My favorite recipes

  • Krpice sa zeljem (Pasta with cabbages)

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    “Krpice sa zeljem” have been an every-week meal in many North Croatian houses for decades. Originally, it was made with thick pasta and cabbages. The simple ingredients made this meal cheap and available for many poor farmer families. In richer…

  • Sunflower/carob/poppy rolls (makovnjača, suncokretnjača i rogačnjača)

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    Every weekend I bake some kind of dessert. I try to make something different every week, I try to mix traditional cakes with more modern desserts. This weekend I wanted to make something traditional, and what’s more traditional than our…

  • My Saturday lunch: One-pot pasta

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    I’m a huge fan of one-pot meals. I’m not sure if the reason is fewer dishes to wash or the fact that I own only 4 pots and 2 pans. I cook normal meals, lunches that have many different side…

  • Leek casserole aka. “složenac od poriluka”

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    We love to eat leeks. Out of all the vegetables, leeks are one of the vegetables that we have every week. Usually, I make leek stew with different ingredients, such as meat, sausages, potato, and barley. But, sometimes, we’re in…

  • Harvesting and cooking brassica greens

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     I’ve never had such an early brassica harvest in all my gardening years.  This year I decided to try a new approach to growing brassica greens. Usually, I’d sow the brassica seedlings around March, transplant them in the middle of…