Archive for the ‘Celebrations & Occasions’ Category

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TEA BISCUIT PUDDING LAYERS – updated!

This week has been a week of work, tests, happiness and will end with some travel.  This week work was extremely busy, I do hate tax and audit season.  6 more weeks of this and hopefully it will all be done.  On a brighter note my husbands brother had a baby boy in Turkey and our friends sister had... Read More »

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MY FIRST HOME GARDEN

3 years and I’m still blogging, I know at times I might have disappeared for long periods, but I have always come back.  I have so many recipes, pics and stories to share, I just don’t have enough time during the day.  I really need to become a full time blogger, then maybe me and... Read More »

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CHEESECAKE WITH MINTED BLACKBERRIES

  I’ve mentioned to you several times, how much my husband loves, sweets,  it can be in any form, milk, cake, Turkish or even American.  Since, it was his birthday last week, I’ve decided instead of buying him a cake I’ll make him another cheesecake.  A tad different from last... Read More »

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CHEDDAR DILL CORNBREAD

  I love corn bread! I love corn bread with yogurt on top! My mom and my aunt make the best corn bread.  Seriously!  Way back in January when we had one of those huge winter storms, I made a batch of these delicious cheddar filled corn bread, that I had seen Ina Garten make on Barefoot Contessa. ... Read More »

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A MOTHER’S DAY BREAKFAST

This morning as I was preparing this delightful Mother’s Day breakfast, I received tons of text messages from my friends wishing me a happy mothers day. Since it is my FIRST mother’s day it brought tears to my eyes, a sense of joy an unexplainable feeling.  Being a mother is an explainable... Read More »

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MY LITTLE ANGEL

Aleyna Senaa Saygili This post has been a work in progress, it took me 39 weeks to complete.   To this day, I still can not believe we created this little angel.  I would like to introduce to you my daughter. Aleyna Senaa Saygili born on Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 9:34 pm.  She waited patiently... Read More »

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A LITTLE BREAK

  Image by: Marie-francoise Carbonnelle I’ll be on leave for a little while & during this time I will not be able to post any new recipes.   Read More →