It is mushroom season! On March- April they said that this summer is going to be very hot and no rain at all, instead it has been raining for 2 months almost nonstop. Rain combined with warm results in lots of mushrooms. People who forage for years say that they never saw so many mushrooms… Continue reading Boletus mushrooms cream soup
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Gnocchi with blueberry sauce
I told you about my first gnocchi. I discovered that I like making them quite often with different sauces. This recipe is with a sweet sauce so it is a dessert more than a side dish. Ingredients for gnocchi: 2 potatoes 2 cups of flour 1 egg Ingredients for sauce: 2 cups of blueberries (frozen… Continue reading Gnocchi with blueberry sauce
Dried Boletus Edulis mushrooms
I love foraging mushrooms. It is a great exercise and also an amazing walk in the forest. Disconnected from the city rush, it is a wonderful place to meditate, listen to the birds or just to rest in the grass. If you check my facebook account you will see a lot of photos from the… Continue reading Dried Boletus Edulis mushrooms
Summer dessert with wild strawberries
I like my summer desserts to be refreshing and not very sweet. Since I learnt making panna cotta I started mixing recipes and ingredients for new experiences. This dessert is a combination of oranges and wild strawberries and is good for 4 servings. Ingredients: For the white panna cotta 300 ml cream 150 ml milk… Continue reading Summer dessert with wild strawberries
Pine needle syrup
In the spring we make pine syrup after we harvest the new pine spruce. We use the syrup for Christmas cocktails because of the rich flavor or when we are sick. My husband made a vodka pine flavor last year and he loved the idea. This year he is gone try again. Go and have… Continue reading Pine needle syrup
Green omelet in the oven
Spring is here and nature is getting alive. Is the right time for all the green ingredients you need for a green omelet. For mine I use wild garlic and stinging nettles which I find in our garden. You can venture in the forest to find them if you don’t have them in the garden or… Continue reading Green omelet in the oven
Vegetarian tart with zucchini and leeks
Tell me if it happens to you? You go shopping and in the middle of the store, looking at some vegetables, you think about a recipe for them. This is what started to happens to me a few months back. Maybe because I am not cooking very often or something different or maybe there is… Continue reading Vegetarian tart with zucchini and leeks
Spinach and feta cheese pie
A few months ago I saw a video of Jamie Oliver making a pie with phyllo dough. I loved the versatility of phyllo dough and made me use it more. So with my son’s help I made a spinach and feta cheese pie like Jamie made in that video. I don’t remember his ingredients so… Continue reading Spinach and feta cheese pie
14th October – National Dessert Day in USA
To celebrate National Dessert Day in USA (14th October) I am making a list with my favorite desserts. I am from Romania and living in Romania and we don’t have a dessert day. So I will celebrate with the rest of the countries in the world. Do you know another National Dessert Day to celebrate?… Continue reading 14th October – National Dessert Day in USA
“Iutari” – The Romanian name for Lactarius piperatus
These mushrooms I discovered a few years back. I didn’t eat them when I was a child. Not even my parents. My dad found about them when I was an adult and then cooked them for us and show us how good they are. When we couldn’t find any other mushrooms these were the ones… Continue reading “Iutari” – The Romanian name for Lactarius piperatus
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