Amazing Recipes
Stuffed peppers are one of my favorite dishes of all time. However, I've grown up eating these stuffed peppers, which is a traditional Romanian recipe, but I wanted to make a version that's a bit healthier with turkey and rice instead of good old fat ground pork. Don't get me wrong, ground pork that … [Read more...]
I woke up at 6:30 this morning, on a Sunday, thinking about this rice dish in my fridge, and wishing it was lunch time already so that I can have some. I've been thinking about it all night. It's really good. It has smoked sausage, chicken breast, cheese and rice. That's cheesy rice my … [Read more...]
Although the name of this dish says Mongolian Chicken, none of the ingredients or method of preparation are really Mongolian. Mongolian simply implies that this is an exotic dish. Nonetheless, this dish is so good, you won't be disappointed if you try it. Usually it's made with beef but I wanted to … [Read more...]
This is the best rice pudding you will ever have. Seriously I've been eating this almost every day for the past couple weeks. It may not look like much but this rice pudding is packed with awesome goodness. The flavor in this rice pudding is out of this world. Now I know not everyone is a fan of … [Read more...]
My friends, I have a special dish for you today and I promise you will love this coconut shrimp curry. If you like curry dishes, you will want to make this. In Romanian cuisine we don't use coconut milk or many of these ingredients found in this dish and this is why I like to experiment and try … [Read more...]
Here's my tried and true cabbage rolls recipe that is a must have for every Christmas. First of all, the big difference between Romanian cabbage rolls and others are that we make them with sour cabbage. You can find sour cabbage at pretty much all grocery stores, here in Calgary, we … [Read more...]
People always ask me what are some of the ethnic Romanian dishes? Well I don't know how Romanian stuffed peppers are, but it's one of the dishes I grew up eating and is very popular in Romania. Â Now, of course there are many different variations of stuffed peppers. Â You can practically stuff … [Read more...]
Happy Canada Day and 4th of July everyone! I love long weekends, don't you. I don't like it, however, when I have a sore throat, and today was one of those days, in July I get a sore throat. But I have the perfect remedy for that. This lemon rice and pea soup with chicken will cure anyone, … [Read more...]
I came home from work and I was tired, so I was looking around the fridge for something that would be really quick and the smoked sausage jumped out at me. I decided to make a chicken and sausage jambalaya because I had one chicken breast left in the fridge as well. Â So this was so simple, and I … [Read more...]
Whenever I mention quinoa to people, most people have no idea what I'm talking about and the ones that do, love it. Â Quinoa is like a grain and you can basically substitute for rice or noodles in your dishes. Â However, quinoa has lots of great health benefits such as it being rich in protein … [Read more...]
So, I must say, this was just an experiment. Â I love Indian food, but I'm always just scared to make it, just the thought of all those ingredients scare me. Â When I cook, I like to do simple things, that taste delicious. Â So having said all that, this dish was quite easy, even though when … [Read more...]
Chicken and Rice Pilaf is one of my favorite dishes, mostly because I really love any rice dish, but this one in particular. Â Again this is a popular dish my mom made often when I was a child. Â It's a quick and easy dish you could make for dinner any night of the week and everyone would enjoy … [Read more...]
This is a Greek style soup and last time I had this was a couple months ago when I had lunch with my mother at a Greek restaurant and absolutely loved it.  It's such a nice and light soup, and I just love anything with lemon in it.  This is a really simple and flavorful soup, that … [Read more...]
Today I'm going to share with you my husband's favorite beef soup recipe. This is a very Romanian soup and very traditional. It's very easy to make, just time consuming because you need to boil the beef for 2 or 3 hours until tender. You could speed up the process by boiling the beef in a … [Read more...]
