blog about simple homemade cooking recipes from scratch, with a side of nostalgia
Dill Pickle Pasta Salad – crunchy baby dill pickles, creamy dressing, Cheddar cheese and pickle juice infused pasta – what a burst of flavors! There are so many pasta salad recipes out there. Dill Pickle Pasta Salad is one of those that goes equally well with grilled meat as well as on its own. Boiled…
5-Minutes Dragon Noodles with No-Cook Sauce – super quick and easy to prepare, Asian style noodles with hot sauce! I’ve seen recipes for hot Dragon Noodles on several sites like BudgetBytes, Delish etc. Base of the recipe is noodles with hot sauce, but other ingredients vary a lot, from eggs to chicken, sauteed vegetables, julienned…
Strawberry Dump Cake – probably the easiest cake ever! Fresh strawberries, cake mix and butter dumped in a cake pan, baked and served with vanilla ice cream. Yum! Strawberries are in full season. It would be a pity not to use them for delicious treats. Today I made probably the easiest cake ever: Strawberry Dump…
Instant Pot Chicken Breast and Rice – Spanish Style dish cooked in 10 minutes from scratch! (NOTE: This is NOT a sponsored post and I’m NOT affiliate with any company or product mentioned. I’m just sharing my own experience.) Chicken and Rice is a recipe with so many variations in both ingredients and cooking methods….
Green Pea Soup (vegetarian) – old English recipe for authentic spring green pea soup with mint. Here is an old English recipe for timeless Green Pea Soup with mint. I believe all pea lovers will appreciate it as much as I do. The recipe is very easy: onion or leeks are sauteed in butter, some…
Strawberry Banana Greek Yogurt Smoothie – exceptionally creamy smoothie with subtle vanilla flavor. One of the most beautiful parts of spring is abundance of strawberries. Whether eaten fresh with just a little bit of whipped cream, or as a part of a cake or dessert, they always delight kids and grown-ups equally. Today I combined…
Almond Lattice Cake (Imotska Torta) – made with thin crust and rich almond filling with amazing taste of oranges, lemon, cinnamon and nutmeg. Almond Lattice Cake – also known as Imotski Cake (named by a small Croatian town of Imotski). It is made with thin crust and rich almond filling with amazing taste of oranges,…
Grandma’s Marble Pound Cake – my family recipe; dense and rich; with wonderful flavor coming from lemon zest, rum and chocolate! My old fashioned Grandma’s Marble Pound Cake from scratch recipe has been in my family for generations. The cake is dense and rich with wonderful flavor coming from lemon zest, rum and chocolate. My…
Black Risotto (Crni rizot) – Croatian seafood and rice dish gets its peculiar color from squid ink! I know, it looks strange. Black colored food is very rare in nature. That’s why people are sceptical when they see Black Risotto for the first time. It is popular Croatian seafood dish made with addition of squid…
Scalloped Potatoes and Ham – quick and easy, creamy and cheesy, no layering method with perfect potato to filling ratio! Scalloped Potatoes and Ham is popular baked dish made of thinly sliced potatoes, bechamel sauce, ham, cheese and some vegetables. It is a variant of classic French Gratin Dauphinois, served for a large crowd of…
Super Moist Banana Bread with yogurt – what is the trick to keeping it very moist? If you tried my Moist Pumpkin Bread you already know what is the trick. Brown sugar, oil Greek yogurt and mashed bananas make the batter moist, but that is not all. After baking, you wrap the loaf in aluminum…
Sweet Potato Cinnamon Roll Cake – super moist breakfast cake; healthier then cinnamon rolls! If you’ve surfed Facebook or Pinterest lately, you might have seen recipe for Sweet Potato Cinnamon Roll Cake. It seems that it was first published by Sharon Daniel-Roan on Facebook recipe group called GFCAV Presents Food Recipe Central (I found this…
