Recipes from A to Z
Grilled Beef Steak
Forgot about chimichurri? Let me remind you how good it is even for marinating meat. ;)
Brined Cucumbers
I don't make preserves because I have the luxury of receiving them already prepared from my...
Tomato Soup
Simple, aromatic and full of vitamins. Now is the time to make it - garden tomatoes have started to...
Warm Mozzarella and Prosciutto Sandwich
A bodega serving pizza and panini opened in our neighborhood. It actually opened a while ago, but it...
White Bean and Sun-Dried Tomato Crostini
I hope you've had time to dry your tomatoes by now - for us they make a great appetizer every day....
Bulgur with Roasted Vegetables and Harissa
I didn't post on the site yesterday - I had a busy weekend working on a garden gazebo and had no...
Orange Peel Preserves and Candied Orange Peel
I would have made this preserve earlier, but at Euforia, where a lady from Cyprus presented the...
Tomato Salad with Feta Dressing
I thought yesterday that since I posted cucumber salad and it was a hit (thanks for the votes), a...
Cucumber Salad
I finally decided - last night we had beer can chicken for dinner. And since I already posted the...
Chinese Beef with Onions
Just a one-day break with Mediterranean flavors and I'm back to Chinese dishes. They're convenient...
Sun-Dried Tomatoes
They are perfect as an appetizer, alongside cubes of marinated cheese or in salads and pasta sauces.
Chicken Sesame Salad
If I consider the Vietnamese beef salad to be to the taste of most Romanians and would serve it...
Vietnamese Beef Salad
I discovered this recipe at a Romanian-Vietnamese cultural event organized in Cluj where the owner...
Homemade Condensed Milk
Some time ago I tried both condensed milk recipes sent by Ancutza and Marnie and both turned out...
Feta Cheese Dip with Roasted Peppers
Yesterday I didn't cook, I just mixed things from the fridge. I started with two roasted peppers...
Serbian Burger (Pljeskavica)
I finally had time to make pljeskavica, I had been planning to for a long time and it is not very...
Flatbread Buns
Thanks to their flattened shape, they're ideal for sandwiches or burgers. So, today for lunch,...
Sangria
Sangria: a drink to keep you cool all week long. If it works for the Spaniards...
Tripe Soup
I'm running late with today's recipe, but I just finished making tripe soup. My first ever tripe...
Chicken Livers in Spicy Tomato Sauce
A spice-enriched version of Irina's recipe, only because I have a picky eater at home who cannot...
Pizza
What do you think of this? I made my first pizza good enough to post on the site.
Cheese Puffs (Gougères)
Less famous than their sweet sisters, choux à la crème, these cheese puffs (gougères) are...
Fresh Bean Stew
I saw this recipe on television, in a documentary about culinary traditions from around the world,...
Ham and Cheese Omelet
Obviously everyone knows how to make an omelet, but it's worth seeing what we ate in Rasnov at Casa...