Hello from Dublin. I’ve been living here the past two months and couldn’t be happier. The city is cozy with low buildings and big gorgeous park, and the people are the best I’ve met, cheerful and loving. I miss many things from Albania though, as I say, happiness is homemade and that tiny corner of…
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Mediterranean wraps
It’s a beautiful day, and all I can think of is spending the day outside. Sunbathing, reading books, playing cards with friends, and of course have delicious food. The recipe I bring to you today is a homemade wrap filled with all delicious ingredients that a Mediterranean country offers: tomatoes, cucumber, olives, lettuce, feta. All…
Pita bread
Pita bread is a simple recipe of my family that has my heart. You only need flour, yogurt and an egg to make it, and some olive oil to cook it. Pita bread is delicious on its own, accompanied by some feta cheese and fresh tomatoes, wrapped up as a souvlaki or with a drizzle…
Lasagna o’clock
It’s lasagna o’clock. I can’t think of another recipe that has the power to bring all the family together, with such joy and well hunger. :p Besides that lasagna is perfect to feed a crowd, and for a big family like mine, is the best Sunday lunch solution. No big family, no problem, you can…
Smoked trout salad – Bake My Day Happy recipe for Mandarina’s readers
Hi everyone, this is Nevila from Bake My Day Happy, but today you can call me Mandarina :), I won’t mind. I’ve initiated this guest-posting game between us food bloggers not only to share our experiences, but most of all to have fun. When I proposed this to Valbona and Ejona they welcomed it and…
Quick & easy vegetarian tacos, for your #tacoTuesday gatherings
Some days ago I wrote a long post on tacos, on how delicious and easy they are, and the recipes for different fillings. The post got very popular, and I couldn’t be happier. I feel I own you another taco recipe, this one is quicker and yet delicious. The perfect recipe to make when you…
Risotto with peas and parsley pesto
Spring brings the beloved colorful vegetables with which we can create so many dishes. Fresh peas are now in the markets and I can’t wait to start cooking with them. Besides the classical dishes with peas with which we grew up, we can definitely be creative and include them in salads, soups, purée, pasta and…
Taco night
My tacos story started almost 1 year ago, when Bonvivant was looking for tacos in Tirana. We went for a taco date and had a great evening even though we barely knew each other. As you see, we own to tacos the beginning of a great friendship. Months later she organized a taco night at…
Spinach & strawberry salad
I am a huge salad fan. They’re easy to make, colorful, tasty, healthy, and you can have so much fun experimenting with them. I try to have salads at lunch and dinner, apart from the main dish, or sometimes transform the salad into a main dish itself by adding grains, beans, seeds and nuts etc….
Sun-dried tomatoes pesto
While having a quick lunch in Amsterdam, I ordered pasta with red pesto, which was something I had actually never heard. I couldn’t wait for it to be ready, partly because I was super hungry, and partly because this was a type of pesto out there that I hadn’t tried. The big bowl of pasta…
