For a simple dinner, when you are bored of everything else – meatballs with tomato sauce and olives. You know the feeling when you don’t know what you want for lunch or dinner? Then you need to turn on your imagination, think about what to prepare, from what, how and etc… So I’ll make this…
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Oven Baked Ground Meat Cutlets with Mashed Potatoes, Mushrooms and Cheese / Kotletai kepti orkaitėje su bulvių koše, pievagrybiais ir sūriu
I often miss those homemade mom’s meals, when mom seems to be able to make the world’s most delicious dinner with just a few simple ingredients. These oven-baked cutlets remind me of just such a homemade, satisfying and delicious dinner. It is a two-in-one dish, as cutlets come already with mashed potatoes, vegetables, mushrooms and…
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…
Baked Rice Pilaf with Pork / Plovas keptas orkaitėje
Yummy dish for a cozy dinner. Sometimes nothing can be better than a simple, just a few ingredient dishes. It is such dishes that always remind me of home food. This pilaf is exactly like that – rice, pork, carrots, onions and ketchup. And at the end you get a filling and very delicious meal….
Spanish Style Pork Medallions with Wine-Onion Sauce / Kiaulienos kepsniai ispaniškai su vyno-svogūnų padažu
A quick dinner doesn’t have to be boring. In 20-30 minutes, without much effort, you can prepare a fairly fancy and particularly tasty dinner. The secret of these Spanish-style pork medallions lie in the sauce. The subtle sauce taste comes from sweet red and dry white wines. All the remaining ingredients are pretty simple. Besides,…
Pork Tenderloin Stuffed with Prunes and Bacon / Kiaulienos kepsnys įdarytas džiovintomis slyvomis ir šonine
The pork roast always looks very festive on the table. However, the pork roast can be baked not only during the holidays, but also any day, because at the same time you can cook a roast and also a side dish. For the stuffing you can perfectly use not only dried prunes, but also other…
Pork Fritters with Mayonnaise / Kiaulienos kepsneliai su majonezu
I know the recipe for these fritters basically since my childhood, because my mom used to make these fritters quite often and it was one of my favorite dishes. Well, and I get my mom, why not to make such a dish when you need just a few ingredients, then just chop favorite meat, mix…
Lithuanian Schnitzel with White Sauce / Šniceliai su balta duona ir padažu (kaip valgykloje!)
About 20 years ago, my grandmother used to take me to eat Lithuanian type of schnitzels at the canteen called “Eglė“ in Prienai (my hometown). Back then I thought that there was nothing more delicious in this world than that schnitzel… The fun time with my grandma and amazingly delicious schnitzel stayed in my memories…
Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Tomatoes and Mushrooms / Kiaulienos kepsniai orkaitėje su pomidorais ir pievagrybiais
I simply love roasted pork tenderloin prepared like this. In general, I like roasted pork, so this dish is super yummy to me. It’s really rear that someone would prepare pork tenderloin in US like this, but in Lithuania, at least my mom often makes pork tenderloin similar to this recipe. She often chooses vegetables…
Lazy Unstuffed Cabbage Rolls / Tinginių balandėliai keptuvėje
Lithuanian cuisine is hardly imaginable without zeppelins (a.k.a potato dumplings) as well as without stuffed cabbage rolls (in Lithuanian they are called balandėliai (little pigeons)). And I, as a sworn Lithuanian cuisine fan, am a stuffed cabbage roll lover. Well, but the whole preparation process of stuffed cabbage rolls sometimes simply takes forever… Starting of cabbage…
Puff Pastry Pork Rolls / Kiaulienos suktinukai sluoksniuotoje tešloje
Puff pastry pork rolls are very simple to make, but the taste and appearance can remind a fancy dish at the restaurant. You will surely surprise your family with these rolls, besides, everyone will be able to choose how to eat them – just how they are, or with fresh vegetables and various sauces. Because…
Hard-Boiled Egg Stuffed Meatloaf / Netikras zuikis įdarytas virtais kiaušiniais
My mom makes meatloaf (or in Lithuania known as “false rabbit“) when she has no time or desire to make cutlets. She is always so glad that such a dish exists and saves her time in the kitchen. In fact, the meatloaf takes less time than cutlets preparation, plus the “false rabbit“ is not only…
Lithuanian in the USA 