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  • Delicious Eggplant Gratin: A Taste of Italy at Home

    Delicious Eggplant Gratin: A Taste of Italy at Home

    Welcome back to my blog! It’s definitely summer time now here in NYC. I really try not to cook much in the summer but it’s hard to stay away when homemade food tastes so much better than eating out. This is a fun dish to assemble, requires minimal work, simple ingredients and tastes fabulous! It…

    Nikki Mak

    July 12, 2025
    Recipes
    basil, breadcrumbs, easy, eggplant, food, gratin, herbs de provence, homemade, italy, mozzarella, parmesan, recipe, Recipes, summer, tomato, tomato sauce, vacation, vegetarian
  • Delicious Spinach Ravioli in 30 Minutes

    Delicious Spinach Ravioli in 30 Minutes

    Hey y’all!! How’s the weather around you looking like now? I’m so happy it’s been a lot warmer here in my town. It’s about damn time too! I got another delicious recipe for you so let’s get right into it. This is my mushroom spinach ravioli dish, I definitely buy the pre-made ravioli from the…

    Nikki Mak

    May 6, 2025
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    company, dinner, easy, entertain, food, fresh, guests, healthy, heavy cream, left overs, mushroom, nutritious, pasta, pre-made, protein, quick, ravioli, recipe, Recipes, spinach, vegetable stock, veggie
  • Healthy Arborio Rice Stuffed Peppers

    Healthy Arborio Rice Stuffed Peppers

    Hey everyone! I hope y’all have been doing well, we are now in Spring and waiting on that sunshine to bring back some LIFE. I’m starting to enjoy the Spring weather more as I make my way back to the skatepark soon. I actually have skated during the cold season (because I’m crazy like that),…

    Nikki Mak

    March 25, 2025
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    arborio rice, cheese, dinner, easy, feta, food, garlic, greek, healthy, italian, kalamata, nutritious, olive oil, olives, quick, recipe, Recipes, red bell peppers, water, weeknight
  • Baking a White Christmas: Festive Cookie Ideas

    Baking a White Christmas: Festive Cookie Ideas

    Dear readers, I do hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. I was taking a break from my posts to enjoy the season with my loved ones. I even manifested what I really wanted, which was a White Christmas! After 15 years here in NYC, it finally snowed just in time for Christmas. The…

    Nikki Mak

    January 11, 2025
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    baking, brown sugar, butter, chocolate, chocolate chips, chocolate extract, christmas, cocoa powder, cookies, dessert, eggs, festive, gift ideas, holiday season, hot chocolate, light brown sugar, M&Ms, marshmellows, pretzels, Recipes, snow, vanilla extract, white chocolate, white christmas
  • Winter Comfort Food: Spiced Cinnamon Eggplant Stew with Roasted Peppers

    Winter Comfort Food: Spiced Cinnamon Eggplant Stew with Roasted Peppers

    What’s goin on dear readers! I hope everyone is having a good winter, it’s almost Christmas time. I really enjoy this time of year. Here in NYC, the weather is not terrible yet, it’s relatively warm still for this season. We did have some snow flurries the other day but hopefully soon we get some…

    Nikki Mak

    December 9, 2024
    Recipes
    cinnamon, eggplant, food, hearty, mix blend, recipe, Recipes, roasted red pepper, spiced, stew, tasty
  • Classic Mushroom Risotto w/ Shrimp Scampi

    Classic Mushroom Risotto w/ Shrimp Scampi

    Hey y’all back at it again with another recipe for everyone. I don’t often cook risotto but every once in a while, I like to integrate it to my meals. This time I added shrimp as my topper but the recipe itself will strictly stick to the risotto. If you haven’t ever had risotto now…

    Nikki Mak

    November 17, 2024
    Recipes
    aborio-rice, chicken stock, chives, dinner, food, mushrooms, recipe, Recipes, risotto, shallot, shrimp, shrimp-scampi, truffle-oil, white wine
  • Roasted Butternut Squash Pasta w/ Spinach & Sausage

    Roasted Butternut Squash Pasta w/ Spinach & Sausage

    Here’s another recipe for y’all to enjoy. This dish was perfect entryway to the Fall season here in NYC. I am so excited to usher in this season with different recipes, activities and projects. Ingredients: Butternut Squash (or the squash that’s available in your supermarket), sausage, frozen spinach, pasta, parmesan, garlic, olive oil, heavy cream…

    Nikki Mak

    September 12, 2024
    Recipes
    butternut squash, cheese, dinner, fall, fall recipe, food, garlic, heavy cream, paprika, parmesan cheese, pasta, pasta shells, recipe, Recipes, sausage, spinach, white pepper
  • Lemon Garlic Butter Beans

    Lemon Garlic Butter Beans

    Look at this delicious, healthy and nutritious butter bean recipe!! I really enjoy making beans with different veggies and this time I used spinach. It’s a great combo to pair with any meat of your choice. I did use salmon for myself but you are free to choose what you like. What are butter beans?…

    Nikki Mak

    July 29, 2024
    Recipes
    beginner, butter beans, cooks, cream cheese, food, lemon, lemon est, lemon zest, paprika, recipe, Recipes, salmon, simple recipe, spinach
  • White Bean Chili & Chicken

    White Bean Chili & Chicken

    Happy Weekend dear readers! I have a dee-licious recipe for y’all today. I enjoyed making it as much as I did eating it. And I know you will too! Let’s get started with the ingredients. Ingredients: Vegetable broth, olive oil, white kidney beans, corn. celery, onions, green pepper, garlic, jalapeno, flour, cashews, and seasonings will…

    Nikki Mak

    June 8, 2024
    Recipes
    broth, cannellini, cashew slurry, cashwes, celery, chili, corn, flour, healthy, hearty, jalapeno, onions, peppers, slurry, soulfood, vegetable broth, white beans
  • Sweet & Tangy Roasted Cauliflower and Chickpeas

    Sweet & Tangy Roasted Cauliflower and Chickpeas

    Goodmorning everyone! I hope your day has started off well. It’s another new week as we make our way through the remainder of April. I just came back from the park and am feeling good! I wanted to share this delicious recipe with y’all. Of course, my partner and I had paired the recipe with…

    Nikki Mak

    April 15, 2024
    Recipes
    cauliflower, chickpeas, coriander, dates, food, garlic, healthy, limes, maple syrup, recipe, Recipes, red onion, red wine vinegar, roasted, salmon, sweet, tangy, walnuts, weekday, weeknight
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