Quick, easy and reaaally delicious mashed potatoes. In Lithuanian kitchen, mashed potatoes are usually made just from potatoes and very often seasoned with fried little bacon pieces and fried onions, and served with a glass of milk. In America mashed potatoes are usually served with gravy sauce, which reminds me a pork broth flavor. These…
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Fluffy Pancakes with Kefir/Purūs blyneliai su kefyru
Fat Tuesday is already here, so winter must end soon! Well, at least it should. Fat Tuesday in Lithuania is a very ancient and a traditional feast. It is a winter day when we have to send away winter and invite spring. This day is plus/minus known throughout all Europe. During Fat Tuesday you have…
Caramelized Onion Dip/Karamelizuotų svogūnų padažas
Like everyone in America, today I’m going to watch the Oscars, so I just need some snacks while watching it. After all, what are the Oscars without snacks?! And any snack can’t be great without a good dip, thus today I tried out a caramelised onion dip, which goes great with a variety of potato…
Lazy Meatballs with Cabbage (Lithuanian Cabbage Rolls in different way)/Tinginių balandėliai
As it’s known very well in Lithuania, cabbage rolls or “Balandėliai“are one of the traditional Lithuanian dishes, without Lithuanian kitchen is almost unimaginable. But since the preparation of the original cabagge rolls takes a lot of time – I suggest to try (if you have never tried) to make the lazy meatballs with cabbage….
Mini Cheesecakes/Mini kreminio sūrio pyragėliai
These little pies are reduced American cheesecake version. A delicious and mouth-watering mini cheesecakes – there is nothing much to add… Just bake and enjoy! The cooking process of these little cheesecakes is completely easy, and the result is amazing! Mini cheesecakes are the same delicious just from the oven or cooled. Still warm cheesecakes…
Spanish Beans with Chorizo Stew (Judias con Chorizo)/Ispaniškas pupelių ir chorizo dešros troškinys
Healthy, filling, Spanish bean stew, which will warm you up on a cold day. In Spain and Latin America beans are very often used food product in the kitchen. In Latin America probably more popular are dark, black, small beans, and in Spain they use more white, bigger beans. With this stew better would go larger beans….
Potato Pancakes with Stewed Cabbage/Žemaičių blynai su šviežiais troškintais kopūstai
Traditionally, these stuffed Lithuanian potato pancakes (a.k.a. Žemaičių blynai) are made with boiled, minced meat, but for that you need to boil the meat, then mince it, in other words, lots of work… Since I wanted these pancakes so much, so I decided to make it in a simpler and faster way – stuff the…
Sauerkraut soup/Raugintų kopūstų sriuba
Sauerkraut soup is one of the most common dishes in Lithuanian kitchen. In this blog post I submitted a sauerkraut soup recipe, which I commonly use when making this soup. Of course, the tastiest sauerkraut soup is when you don’t use the broth cubes from the supermarket, and instead you cook pork ribs or a piece…
Chickpea and Chicken Curry/Avinžirniai ir vištiena kario padaže
Fast and easy chickpea and chicken stew, which can be made by any member of the family, you just need to have the necessary ingredients. I like this kind of stews very much, because they always come out not only delicious, but for the cooking you can use various products, which already need to be…
Super Tasty and Quick Pork Steaks / Super skanūs ir greitai pagaminami kiaulienos kepsneliai
For quick, delicious and filling lunch or dinner – little pork steaks baked with cheese and onions. The dish is made very quickly, just it takes more time to wait until the steaks will be cooked in the oven. But delicious meals are worth to wait a little… The steaks come out soft and juicy,…
Chocolate Fudge Brownie / Drėgnas šokoladinis pyragas
Last minute unreal, moist, chocolate brownie!!! If you are still thinking, what kind of sweet thing to make for a Valentine’s Day, then wait no more and go to bake this chocolate brownie. Ah, it’s super delicious, just melts in your mouth… If your beloved one and you are big lovers of sweets, then I really…
Chicken Piccata/Vištienos kepsniai su citrininiu padažu
For Valentine’s day list of specials I add one more simple, but reaaally tasty dish – Chicken Piccata. In this case, Piccata can be translated as a dish made with butter, lemon and parsley sauce. This chicken steas recipe came from Italian cuisine, but it’s very popular in American kitchen. Everyone probably made those simple…
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