ground nutmeg
• 3/4 tsp of salt
• 1 tsp of vanilla 
• 1 cup of blueberries

Strudel topping:

• 1/2 cup of ground nuts
• 1/3 cup of brown sugar
• mix it together, set a side

Frosting: 

• 1 cup of Greek yogurt
• 1 cup of confectionares sugar
• 1 tsp of lemon zest or if you like it can be orange zest, lime zest..

Blueberries are optional, you can make a cake without them and add them when serving the cake. Lemon Greek yogurt is optional too, but I like the blend of the cake and freshness from the frosting!

Preheat the oven on 425 degrees.

In mixing bowl add flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, salt. At the end add milk, eggs, butter or oil, vanilla. If you are putting the blueberries in the batter then add them on the end when you mix well other ingredients.

I use the medium cheesecake pan with spring form. Oil the pan on the bottom and on the side all the way up. Sprinkle with flour all around to make nonstick coat.

Pour the batter into the pan and sprinkle it with strudel topping. Bake the cake for 45 min. You will see when the cake is done. The cake  edges will separate from the sides of pan and the cake will rise and be golden. You can use the long toothpick, wooden skewers  to see is it done, when you pike the cake you can see if there is unbaked batter on the skewers. If there is batter then you need to bake the cake more. 

The cake needs to be completely cool.

Mix together 1 cup of Greek yogurt, 1 cup of confectionares sugar and lemon zest. Mix it with a spoon not with mixer. The frosting need to be in the fridge.

When you serve the cake, pour the Greek lemon yogurt frosting on the top of the piece. You can sprinkle with lime zest and add more blueberries on the top for nicer appear.

Enjoy 👄💓

Irish Soda Bread! Inspired by Harry Potter

I need to confess..... I'm Harry Potter fan! 💕 I know, I m adult and a mother of a little boy 👀😊 That is my secret 🙈 No need to say that books are wonderful, movies are very good and that I think  Harry Potter is not only for children. So in the story, mother of Harry's friend Ron is an excellent cook! And her Soda Bread is famous! I tried to make recipe that I found in the Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook. It was very delicious but I altered with some of mine ingredients to be even better!

Ingredients:

• 4 cups of flour
• 1 1/2 tsp of baking soda
• 2 tsp of salt
• 2 tsp sugar or honey
• 4 tbsp of butter
• 1 egg
• 1 cup of milk + few drops of lemon juice
• 1/2 cup of Greek yogurt

Preheat oven to 425.

Mix together flour, baking soda, salt and sugar or honey. In a microwave safe bowl pour 1 cup of milk with lemon juice and add 1/2 cup of Greek yogurt. Microwave it for 1 min. You will notice lumps in the milk from yogurt and lemon. That is what you need!

Add butter in the bowl with flour, and press it with fingers to resolve. Add egg and milk mixture. 

Now knead the dough and form it in the ball. Dust the baking pan or a pot with flour, lay the dough and dust it with flour. Make an X on the top. And it's ready to bake! 

Bake it 45 min on 425 degrees, and after that reduce the temperature on 300 a bake another 10 min! It will form a very thick and nice crust!

The bread is wonderful and can stand a long time and be good.  It is delicious if you toast it the days after baking for nice breakfast.

Enjoy 💗