a food blog about simple homemade cooking recipes from scratch, with a side of nostalgia
Moo Goo Gai Pan is Americanized Chinese chicken, mushroom and vegetables stir fry dish made at home; easy, quick and healthy! What is Moo Goo Gai Pan? Moo Goo Gai Pan is a Chinese / Cantonese (Guangdong province) dish made of chicken and mushrooms. Americanized version added various vegetables to it. What does Moo Goo…
Cantaloupe Smoothie – with almond milk, banana and spices is a great and healthy way to start a day! (vegan)
Chickpea Dumplings in Curry Tomato Sauce – a perfect vegetarian one pot dish; protein-rich chickpea dumplings are cooked directly in rich curry tomato sauce; to veganize, use non-dairy yogurt. Recipe for Chickpea Dumplings in Curry Tomato Sauce was first published in Saveur magazine.Later on a modified version appeared on vegetarianventures.com. I combined both recipes and…
Moist White Fruitcake – mixed fruits in soft cake with rum and vanilla flavor. This Moist White Fruitcake was first served at my Easter table some five years ago. For years I was trying to make a replica of a cake that I used to buy in the shop, but up to now without much…
Baked Pancakes with Cottage Cheese are crepes stuffed with cottage or ricotta cheese + lemon zest filling and sour cream topping = Croatian Palachinka.
Instant Pot Okra Gumbo is a new twist on a traditional recipe; both vegetarian/vegan and chicken/sausage/seafood versions. This is not exactly a classic New Orleans gumbo recipe. I did some things differently, like adding an unconventional ingredient. And I used an electric pressure cooker, thinking it would be quicker done in one pot. Gumbo vs…
Sweet Potato Cinnamon Rolls with maple cream cheese frosting – superb breakfast for a lazy Sunday morning! I published this recipe 7 years ago. Even though the recipe itself was really good, it went rather unnoticed, mainly because of my poor photography, as I was only learning how to do it at the time. This…
Orange Lemon Marmalade – flavored with vanilla and cinnamon; can be easily cooked on your stove top in about 15 minutes. Orange Lemon Marmalade can be easily cooked on your stove top in about 15 minutes. It is flavored with vanilla and cinnamon that go very well with all kinds of citrus. The only work…
I Want to Marry You Cookies are surefire way to get someone to fall in love with you, with all their white and dark chocolate chips, brown sugar and almost toffee flavor! Strange name for cookies, I know. The recipe for “I Want to Marry You Cookies” was created by Melissa Stadler who explained it…
Lemon Ginger Tea – perfect winter drink that warms the body from the inside out.
Venison Stew – whether slow cooked or pressure cooked, this flavorful stew is sure to warm every heart and stomach.
Soft Honey Cookies – a kind of chewy honey gingerbread spice cookies that are soft enough to be eaten immediately after baking – no waiting time for them to soften! In most European countries (Germany, Hungary, Italy, Greece, Slavic countries, etc) it is hard to imagine Christmas table without some kind of Honey Cookies. The…
