We had our bayram celebration this week, we celebrated with family and friends with a turkey dinner! Surprisingly we didn’t end up with much leftovers, we did end up with some leftover turkey which I was happy about! The kids asked for turkey salad sandwiches for dinner, turned out great since I made soup earlier that day, it was a soup and sandwich kind of day….
Salads
Bulgur and Lentil Salad
This is a light and tasty salad, perfect for a summers day picnic or lunch food! I don’t really measure when I make foods like this, I just throw stuff in a pot and cook it! Its really simple and you cannot go wrong with a recipe like this. …
It’s a Cheeseburger Party! Cheeseburger Cake
What a perfect day for a lovely BBQ dinner with family and friends! The theme cheeseburgers! From dinner to dessert it was all about the beloved summer favourite!
The kids loved the cake, the adults loved it too! It is such a fun cake, not too hard to make either, using ready fondant really makes it easy! Will be sharing some pictures from the BBQ and some recipes as well:)…
Pesto Rapini Potato Salad
I had my cousins over for dinner tonight and I made a delicious homemade spaghetti sauce served with spaghetti, of course. I was in need for a side dish, I had some rapini but not enough to feed two families with! I needed to ‘bulk’ it up a bit! Since I was craving potato salad today and was planning on making rapini, I came up with this delicious salad.
I get this pesto sauce from an Italian delicatessen, it’s called ‘Berni’ Pesto al Basilico. I only mention it so that I don’t forget the name of it (I have a bad memory), it is made in Italy and it tastes so good! Of course nothing beats homemade pesto, but I like to keep a jar of this stuff for an easy dinner or side dish starter….
Tomato and Cucumber Salad
Tomato and cucumber salad is one of my favourite salads! Its easy to make, and is good for you! My kids love this with fresh bread just like I did when I was a kid…dipping the bread in the juices is the best part! I like to add feta cheese to it as well sometimes. It makes for a great side dish or on its own for lunch. …
Rubik’s Cube Salad
Playing with my food again….I have been wanting to try the Rubik’s cube salad for a while now but I was intimidated as I am not good with chopping and cutting. I tried my best to make the cubes the same size and put it all together, I think I did okay for the first time. It is no where close to the perfect ones I have seen on the net…but for me it’s good! …
Refrigerator Dill Pickles
Who doesn’t like a crunchy dill pickle? I love them, problem is some jar labels can be deceiving! I hate when that happens…you open a jar of pickles and they turn out soggy and flimsy! Crispy and crunchy is what I want…so you know the saying when you want something done do it yourself! I took those words and ran with it to the kitchen and made my own pickles :)…
Ambrosia Salad
One of my favourite treats when I was a kid was my Aunt Angela’s marshmallow, or ambrosia salad I just loved it, still do till today! I came across a similar salad ambrosia-or-five-cup-salad by deelicioussweets which I tried out today as well and loved it!
Can’t decide which I like better, one has a nostalgic taste to it and the other a new fresh twist! After comparing the two I combined them in one big bowl, yeah I am one happy girl;)…
Choban Salatasi ~ Shepherd’s Salad
This is family favourite salad that I make all throughout the summer, it best in the summer as the tomatoes are the juiciest and are in season. Get some nice bread, a Calabrese or French loaf goes lovely with this, with some tea, cheese and some olives you will have a wonderful lunch or light dinner.
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Salad with Feta Cheese – Grandpa’s Salata
This is my Grandfathers (gjyshi in Albanian) way of making salad, when ever I make it I get transported back to that big old house, sitting at the huge cherry wood dining table with that patterned vinyl table cloth in the dining room with my grandparents. In the summer he would use the veggies from the garden except for the lettuce as he never grew them in the garden. It was always so good, the oregano and feta makes this salad extra special! My grandfather loved oregano, used it in a lot of his recipes. …