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  This is the best lemon meringue pie recipe ever! Ever!!!! With instructions on how to make shortcrust pastry or pie crust.   No kidding! I have never had a …

A traditional full English breakfast: a hearty way to begin the day with eggs, sausages, bacon, beans and tomatoes. Something for the weekend. Or something to cure a hangover. This …

  The recipe for vinete – the traditional Romanian eggplant salad or dip made with roasted eggplants and mayonnaise or oil.   ROASTED EGGPLANT SALAD Vinete or roasted eggplant salad …

This is the easiest, most straightforward way of preserving apricots. Not to mention it is very low-sugar.   PRESERVED APRICOTS And not only apricots, I preserve the cherries and the …

Easy apricot sauce with fresh or canned apricots. Perfect to serve over rice pudding or any other dessert. Blend it shortly to get a smooth apricot coulis. Who doesn’t like …

Smooth and spicy marinara sauce, easy to make with only pantry ingredients. Perfect for pasta, pizza, and many other dishes. Making your own spicy marinara sauce is easy, cheap, and …

  How to cook basic polenta or Romanian mamaliga, creamy or sturdy.   I suppose most of you have at least heard of polenta, but to tell you the truth, …

Turkey bone broth made from the leftover turkey carcass or other bones. This healthy and easy broth makes the basis for countless soups, sauces, and gravies. We really eat a …

Learn how to make semolina dumplings for the famous Romanian chicken soup with semolina dumplings or supa de galusti. How to make semolina dumplings? Post three in the Broths and …

The second post in this broths and stocks series is a light beef broth made with beef meat and bones and lots of vegetables. As I mentioned in “Roasted Vegetables …