Chickpea and Bacon Stew / Avinžirnių troškinys su šonine

I’m making chickpea stews whenever I want a filling, but healthier stew option. The most important thing is that the stew can be cooked with a variety of meat and vegetables (very useful when you need to use leftovers in the fridge!). Specifically for this kind of stew you need just a few ingredients and…

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Coffee Cake Squares / Kavos pyrago kvadratėliai

At the first glance, this cake might look very simple. But all the goodness lies in simplicity… This is one of those cakes that after eating a first piece of cake your hand itself is reaching for the second, third piece, until only the crumbs remain. The only thing you’ll need with this pie is…

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Farmer Cheese Pancakes with Apple / Varškėčiai su obuoliu

I really like pancakes with apple. During fall season, these are one of my favorite pancakes, but equally the same I love farmer cheese pancakes (varškėčiai), so farmer cheese pancakes + apple = the ideal version of farmer cheese pancakes 🙂 When you add apple to the farmer cheese dough, they become much softer and…

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Farmer Cheese and Peach Pie / Varškės ir persikų pyragas

A great pie to end summer and start autumn. Slightly creamy, slightly fruity and with a soft base. You can easily modify the pie using just farmer’s cheese instead of ricotta and vice versa. Instead of fresh peaches, nectarines can be used as well and preserved peaches would work great too, just make sure to…

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Parmesan Chicken / Vištienos kepsniai su parmezano plutele

Finallyyyyy I’m writing my beloved blog again! I say “Hi“ to all of you who have missed me (and those who didn’t really) after a long vacation. If you’re following me on Instagram, you probably noticed that I was in Lithuania and several places in Europe as well. I haven’t been to Lithuania for almost…

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