Welcome to As Easy As Apple Pie!
I’m Elena, the cook, writer and photographer behind this blog.
I was born and raised in a small town in the north of Italy. I currently live in the sunny island of Bahrain with my husband Hassan and our chihuahua Pixie.
I moved here 16 years ago to work as a flight attendant. I’ve travelled the world and have seen many amazing things. Three years ago I stopped flying to spend more time with my husband, and that’s when I discovered my passion for cooking. I am not sure how it started, it just happened. Suddenly I was buying cookbooks and surfing the web for recipes and ideas.
Some of my favorite things are reading, Italian food, bread, dark chocolate, and yoga.
I don’t subscribe to any particular diet, I believe in moderation. My recipes are delicious, easy, budget-friendly and made from scratch.
I’d love to hear from you. Please visit my contact page, leave a comment or send me an email to: elena (at) aseasyasapplepie (dot) com
You can also find me on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram.
Enjoy your stay! 🙂
Your website is beautifully designed and user-friendly. The photographs are top notch. The recipes look doable. I’ll do the peppers tonight, as that’s what I had on hand when I came upon your website. Good luck.
Thank you very much Barbara! This is such a beautiful comment 🙂 I hope you will enjoy the peppers!
Lovely page. Design is just GREAT! I am impressed with your blog. Nice recipes. Excellent work. Well done! Rahela
Thank you very much Rahela! 🙂
Hi, to make the mozzarella pinwheels, can I use store bought dough? And what would I buy?
Hi Cathy! You can’t use store bought dough as you have to put shredded mozzarella in the dough
Can I subscribe to your blog?
LJ you can subscribe here .
Thank you and Happy Holidays! 🙂
Hi Elena,
I stumbled upon your blog searching for an apple cake recipe and saw your name – which is my daughter’s name (so beautiful!) she is just learning to cook and showed her your site. She was so excited!! I am looking forward to preparing and sharing your delicious recipes with her!!
Thank you!
Hi Teresa! I am so glad to have you here! 🙂
I hope your daughter will enjoy my recipes and if she has any questions she can send me an email or leave a comment.
love your blog,
cant wait to start cooking!!
Thank you, Ursala! 🙂
Looking forward to explore your page.all looks yummy
Thank you, Belinda! 🙂 I hope you will like the recipes, let me know if you have any questions.
HI Elena, I am looking for your Jam Sandwich Cookie (Occhi di Bue) recipe, however, I can’t find on your site. I previously had seen it on Chilly Frosting…but not having much luck with that site. I also would like to know if you have a cookbook, as I would be very interested in buying it……Thanks Koula (Sydney Australia)
Hi Koula! I didn’t post that recipe here yet, I will send you an email with the recipe right now 🙂
Hi Elena, a fellow countrywoman here 🙂
I’d like to try the zucchini noodles (zoodles!) with garlic shrimps tonight… they look delish!
What would you say if I were to add feta to the receipt? Would it be a nice addition or not?
Also, where exactly are you from in Italy? I’m from near Genoa 🙂
Keep up the great work you do here!
Best,
Flora
Hi Flora!
I think feta is perfect with the zucchini noodles! 🙂
My family lives near Asti… not too far from Genova.
I am glad you found my blog and I hope you will like my recipes!
Very nice design to your blog. Have not tried any of the recipes yet as I just found the site today. However just looking at some of the recipes, I can tell you are an excellent cook. Also you are Italian, and most Italians are great cooks. I will be trying some of the recipes as I search to see which I think I could make and might enjoy.
Hi, Larry! Thank you for the compliments 🙂 I hope you will like my recipes!
Your blog is my kitchen holy grail! Subscribed by email, following on insta, and just keeping tummy’s happy with your recipes. The ease and thoroughness of your instructions and photos is what has me favouring this blog over any other, aside from the delicious outcomes of course! High praise all around ☺️.
Thank you for such a sweet comment! I hope you’ll enjoy the recipes 🙂
Such a beautiful blog! Well done! Looks like it will be my go to when at home! Funny how I found you and so glad I did!
Thank you, Sally! Let’s keep in touch 🙂
I had bookmarked several pages for things I wanted to try out in the kitchen and only realized now that they are mostly from your website. I never went straight to it but just looked for a recipe and chose one which looked straightforward and easy enough, but also didn’t have to add fancy things or change completely a recipe when you actually want the basic, real one.
My first success was with Cantucci and ‘unfortunately’ I love making them now according to the recipe I found on your page. They are sooooo good that they dissapear too fast.
Your website is really fun to scroll through, pick up new ideas and just read.
Thanks for all the good ideas and usefull information. And the fun it brings!
Thank you, Jeane. I really hope you get to enjoy all of my recipes. 🙂
Love your recipes… but I love your moist no egg and no butter chocolate cake the most. I also want to wish you the best of luck with your recipes, they give me so many ideas.
From,
Jade 🙂
Thank you so much, Jade! I’m glad to hear you’re enjoying the recipes. And I love the chocolate cake too, it’s one of my favorite 🙂