Oh yes! Warming, filling and such a delicious tortellini soup. Simply perfect for chilly/cold weather (depending on where you live). It’s a soup and also a whole meal in one. Believe me, after eating a bowl of this soup you feel full and you won’t even need a main dish. You can use both tortellini…
Žyma: Dumplings
Mashed Potato Dumplings / Virtos bulvinės bandelės
Soft, tender and super easy to prepare mashed potato dumplings. Confess to yourself, sometimes everybody wants to have such a homemade, satisfying dinner, at least once every few weeks. Although I usually eat my own prepared food, I only occasionally make Lithuanian, satisfying, potato dishes. But everytime I make it, my belly is always very…
Traditional Dumplings with Pork / Tradiciniai koldūnai su kiauliena
Dumplings is a dish that requires a little bit of patience and time. Of course, it the most fun is to make dumplings with someone or with the whole family. Then it’s more fun and the process is way faster. This time I made the dumplings by myself, but with a good music, so to…
Lithuanian Flour Dumplings (Little Hedgehogs) / Miltiniai ežiukai
Little flour “hedgehogs“ are probably every Lithuanian’s childhood food. In my family, they were mostly prepared by my grandmothers. And always just from flour. The recipe can’t be more simple – flour, water, oil and salt. Mix the dough, roll through the grater and drop into the pot. Voila, lunch or dinner is ready. And…
Traditional Farmer’s Cheese Dumplings / Tradiciniai varškės virtinukai
That’s how my grandmother and mom used to make farmer’s cheese dumplings. Only they always eyeballed the quantities and the dumplings always used to come out perfectly! As I’ve often helped them both in the kitchen, I also prepare most of traditional Lithuanian dishes using eyeballing method. You will need only a few products to prepare…
Meat Dumplings with Bacon and Onion Sauce/Koldūnai su spirgučių ir svogūnų padažu
Sometimes, when you are thinking what to cook today, we often forget the most simple and delicious dishes. Dumplings – a quick and satisfying dish that simply no one can ever fail to make. Of course, I mean the frozen dumplings, since homemade dumplings take looots of efforts to make… But let’s leave homemade dumpling…
Dumpling Casserole with Cheese and Cream / Koldūnų užkepėlė su sūriu ir grietinėle
Super filling and quick meal! Dumpling lovers will really like it, I guarantee. I really like dumplings, but simply boiled dumplings sometimes are just boring, so, this time I tried something more interesting. And behold, a great option for a delicious lunch for a whole household – dumpling casserole with cheese and cream. All you…
Fluffy Curd Cheese Dumplings/Purūs varškės virtinukai
My childhood food – curd cheese dumplings, or also called “sloths“. Mostly, in our family, my grandmother used to make these “sloths“. She was very fond of such a light, simple curd cheese dumplings, and I, of course, loved those sweet, soft “sloths“. We usually eat curd cheese dumplings with sugar and butter, jam and sour…
Lithuanian in the USA 