Food

Easter breads ( Kozunaci) 2010

By Annie Holland / April 2, 2010

This is what has been keeping me from posting yesterday! You can see the recipe I use step by step here : Kozunaci ( Easter breads) the recipe 18 eggs, 6 lbs flour and  the result is 11 kozunaci ( Easter breads)!At one point I thought I would never finish! I have a small, non-convection oven…

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Kozunak – Bulgarian Sweet Easter bread-recipe updated!

By Annie Holland / March 16, 2010

I have been asked so many questions about this recipe, that I decided I should repost it and update the instructions, hopefully you’ll find it useful when making this delicious treat !  Before I continue, I have to say that the original recipe is NOT mine!  It was published by a very nice lady from…

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Beef Brisket Flambe with double fried potatoes with breadcrumbs.

By Annie Holland / March 9, 2010

Ok, most of you probably have seen these “cool looking” attractions at the restaurant when a wide shoulder waiter with a thin mustache sets on fire food and everyone ooohs and aaaahs.Yes, it’s exciting but it is so expensive to order that I am sure most of you haven’t even tasted flambe food. The truth…

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A breakfast from a friend- Toni’s Milinki

By Annie Holland / February 25, 2010

I was browsing through my Google reader looking for ideas for breakfast and I remembered that my virtual blogger friend Toni had this awesome milinki recipe that I swore I’ll try when I have more time. For my English speaking audience the word Milinki doesn’t speak much, but this is indeed a “bread”-like breakfast that…

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Yukon gold potato &Yams ( not so fat) cream soup

By Annie Holland / February 17, 2010

I love cream soups! The melting, dense texture of the soup combined with the crunchy homemade croutons with herbs or just spices is one of my favorite comfort foods!Yummy!!! Today my poor dog got a surgery done and I spent the whole day trying to occupy myself with different things so I wouldn’t worry too…

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Stuffed bell peppers with blugur and quinoa

By Annie Holland / February 11, 2010

Since I discovered the awesome quinoa grains I experiment with different recipes I usually used rice for.Stuffed peppers is one of my kids’ favorite and I decided to substitute the white rice I usually use with bulgur and quinoa. It turned out better than I expected and I decided to share this recipe with you!…

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Do you like caramelized Pineapple?

By Annie Holland / February 9, 2010

If you do, this recipe is exactly for you! I’ve written before how my son likes to eat whatever he sees in movies etc, and recently we watched this movie in which there was pineapple pie. I have never made pineapple pie, but being a good mom I decided to give it a try and…

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Breakfast for dinner for the love of American pancakes

By Annie Holland / January 20, 2010

OK, I’ve been here what….5 years now and I have my favorites from the American cuisine, but pancakes were never one of them. I tried them in different restaurants…and I just can’t stand the baking powder smell! Every time it was so strong that it burned my nose. We were talking with a friend and…

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Sarmi, Halupki or just stuffed sauerkraut ( cabbage) rolls for vegetarians

By Annie Holland / January 15, 2010

  It was very difficult to think of a title for this post.  If I had named it only Sarmi, the Bulgarian readers would have guessed what it is about, if I had named it only Halupki, the Slovak audience would have know, so I decided to go the long way and include everything that…

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Brown Beef and red skin potatoes soup

By Annie Holland / January 6, 2010

As I was bragging yesterday, I got myself my very first pressure cooker and  I tried a soup that my guys at home like very much- Brown Beef  and red skin potatoes soup. Depending on how fresh is the meat ( and how old was the animal) it can take from 60-80 minutes to be…

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