Cheese truffles - feta cheese and toasted walnuts, flavored with garlic and caraway, and rolled into delicious, festive-looking, cheesy bites, perfect to serve for the holidays. Today's post will be short and sweet, as all posts around this time of year tend to be. With so many things still left to do, I am feeling completely pressed for ...
Pumpkin strudel
Tikvenik is a traditional Bulgarian pumpkin strudel made of sweet, juicy pumpkin, gently kissed with cinnamon, then tossed with walnuts and rolled into crispy, buttery phyllo dough parcels. Pure, simple, and utterly divine. Nothing spells out fall, quite like the sight and taste of pumpkin! And there is no busier, or more exciting time in ...
Bulgarian Easter bread {kozunak}
Bulgarian Easter bread, a.k.a. kozunak, is a traditional, sweet yeast bread - cotton-soft, sugar-crusted, studded with rum-soaked raisins, and perfumed with vanilla and lemon zest - incredibly delicious on its own, it's the ultimate Easter treat. Growing up in the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition, Easter for us didn't mean egg hunts for ...
Nettle and green garlic soup
Nettle and green garlic soup - this creamy soup tastes like the spring, with flavors of mild garlic, aromatic dill, and fresh lemon, and is packed with cleansing nutrients and minerals. We're officially (and finally) in spring! This whole winter season has dragged on for too long this year. In fact, in true March fashion, we are back to the ...
Feta cheese quick bread
Feta cheese quick bread - fluffy, moist and buttery, this savory quick bread recipe is ideal for breakfast, snack or even dinner. What do I make for dinner tonight? This is my every day dilemma, and not so much for lack of ideas, but for finding that tricky, elusive, ever-changing common ground where all picking eaters in the house can be ...
Beet and carrot salad {mustard garlic vinaigrette + dill}
Beet and carrot salad with mustard garlic vinaigrette - boiled root veggies, tangy pickles and lots of fresh dill drizzled with a lovely mustard garlic dressing - a fantastic winter salad that's easy on the calories, yet filling and satisfying. Well hello there, and a happy new 2017 to you!! I hope this week goes easy on you (it's a short ...
Stuffed meatloaf
Stuffed meatloaf - flavorful juicy meat, stuffed with mushrooms, ham, smoked cheese, boiled eggs, carrots and pickles - this is one fancy meal, perfect for a special occasion, or holiday. This stuffed meatloaf recipe is a bit more involved, but the effort will be totally worth it! It's a traditional Bulgarian meatloaf recipe and it's ...
Oven-fried zucchini crisps with garlic yogurt dip
Oven-fried zucchini crisps with garlic yogurt dip - this is a fantastic summer finger food, quick and easy to make, and so delicious you need to triple the recipe! One of my all time favorite summer dishes is fried zucchini. It's a traditional Bulgarian meal, that we often had in the summer, and we devoured insane amounts, until we fell into ...
Cold cucumber yogurt soup {garlic + walnuts + dill}
Cold cucumber yogurt soup - garlic, walnuts, dill, fresh cucumbers and chilled yogurt make this soup super delicious and quite refreshing on a hot day. As the hot summer days are sluggishly dragging by, making a lazy bum out of all of us, I'm beginning to avoid the kitchen stove, or oven as much as possible, and making hack meals as often as ...
Eggs in garlicky yogurt {butter paprika sauce + feta cheese}
Eggs in garlicky yogurt - crispy fried egg whites and soft yolks, drizzled with butter paprika sauce, and served over a bed of cold, creamy garlicky yogurt - this is the ultimate egg dish to dig in with a piece of toasted bread! Let me just start by saying that these eggs in garlicky yogurt, drizzled with butter paprika sauce, and grated ...
Cheese stuffed meatballs
Cheese stuffed meatballs - juicy, flavorful, and oozing with smokey melted cheese! Try replacing your standard burger with these delicious giant meatballs next time, and you will never look back! It's not quite a meatball, and it's not quite a burger - it's a cross between them but what's really special about thees grilled meatballs, is the ...
Eggplant dip
Eggplant dip - with only 4 ingredients, this dip is an easy and impressive summer appetizer, and dare I say, better than Baba Ganoush! Dare I say this eggplant dip is better than Baba Ganoush? Oh, yeah - and I fully assume the responsibility for doing so! This is one of my childhood favorites and I had to share it, as over the years I ...
Easy cheesy moussaka {potatoes + meat casserole}
Easy cheesy moussaka - made with potatoes, meat and cheese, this quick version of the famous Greek casserole is a crowd pleaser - elegant and impressive, it's comfort food in its purest. Before you try to pronounce the word 'moussaka' and get scared away, let me break it down to you: moussaka = potatoes + meat + cheese. Now who doesn't love ...
Easter salad {eggs, olives + radishes}
Easter salad - tender lettuce, cucumbers, radishes, green garlic, Kalamata olives, and boiled eggs - this salad is a celebration of spring at every bite, and a great recipe to use leftover Easter eggs. I called this 'Easter salad' because this is the traditional green salad we serve on Easter, next to the rack of lamb. It's also the perfect ...
Garash cake {walnut meringue + dark chocolate cream}
Garash cake - layers of walnut meringue and rich dark chocolate cream, enveloped in silky chocolate ganache - the ultimate chocolate lover's cake, perfect for a special occasion! Happy New Year dear friends!! I hope it's full of excitement, adventure and unforgettable memories, but most of all, I hope 2016 brings love and peace! It's ...