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February Favorites 2016

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Hi guys!

Did you enjoy yesterday’s leap day? Did you do something special or was it just another working day for you? I didn’t do anything special besides choosing the February Favorites!

#1: Nutella Espresso Cheesecake with Raspberry Swirl

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This awesome Cheesecake was made by my namesake Sarah from The Gold Lining Girl. I think she did an amazing job! I want to eat it all… Don’t you?

#2: Strawberry White Chocolate Mousse Parfait

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Most of you know the very talented Lily from Little Sweet Baker. If you don’t, please go visit her blog because she makes such yummy and gorgeous things. And this dessert is yet another stunning and delicious recipe. I love it!

#3: Chocolate Chip Cakemix Cookies

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Your leap day didn’t go so well? You feel like watching tv all night in your pajamas? Then – and if you’re just really into cookies – this recipe is perfect for you! Mandi from Moments with Mandi made these and I must say they look and sound awesome! The perfect comfort cookie if you ask me…

#4: Cotton Candy Cupcakes

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Aaaah, cotton candy… It brings back so many childhood memories. And that’s exactly what these adorable Cupcakes from The Weekend Sugar do! Thanks for sharing them Shani. P.s I LOVE that colour!

#5: Raspberry Swirl Pound Cake

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Vanilla and raspberries… Two of my favorite flavors! I mean, can that EVER go wrong or would you EVER get tired of that combo? I won’t! It looks so delicious. Great choice by Julie from Hostess At Heart!

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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January Favorites

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Hi guys!

January is waaaaaaaay past now but we still have some recap to do ;)

#1: Karleksmums

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Can I please have this for Valentine’s Day? :D

#2: Baked Chocolate Doughnuts

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I have to get myself some doughnut molds and make these baked doughnuts! I’ve never made doughnuts because I didn’t have a large frying pan but now I don’t have to :D

#3: Savoury Macarons: Smoked Salmon & Horseradish

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How about these awesome appetizers :D Sweet, but not that sweet ;) And without a doubt 100% delicious!

#4: Red Velvet Waffles

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YES PLEASE! :D Do I really need to tell you why I love these awesome Waffles?
I thought so too :)

#5: Cheesy Snowgie Snacks

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If you’re still waiting for that first real snow or if you just love snowmen but think snow is a bit too cold, this is the treat for you! :D

If there’s anyhing you liked here, go pay the awesome people who made it a visit :) I’m sure they would love that ^^

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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7 awesome Pancake recipes for National Pancake Day

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Hi guys!

Happy National Pancake Day! I think this is my new favorite “holiday” :p

I just LOVE Pancakes… American Pancakes, homemade Pancakes, Nutella Pancakes, Pancakes from my grandma, … I LOVE them! Who doesn’t? :D

To celebrate this very special and joyful day I bring you 7 awesome recipes!

#1: Apple Pie Pancakes

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Two of my favorite things combined. That just screams DELICIOUS!

#2: Cinnamon Roll Pancakes

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These pancakes are for all you cinnamon lovers out there! :D

#3: Nutella stuffed Pancakes

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Oh boy… These look soooooo good! It’s literally 1 pancake + nutella + 1 pancake :o
Omnomnom ^^

#4: Fluffy Banana Pancakes

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I’d say these are the perfect breakfast pancakes! No more grumpy mornings ;)

#5: Blueberry Pancakes

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Aaaah the Blueberry Pancake… I think this one has become a classic and I can easily understand why :) Yummy!

#6: Chocolate Pancakes

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Don’t eat this pancake for breakfast on a workday… I think you won’t make it to noon. But this would make perfect partyfood! Or comfort food ;) Mwuhaha!

#7: Lactose & Sugar Free Pancakes

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Craving pancakes but in need of a little bit more healthy ones? Try my lactose and sugar free pancakes. They are delicious but don’t fall so hard on your stomach (or hips, bums and bellies ;) )

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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Christmas Jam Cookies

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Hi guys!

Nothing says Christmas more than Christmas Cookies… I’m sorry but you can’t say you’ve celebrated Christmas if you haven’t had any cookies to go with it. You just can’t.

Sooooo I’ve made some yummy Jam Cookies! They can be used for several occasions because they aren’t Christmas exclusive as you can see but these star shaped cookies fit Christmas perfectly as well :)

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What we need:

  • 250 g butter
  • 165 g sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 250 g flour
  • pinch of salt
  • raspberry jam (or any kind of jam you like)
  • cookie cutters in 2 sizes
  • plastic foil
  • baking plate
  • baking paper

Christmas Jam Cookies

How to:

  1. Mix together butter and sugar until fluffy.
  2. Add the egg yolk.
  3. Sift the flour and add it together with the salt to the mixture.
  4. Mix until everything gets combined and it forms a real dough.
  5. Wrap the dough in plastic foil and store for 30 – 60 minutes in the fridge.
  6. Remove the foil and roll out the dough.
  7. Cut out as much stars as you can.
  8. Cut out a smaller piece in half of the stars (these will be your top stars).
  9. Heat the oven at 190°C.
  10. Place the cookies on a sheet of baking paper on a baking plate and bake for 15 minutes at 190°C.
  11. Let the cookies cool on the baking plate for a bit until placing them on a rack to cool completely.
  12. Take your ‘full’ stars and put some jam on them.
  13. Sprinkle some powdered sugar on the top stars (the ones with the holes).
  14. Place the top stars on top of the jam.
  15. Serve! :D

Jam Cookies

Merry Christmas!

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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November Favorites – Christmas Edition

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Hi guys!

It’s December!!! I lost track of how many times I’ve either said or thought that… But I’m just so excited! December really is the most wonderful time to me. Happy times and lovely time with family and friends. It’s such a great time! I don’t even mind the cold. Snuggle together with a fluffy blanket and some tea or hot chocolate and I’ve already forgotten about the crappy wether :)

This months favorites is all about Christmas! Many of you have been preparing for THE holiday of the year (at least it is for me) and I’ve been inspired by so many of your awesome recipes and crafts. My to-do list has grown and I do hope this little list can inspire you as well to create some yummy dishes for your Christmas parties :)

#1: Gingerbread Latte Cupcakes

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Oh Annie… These Gingerbread Latte Cupcakes are to die for! So adorable! I absolutely love those cute little Gingerbread Men. Got to find some myself. Yumm!

#2: Christmas Tree Donuts

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I LOVE these donuts! They look cute, delicious, festive and… fluffy! :D Such a great idea. It’s just awesome! Yes, for those of you who haven’t noticed by now: I’m in love! Thanks so much Erin for sharing this with us.

#3: Eggnog Bundt Cake with Eggnog Sugar Glaze

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Jo-Anna from A Pretty Life made this pretty cake. It’s the perfect Christmas cake if you ask me :) I’ve never had it (or I can’t remember if I had) Eggnog but I’ve seen enough Christmas movies to know this is part of the holidays :)

#4: Peppermint White Chocolate Rugelach

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I would love to try some of these delicious treats :) Don’t they look all festive and Christmas-y to you? :D Aida from The Crafting Foodie made these lovely treats for us.

#5: Peppermint Mocha Fudge

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Yes. Candy cane reminds me of one thing: Christmas! And so does this yummy Peppermint Mocha Fudge from Brandie and her Home Cooking Memories blog. I really like the presentation with the crushed candy cane and it gives me this instant holidays feeling ^^

 

I hope you find these recipes inspiring and festive enough to get you in the Christmas spirits :) I’ll be doing lots of Christmas baking in the next weeks to prepare both myself and you for my absolute favorite holiday of the year!

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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Marzipan Potatoes

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Hi guys!

You already know I can’t wait until Christmas is here but there is one thing I absolutely LOVE about this time of the year and St. Nicholas: marzipan! I’m addicted to it and I swear, I could eat a whole package at once!

Sooooo I went looking for a recipe… I wish I hadn’t because it’s way too easy! I thought if it would be very hard to make, I’d certainly never make it again but it’s just sooooo easy! You can barely call it a recipe ;)

It was the lovely Annelies from Een Lepeltje Lekkers who made this last year and it’s so good I didn’t adapt it at all. So thank you Annelies for these yummy Marzipan Potatoes!

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What we need:

  • 150 g powder sugar
  • 150 g almond powder
  • 2 tablespoons of crystal sugar
  • 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder
  • 1 egg white

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How to:

  1. Mix together the almond powder and the powder sugar.
  2. Add the egg white.
  3. Mix together with a spoon until the mixture begins to stick together.
  4. Blend with your hand(s) until it becomes a ball.
  5. Knead until perfect marzipan starts to form.
  6. Cut the ball in smaller pieces and roll them into little balls.
  7. Put together sugar and cocoa powder in a bowl.
  8. Put the little marzipan balls in the bowl and start rolling them around. Do this one little ball at a time.
  9. Place the Marzipan Potatoes on a plate so your kids, guests, family, … can attack!

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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Semolina Pudding (Smoelpap)

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Hi guys!

I have something special for you today. You love it or you hate it. I don’t think there’s something in between.

We call it smoelpap :) My mom used to make this at every birthday party with my dad’s family since we all loved it so much :) The memories came back as soon as I saw the pack of semolina at the store this week.

My mom made this Semolina Pudding with raisins and sometimes added a little booze to it. I remember this one time my mom had added a bit too much, by accident she said ;) I opened the fridge and the smell alone made me drunk! It was unbelievable! But good :)

I didn’t use raisins in my Semolina Pudding. Albert Heijn has given me a package of lovely ingredients and one of them was a bag with cranberries! I immediately knew this was my chance to recreate the one dessert my mom used to make when I was little!

Cranberry Semolina Pudding

What we need:

  • 1 l milk
  • 1 bag vanilla sugar
  • 100 g semolina
  • 75 g white sugar

How to:

  1. Cook the milk
  2. Add the ingredients
  3. Stir whilst the mixture boils for about 5 minutes or until the mixture becomes a thicker pudding
  4. Poor the semolina pudding in a baking tin or pudding mold which has been held under cold water
  5. Leave the pudding to cool in the fridge
  6. Flip over the pudding and you’re ready to dig in!

Cranberry Smoelpap

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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Nerdy Nummies Chocolate Chip Smart Cookies

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Hi guys!

If I were a cookie, I’d look a little something like this:

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This Nerdy Nummies Chocolate Chip Smart Cookie is the cutest cookie I’ve EVER seen!

You know I’m a big fan of Rosanna Pansino and her Nerdy Nummies series on YouTube, right? She introduced me to this cute cookie since it’s the logo of her series :) The minute I saw this Chocolate Chip Cookie, I knew I had to make it! It’s just so cute! And yummie ^^

Rosanna used cookie icing to make the glasses but mine just kept breaking (I’d even made blue glasses because mine is a bit blue :( ) So I turned to my first love, chocolate ;)

Nerdy Nummies Chocolate Chip Cookies!

What we need:

  • 260 g flour
  • 150 g white sugar
  • 150 g brown sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 300 g chocolate chips
  • 240 g butter

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How to:

  1. Combine flour and salt in a separate bowl
  2. Combine butter, both sugars and vanilla extract in your mixer.
  3. Add the eggs
  4. Slowly add the flour once the eggs are completely combined
  5. Fold in the chocolate chips. Make sure to keep a handfull of thema side to decorate our cookies
  6. Bake our cookies for about 15 minutes at 190 degrees centigrade or untill they turn golden brown

Nerdy Nummies Chocolate Chip Cookies

Oh, you thught I was the only one in my house who loved Chocolate Chip Cookies so much? We both did. But our little doggie seemed to like them pretty much too ;)

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Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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Homemade Chicken Burgers

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Hi guys!

Nothing sweet today but still very delicious! And very healthy too in fact :p
These Homemade Chicken Burgers are easy to make and easy to devour :)
p.s. dogs like them too ;)

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What we need:

  • 500 g minced chicken
  • onion
  • herbs
  • 1 egg
  • pepper & salt
  • breadcrumbs

How to:

  1. Put the meat in a bowl
  2. Chop the onion and add it to the meat
  3. Add the egg
  4. Add herbs, pepper and salt
  5. Knead with your hands
  6. Add the breadcrumbs and knead again
  7. Roll 4 little balls out of the meat
  8. Bake your Homemade Chicken Burgers

Tadaaaaaaa! Ready for dinner!

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Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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August Favorites

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Hi guys!

It is official: Summer is over! It’s the 1st of September and all the kiddos had to go to school again. I bet lots of the parents are relieved their kids can go back to school :p There will be kids who loved going back and there will be some who cried…
One thing is for sure: you are going to love these five favourites! ;)

I almost can’t believe Summer is gone already… It’s gone so fast! Tomorrow it’ll be Christmas… Not that I would find that unfortunate ;)

Let’s not think about the time but let’s see what August has given us! I was super happy to see August giving us as much awesome recipes as July had done :)

#1: White Chocolate and Coconut Panna Cotta

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Panna Cotta? Yumm! White Chocolate Panna Cotta? Awesome! I love Panna Cotta so so much and I love white chocolate a lot too so this dessert from The Flavor Bender is a perfect fit for me!

#2: Peach Mango Pie

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Peach and Mango, Jhuls? Seriously? Those are my favorite fruits! Looks like this pie is another perfect fit for me ;) I love the way she has turned this pie in cute little packages :) Looks like little gifts to me!

#3: Cookes and Cream Crumble Cake

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Do you hear that Angel sing too? :D Cookies and Cream is by far my favorite flavor EVER! I love everything Cookies and Cream! This amazing cake and I are a match made in heaven! Thank you The Weekend Sugar for sharing this little piece of heaven with us :)

#4: Blueberry Lavender no bake Cheesecake in a jar

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This just makes me want to go on a PICKNICK! :D
I mean look at it! It is the perfect dessert to bring to a cosy picknick with friends, family or just with the boyfriend or girlfriend :D Naina from Spice in the City has got me dreaming :) Don’t you love this?

#5: Duo Cake

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YES! This Duo Cake could not be left out in this yummy list! Mila, girl, you have excellent taste! This is such a cool and delicious dessert and totally something for me :D I mean who could possibly resist the combo of chocolate cake and cheesecake? I don’t!

Is it just me or was August a very very VERY delicious month?! ;)

Have a delicious day <3
xxx Sarah

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