In Bulgaria we celebrate the first steps a child takes and honestly to me, that’s a big of deal. Making the first steps, the beginning of the “exploration” phase in the child’s life, it’s huge and it deserves a celebration. We celebrate it as a “coming of age” thing, but earlier version. All the relatives…

For the dolmades: 4 tbsp olive oil1 onion, finely chopped2 cups diced baby bella mushrooms1/2 cup finely chopped carrots2 cups white rice 1/2 cup walnuts, chopped2 cups water 2 tsp ground cuminSalt and pepper to taste 1 (8-ounce) jar grape leaves, rinsed and drained 3 cups of water to blanch the leaves For the dressing:…

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to wake up Sunday morning and have this brought to you in bed with the paper and a kiss? Well, I hope that special someone in your life reads this post tomorrow and surprises you! Simple, delicious, comforting, what more does one need to feel loved? You will need( for 2): 6…

  My son’s school has a Harvest festival each October and every time they have chili for sale.  When I saw the chili for the first time I told myself ” There is no way in hell I’m eating this!”, but when I finally tried it, I was pleasantly surprised, because it was really delicious!…

Five years ago in the Bulgarian forum I’m visiting from time to time a lady posted for the first time the recipe for this “crocodile” and soon pretty much everyone I knew tried the recipe. Now don’t get  me wrong- I don’t mind the recipe being popular…but it it was quite quite overwhelming feeling to…

I have been asked to post the recipe for my Christmas Eve navy beans in the clay pot, and here it is! Bulgarian navy beans in a clay pot ( or slow cooker) Ingredients: For the clay pot in the beginning: 2 packages navy beans ( 500 gram)1 red onion, chopped1 white onion, chopped3 cloves…

 What is Christmas without sweets? Thank you, Tannita for the wonderful Turkish delight Melting moments!          Bulgarian baking soda flat bread ( on Christmas we can’t have “live” ingredients in our bread)    Candles, fresh fruit, nuts, whole onions and garlic in hope to bring abundance next year   Dolmades with yogurt dressing Sauerkraut…

I’ve been busy baking and stuffing, and sowing and drawing, and packing ( and snacking), but I wanted to say a very Merry Christmas to you all! Since we’ve come to the US I started a tradition in our house-  to bake cookies and give them away to friends.  It’s huge fun to do that…

We had a friend coming over and it was a special occasion  and I wanted the table arrangement to be different. I had very little time and I had to use imagination, pair of scissors, some ribbon and candles and sparkle stones.  I have used only things I found at home, I didn’t buy anything…

The first banana bread I baked was in the bread maker. I used one of the recipes in the handbook that came with the bread maker…and it came out awful! It was under baked, it was sticky and gooey. Only I know about this bread though, because I didn’t serve it. ( thanks, Julia Child…