Food
Bulgarian navy beans in a clay pot ( or slow cooker)
I have been asked to post the recipe for my Christmas Eve navy beans in the clay pot, and here it is! Bulgarian navy beans in a clay pot ( or slow cooker) Ingredients: For the clay pot in the beginning: 2 packages navy beans ( 500 gram)1 red onion, chopped1 white onion, chopped3 cloves…
Read MoreBulgarian Christmas Eve in the US in pictures – 2010
What is Christmas without sweets? Thank you, Tannita for the wonderful Turkish delight Melting moments! Bulgarian baking soda flat bread ( on Christmas we can’t have “live” ingredients in our bread) Candles, fresh fruit, nuts, whole onions and garlic in hope to bring abundance next year Dolmades with yogurt dressing Sauerkraut…
Read MoreMerry Christmas!
I’ve been busy baking and stuffing, and sowing and drawing, and packing ( and snacking), but I wanted to say a very Merry Christmas to you all! Since we’ve come to the US I started a tradition in our house- to bake cookies and give them away to friends. It’s huge fun to do that…
Read MoreTable arrangement in gold, blue, green and vanilla
We had a friend coming over and it was a special occasion and I wanted the table arrangement to be different. I had very little time and I had to use imagination, pair of scissors, some ribbon and candles and sparkle stones. I have used only things I found at home, I didn’t buy anything…
Read MoreGoing bananas for banana bread!
The first banana bread I baked was in the bread maker. I used one of the recipes in the handbook that came with the bread maker…and it came out awful! It was under baked, it was sticky and gooey. Only I know about this bread though, because I didn’t serve it. ( thanks, Julia Child…
Read MorePonyo’s 3 minute noodles recipe!
Have you seen the movie Ponyo? Miyazaki is one of my favorite directors and as a huge fan of “Kiki’s delivery service“, ” Castle in the sky“, “Howl’s moving castle” etc, I couldn’t miss to introduce this movie to my kids!We all LOVED it! I’ve talked about how my kids love to eat “movie” food…
Read MoreEasy non-alcoholic Strawberry daiquiri
I had this big basket of strawberries that we picked up from a local farm and although the kids love them, I wanted to try something different than the regular things. So, I came up with my version of Strawberry Daiquiri which both my daughter and I enjoyed very much in this hot day! You…
Read MorePlum tart with walnuts-update
This is one of the recipes I’ve always “feared” as very complicated ( as pretty much everything that needs caramelized sugar!). So I postponed it as long as I could, but since we went to Samascott orchards the previous week and I had 2 large bags of ripe plums and I made all the…
Read MoreChicken livers baked with vegetables and beer
Very long and complicated title, I know! No time to make it short and it says what the food is, so I guess it will do.For the longest time I though that the best way to make chicken livers is baked with butter and spices, but that was until I tried this way of preparing…
Read MorePotato Croquettes ( Картофени кюфтета)
I love Potato Croquettes!When they are freshly made, I love the smell of savory and onion in the mashed potato! I love to eat them with everything! I make them as a main dish, I make them as a side dish, I make sandwiches and burgers with them, I make them in shapes ( like…
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