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A New Year’s Day vegetable omelet

Posted in food, Recipes, tagged , , on January 2, 2021| Leave a Comment »

2 eggs
A bit of feta cheese
Six small tomatoes sliced
Green onion
Sour cream
Sprinkled with pomegranate

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mini quiche and croissant au jambon!

Posted in food, Recipes, tagged , , , on September 4, 2020| 1 Comment »

Baking these little quiches is a great idea and you can freeze them for future breakfasts! Mine didn’t last long around here. The croissant ham and cheese sandwich is easy to assemble, just get super fresh croissants and insert a piece of ham and your favorite cheese, heat in mini oven for five minutes!

mini quiche
ham and cheese croissant

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rustic garden tomato tart

Posted in food, Recipes, tagged , , , , on August 31, 2020| 1 Comment »

We have too many tomatoes this year and I was challenged to find ways to use them or let them fall to the ground and rot. This turned out to be easy and can be frozen after baking as well!  Recipe:
https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/tomato-lemon-tart
I did not use the lemons however but I did use all the garlic!

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eggs and sweetpotato frittata

Posted in food, Recipes, tagged , , , on August 4, 2020| Leave a Comment »

two eggs, scrambled, add sweet potato sliced and fried in pan
add a ham slice chopped and sauteed
cherry tomatoes
green shishito pepper fried
top with homemade pesto!

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Easter lamb

Posted in food, Recipes, tagged , , , , on April 13, 2020| Leave a Comment »

We hardly ever eat lamb and this was a treat, and we are not huge followers of religious events but this one, being indoors and all provided me with an opportunity to use lamb in an old fashioned way.
I marinated the rack for two days in olive oil, chopped garlic and rosemary. I then salted and peppered it before grilling it and finishing it in the oven. On the side I served a Mediterranean parsley salad and a mint and garlic sauce. Fresh and rich at the same time!

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staying in with leftovers: paleo salmon and kale salad

Posted in Recipes, tagged , , , on March 16, 2020| Leave a Comment »

thank you Irena for this great recipe, I used cooked leftover salmon and toasted the salmon skin until crispy as a topping, here is the original recipe:

https://irenamacri.com/recipes/fish-salad-with-cajun-salmon-kale

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pheasant for dinner

Posted in Recipes, tagged , on December 31, 2019| Leave a Comment »

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Shrimp Paella with Shishito peppers

Posted in Recipes, Uncategorized, tagged , , on September 3, 2018| 1 Comment »

This was the first time I made a shrimp only paella, and served with charred shishito peppers on the side.

 

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salmon with lentils and green beans

Posted in Recipes, tagged , , , on May 23, 2018| 1 Comment »

Pan fry the salmon in butter and olive oil for two minutes per side, add salt and pepper, meanwhile cook the green beans in butter and a chopped shallot for five minutes, cook lentils in water with a bay leaf for 20 minutes, add a few tablespooons of home made tomato sauce when finished
Eat!

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buckwheat pancakes with boozy blueberries!

Posted in food, Recipes, tagged , , , on April 21, 2018| 1 Comment »

Buckwheat pancake mix, dried blueberries soaked in rum for a week, half a banana, a tangerine and maple syrup!!!!

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sour cherry (visnja)bomb /drink

Posted in Recipes, tagged , , on November 21, 2017| Leave a Comment »

I made sour cherry liquer again this year (see my recipe here…” finally bottling my cherry liquor”) and used the cherries to flavor a new drink I invented!

2 oz white rum
1/4 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
1 oz sour cherry liqueur
a squirt of fresh lemon juice
one sour cherry pickled in brandy
lemon peel

shake on ice and serve in a small martini glass

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Sardine and tomato tartine

Posted in Recipes, tagged , , on October 12, 2017| Leave a Comment »

 

One tomato sliced
Can of sardines with chopped olives in olive oil
Fresh marjoram
Slice of country bread
Cream cheese
olive oil
salt and pepper

Voila!

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my mozzarella plate with croatian pickled hot peppers

Posted in Recipes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on April 6, 2017| Leave a Comment »

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easy plum tarts

Posted in food, Recipes, tagged , , , , , on October 19, 2016| Leave a Comment »

1 package frozen puff pastry, thawed

10-20 blue plums, halved
sugar and cinnamon mixture
half a stick of butter, melted

preheat oven to 400, cut each pastry sheet into two
place plums soaked in sugar and cinnamon on top brush with butter
bake for 20 minutes

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wild salmon nicoise

Posted in Recipes, vegetables, tagged , , , on July 25, 2016| Leave a Comment »

1-2 pounds grilled wild salmon filets

market greenbeans, boiled
escarole lettuce, chopped
2 soft boiled eggs
1 cucumber sliced
1 red pepper charred and sliced
2 red potoates boiled then peeled and cubed
2 radishes quartered
6 cherry tomatoes, halved
mustard vinaigrette with shallots and capers (red wine and olive oil)

instructions: arrange everything on a large deep plate and pour the dressing over it
serve (serves 2 generously)

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Fish Soup or Chowder without the fish stock

Posted in Recipes, tagged on March 21, 2016| Leave a Comment »

Visnja’s fish soup or chowder (no fish stock)

1 roasted whole 3 pound halibut, (or any other fresh white fish) deboned
1 large white onion chopped and sautéed
1 bottle of clam juice
1 small can of chopped clams
2 cups vegetable stock
2 medium yellow potatoes cubed (1/2”)
1 fresh tomato cubed
1/2 cup canned tomatoes (or leftover sauce)
cook for 10 minutes, add fish
top with olive oil, parsley and garlic sauce (4 minced garlic cloves, 1 cup minced parsley, 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil)

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