Lithuanian in the USA

Spanish-Style Garlic Shrimp (Gambas al Ajillo) / Krevetės ispaniškai – su alyvuogių aliejumi ir česnaku (Gambas al Ajillo)

Spanish style shrimps with olive oil and garlic is one of the fastest prepared Spanish dishes. Preparation takes only 10-15 minutes and it’s ready to eat! For the first time I tried Spanish style shrimps when I first came to Spain and it became one of my favorite Spanish dishes. In Spanish restaurants, these shrimps…

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Crispy Belgian Waffles with Whole Wheat Flour / Traškūs belgiški vafliai su pilno grūdo miltais

On weekends I think most of us are often dreaming about late, delicious, filling, long breakfast… Belgian waffles are the ideal choice for such breakfast. Well, and to be honest, you can get full while baking the waffles. Since waffles have to be baked longer than pancakes, so until one pair of waffles are baking,…

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Chicken, Mushroom and Potato Casserole / Vištienos, pievagrybių ir bulvių apkepas

To make this filling casserole you’ll need very simple ingredients. The preparation is also really easy and it will take even shorter time if the potatoes are cooked in advance. Then you’ll only need to prepare chicken with sauce, grate cheese and potatoes, layer all the ingredients in a baking dish and bake in the…

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Blueberry Lemon Scones / Mėlynių ir citrinų pyragėliai „Scones“

You can find American scones probably in almost every coffee shop in the US. They are really delicious and filling pastries that go so well with a cup of coffee or tea. These pastries are usually quite big, so you can practically get full after eating only one. However, for most people scones are probably…

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Rice and Tuna Fritters / Ryžių ir tuno kotletai

Rice and tuna fritter recipe is very useful when you have leftover cooked rice (and don’t know what to do with them..) and when you don’t want any other ordinary dishes. Quickly prepared, delicious and pretty economical rice and tuna fritters will be liked by everyone (unless tune is not your thing). If you think…

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Sticky Baked BBQ Chicken Wings / Lipnūs vištienos sparneliai su barbekiu padažu

Here’s another year flown by writing a blog. I can’t believe my blog is 2 years old, woohoo!! 🙂 It seems just yesterday I tried to figure out how to write a blog, how to create my own page and how to put everything together. And I would have never imagined, that my blog can…

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Christmas Coffee Spritz Cookies with Irish Cream / Kalėdiniai kavos sausainiai su airiško likerio kremu

Coffee and cocoa give a very good taste to the cookies, and when you combine that kind of cookies with Irish cream frosting, consider what comes out – SUPER (tasty) cookies! These cookies are really addicting, after trying one you want a second, third and etc. Such cookies could be a great gift to someone,…

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Herring with Carrots, Raisins and Onion / Silkė su morkomis, razinomis ir svogūnais

Herring with carrots and raisins is a real Christmas Eve (Kūčios) dish for me. As far as I remember, at least one herring dish was with carrots and raisins (or sometimes also with nuts) during every Christmas Eve dinner. I’m not sure if this herring dish become a traditional one just amongst my family and…

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Cranberry Kissel / Spanguolių kisielius

I don’t know if anyone in Lithuania can even imagine Christmas Eve (Kūčios) or Christmas without kissel. This is simply IMPOSSIBLE. Christmas Eve (Kūčios) without kissel, it’s the same as Christmas Eve (Kūčios) without Kūčiukai (Lithuanian Christmas Eve cookies) or herring – for any Lithuanian such thing would be terrible even to think about it…

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Creamy Pumpkin Soup / Trinta moliūgo sriuba

Very easy to make, warming and slightly sweet soup. Nothing is better than a bowl of hot soup when it’s pretty chilly outside. Well, yes, yes, while living in Florida, I should be one of the last people on Earth to complain about the cold.. 😀 But, you know, sometimes the weather in Florida becomes…

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Apple Cake with Sweet Yogurt / Obuolių pyragas su saldžiu jogurtu

Soft and moist apple cake – that kind of cakes I love the most 🙂 The cake needs very few ingredients, just mix the batter, add apples and cake is already baking in the oven. All in all, the cake will take about an hour, along with preparation and baking time in the oven. I…

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Spanish Potato and Tuna Salad (Ensalada Rusa) / Ispaniška bulvių ir tuno mišrainė (Ensalada Rusa)

While living in Spain, I tried various types of “Ensada Rusa“. Some were similar to the popular Lithuanian white salad, other “Ensada Rusa“ salads were simpler, similar to my recipe. But wherever in Spain you eat this salad, the main ingredients will always be potatoes, carrots, tuna, eggs and mayonnaise. Well, all the other ingredients…

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Lithuanian in the USA

Sticky Baked BBQ Chicken Wings / Lipnūs vištienos sparneliai su barbekiu padažu

Farmer Cheese Cheesecake Squares / Varškės apkepo kvadratėliai

Easy Apple Yogurt Pie / Obuolių pyragas su natūraliu jogurtu

Sopa Tarasca – Mexican Bean Soup / Sopa Tarasca – meksikietiška trinta pupelių sriuba

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies / Avižinių dribsnių ir razinų sausainiai

Tuna Empanada (Empanada con atún) / Empanada su tunu (Empanada con atún)

Spanish-Style Garlic Shrimp (Gambas al Ajillo) / Krevetės ispaniškai – su alyvuogių aliejumi ir česnaku (Gambas al Ajillo)

Crispy Belgian Waffles with Whole Wheat Flour / Traškūs belgiški vafliai su pilno grūdo miltais

Chicken, Mushroom and Potato Casserole / Vištienos, pievagrybių ir bulvių apkepas

Blueberry Lemon Scones / Mėlynių ir citrinų pyragėliai „Scones“

Rice and Tuna Fritters / Ryžių ir tuno kotletai

Sticky Baked BBQ Chicken Wings / Lipnūs vištienos sparneliai su barbekiu padažu

Christmas Coffee Spritz Cookies with Irish Cream / Kalėdiniai kavos sausainiai su airiško likerio kremu

Herring with Carrots, Raisins and Onion / Silkė su morkomis, razinomis ir svogūnais

Cranberry Kissel / Spanguolių kisielius

Creamy Pumpkin Soup / Trinta moliūgo sriuba

Apple Cake with Sweet Yogurt / Obuolių pyragas su saldžiu jogurtu

Spanish Potato and Tuna Salad (Ensalada Rusa) / Ispaniška bulvių ir tuno mišrainė (Ensalada Rusa)