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Homemade hot chocolate mix

Homemade hot chocolate mix

December 5, 2017 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

I’m a Mediterranean girl, and as every Mediterranean, I love sunny days. Winter is hard, especially when it rains and we have to come up with ways to cheer up. This homemade hot chocolate mix is one of them. It goes perfectly with some homemade cookies and a good movie, or long talks with friends….

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Filed Under: Drinks, Fast & Easy, Recipes, Sweet Tagged With: delicious hot chocolate, Homemade hot chocolate mix, hot chocolate mix, how to make hot chocolate at home

raspberry smoothie

Raspberry smoothie – my favorite summer smoothie

August 7, 2017 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

I am definitely a smoothie girl who finds joy on simply mixing ingredients together trying to get that best texture, flavor, and color. I kind of have a favorite smoothie for each season. My autumn favorite is this apple smoothie, my winter favorite is this peanut butter smoothie, spring favorite is this strawberry smoothie and summer…

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Filed Under: Drinks, Fast & Easy, Super healthy, Sweet Tagged With: breakfast on the go, healthy smoothie, raspberry smoothie, smoothie, summer

Peanut butter smoothie

March 8, 2017 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

  There is a very nice place in Tirana, called “The Funky Moustache”, where they make really nice smoothies and fruit juices. They changed their menu lately and added also peanut butter smoothies. So delicious  it’s something between a smoothie and a dessert, so whenever you want to treat yourself with a sweet delight, enjoy this smoothie.I…

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Filed Under: Drinks, Fast & Easy, Recipes, Super healthy, Sweet Tagged With: food revolution, food revolution albania, healthy breakfast, healthy pudding, marathon nutrition, peanut butter smoothie, smoothie, smoothie love

Red Wine Liquor

Red wine liquor – tradition at its best

February 23, 2017 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

I love learning about traditional recipes and experimenting with them.  They are paths to the past and make me understand and love Albanian culture and culinary even more. Red wine liquor is one of the recipes I’ve had so much fun with, because, you know, it includes wine. It’s practically wine, cooked with sugar and cloves…

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Filed Under: Drinks, Fast & Easy, Recipes, Sweet, Traditional Tagged With: cloves, homemade, how to make, liquor, recipe, red wine, Red Wine Liquor, sweet, wine

Breakfast in a jar – Apple smoothie

November 4, 2016 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

If you’re looking for something sweet, fresh, healthy and super delicious and that is ready in the blink of an eye this smoothie is the answer. I usually have it for breakfast before my long runs or rides. It gives me lots of energy, keeps me full for hours and at the same time is…

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Filed Under: Drinks, Fast & Easy, Recipes, Super healthy Tagged With: apple smoothie, healthy, smoothie, smoothie love

Homemade oat milk

August 9, 2016 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

If you’re a oatmeal lover like me you should definitely try oat milk. You’ll love it. The recipe is super simple, while the result is just wow. All you need to have is a blender, a fine sieve, and a large bowl. The oat milk is sweet, grainy, and a little grassy the way a…

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Filed Under: Drinks, Fast & Easy, Recipes, Savory, Super healthy, Sweet Tagged With: alternative milk, food revolution, food revolution albania, homemade, oatmilk

Peach and turmeric smoothie – the perfect summer drink

August 4, 2016 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

You know, how early summer mornings change from “meh”, to “wow”? By enjoying this fresh peach and turmeric summer smoothie, where peach is the star ingredient. Make sure to choose fresh and juicy peaches and get ready for a burst of flavours. Apart from peaches, I added banana for sweetness and texture, oatmeal for fibres,…

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Watermelon Agua Fresca

July 19, 2016 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

Looking for a refreshing drink to cool down this summer? The answer is “watermelon agua fresca”, a dead simple recipe, made by blending watermelon with water, a bit of honey and lime juice. The name means literally  “fresh water,” and is a popular drink in Mexico and throughout Central America. The secret to a great…

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Filed Under: Drinks, Fast & Easy, Recipes, Super healthy, Sweet Tagged With: honey, lime, summer drinks, watermelon, watermelon agua fresca

Blood orange smoothie

March 14, 2016 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

Blood oranges 🙂 who doesn’t love them? Super juicy, a little bit tart, full of antioxidants and so pretty 🙂 It’s the perfect fruit to boost your immune system on these last days of winter. Why not make a pretty smoothie with these beauties? As every smoothie will take maximum 5 minutes of your day J enjoy it for…

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Filed Under: Drinks, Fast & Easy, Recipes, Super healthy, Sweet Tagged With: blood orange smoothie, food revolution, food revolution albania, healthy, healthy breakfast, healthy eating, healthy living, smoothie, smoothie love

Go green smoothie

February 28, 2016 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

The marathon day comes closer and closer and the training gets harder and harder. So, I’m always looking for mental and physical power boosters. Sometimes it’s a good book, listening to rock legends, or just cuddling with my cats, or the three of them at the same time. And then, there are smoothies, so many…

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Filed Under: Drinks, Fast & Easy, Recipes, Super healthy Tagged With: detox, grab and go breakfast, healthy, healthy breakfast, healthy eating, healthy food, smoothie, smoothie for breakfast, smoothie love

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Welcome to Mandarina Yum!

mmMy name is Ejona Varangu and I am a full time researcher in the telecommunication industry, and part time food blogger. I blog from a small apartment in Tirana, Albania, where I live with my better half and our two cats Weirdo and Pixel.

I started cooking in late 2013, when I decided to live alone, and I missed the great homemade dishes that my mum prepared, before that, I couldn’t even boil an egg by myself. Little by little I started experimenting with new ingredients and techniques and I loved every single minute of it. Find out more…

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Simple almond cake

Almond cake

Walnut and chocolate chips cookies

Chocolate and walnut cookies – recipe for the classic little bites of heaven from Double Tree Hotel

Petulla - Albanian Donuts

Petulla – Albanian donuts

Spinach casserole

Spinach casserole

Chocolate Baklava

Chocolate & walnuts baklava

Rye bread

Homemade rye bread

Ciabatta

Classic ciabatta

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