a food blog about simple homemade cooking recipes from scratch, with a side of nostalgia
Baked Pancakes with Cottage Cheese are crepes stuffed with cottage or ricotta cheese + lemon zest filling and sour cream topping = Croatian Palachinka. Croatian pancakes (palachinke) are stuffed and rolled crepes. Sparkling mineral water is used instead of butter or oil to make very light crepe batter. Stuffing can be simple, like apricot or…
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…
German Vanilla Crescent Cookies – tender, melt-in-your-mouth, buttery cookies with ground walnuts. Besides Custard Cream Pie Slices and Walnut Cream Cake, these German Vanilla Crescent Cookies were my mom’s signature dessert. The recipe is handed down for at least 4 generations, as far as I know. All of her friends and guests were delighted when…
Italian Wedding Cookies – crumbly buttery shortbread cookies with ground almonds and white sugary coating that melt in your mouth. Even though they are called “wedding cookies”, besides wedding dinner reception, these cookies are being served on every Italian family gathering like Communion party, Confirmation party, Baby Showers or through Christmas Holidays. There are so…
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies – fluffy, chewy and soft inside, while crispy at the edges. I wanted to create my own cookies with macadamia nuts and white chocolate chips. I was thinking to use “I Want to Marry You Cookies” for my base recipe, but decided to go for my old “Best Ever Chocolate…
Sweet Potato Souffle – delicate, puffed up and fluffy festive dish, both savory and sweet. Souffle is one of the dishes that people are most scared to make. I must admit I was the one of them. But it is not much different then making a sponge cake – you need to whip egg whites…
