Growing up, this was one of my favourite meals. If my grandparents or mom said they were making tiganisur, I would get so happy! This dish is nostalgic and comforting. If you come from an Albanian family, you know exactly what I mean. Something simple yet so delicious, I find that sometimes the most simplest recipes are the best. …
Dinner
Hurma Kurabiye -Date Filled Cookies- Maamoul
I was a kid when I first tried these cookies and they have remained a favorite of mine. They sell them at Middle Eastern bakeries known as Maamoul, and can be filled with date, walnuts or pistachio filling, you can also find them in packaged boxes at the grocery store. …
Spinach Lasagna Roll Ups
This is a family favourite recipe, everyone in the house loves it!
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Rustic Cucumber Tarator
This may look or sound familiar to you, and that’s because it is. I called it rustic because it is more like a salad than my cacik-cucumber-yogurt-sauce and can be served as a side dish.
I make this with Persian cucumbers as they are thinner and crunchier. You can use English cucumbers or small cucumbers for this salad if you cannot find the Persian cucumbers. If you are using English cucumbers, I think you would need to use two of them to equal the amount of the Persian cucumbers used in this recipe, depending the size of the cucumber. …
Grandma’s Albanian Potato Musakka
This is my grandma’s recipe for potato musakka. It was a childhood favourite of mine. My grandma was over today so I thought it was a perfect opportunity to make it and post the recipe for you! …
Slow Cooker Lamb Stew – Balkan Style
This is the perfect fall meal; to me this is comfort food. The aroma transports me back to my grandparents’s kitchen. Whether it’s the peppers or the lamb I don’t know but something about this dish makes me happy – plus it tastes amazing too! …
Sleeping Beauty Inspired Cake
Continuing our Disney series with this Sleeping Beauty inspired cake my daughter Dina made for her sister!
We all remember the part when Maryweather and Flora are fighting over the colour of the dress, in the cottage and at the end of the movie! Pink! Blue! I personally love the pink ever since I was a kid! How about you?…
Meatball Soup with Rapini AKA Italian Wedding Soup ~ Donika’s Version
I’m back…did you miss me? It has been a while I know, but after a much needed break I am back to blogging and posting on Instagram! I am a little rusty so please forgive me! I so needed this time off…time to relax to think and enjoy some time with my family. Blogging does take a lot of time and honestly between social media, photos, writing posts, I just needed some time off. I can’t promise that I will be on all the time like I used to, it is impossible! …
Spinach Lakror with Parsley and Dill
This lakror is fresh tasting and delicious, not your regular spinach burek, the dill gives it a nice unique flavour and compliments the spinach a lot. …
Weekly Meal Planner – Week 8
Already week 8! Time to wrap this series up, for now that is. I hope you all benefited from it. I figure you can still use the planners and rotate them to fit your schedule. I plan to add some more in the future, but I think eight is good for now! …