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Super healthy

Spinach and chickpeas quinoa

November 2, 2017 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

Autumn calls for hearty meals, and since I have such a sweet tooth, and I exaggerate it eating way too many cookies, cakes, chocolate or whatever sweet thing that crosses my way, I have to be careful with my savoury dishes. When thinking about healthy savoury dishes quinoa comes to help. I’ve already shared with…

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Broccoli soup

October 31, 2017 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

Winter is at the corner, and me, a non-soup person started experimenting with soups, upgrading classic recipes, or experimenting with new ones. This broccoli soup that I’m sharing today with you is an upgrade to the classic recipe. I added cumin and tahini for extra flavour, and I totally love it. This soup is wholesome…

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Crunchy granola bars

Crunchy granola bars

October 12, 2017 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

Hiking seasons is officially open, so it was time to share with you my recipe for these crunchy granola bars I brought them with me on an intensive hiking weekend on the North of Albania, and all my friends enjoyed them. These granola bars are crunchy, sweetened with honey or maple syrup and with a very…

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Filed Under: Fast & Easy, Recipes, Super healthy, Sweet Tagged With: easy recipe, granola bars, healthy granola bars, hiking food, power bars, vegan recipes, what to take with you on a hiking

Stuffed squids

October 6, 2017 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

Stuffed squids and baked salmon on sesame seeds were a summer favourite few years ago when I first discovered the joy of cooking. I had completely forgotten about the stuffed squids, until some days ago, when my better half requested it. The recipe is very easy to follow and requires very few ingredients, so you’ll…

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Baked vegetables quinoa – a great vegan/vegetarian dinner

October 3, 2017 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

Here I am, with another quinoa recipe, super easy, colorful and delicious. This time baked vegetables are simply mixed with quinoa and some seeds and they taste so good. Quinoa and baked vegetables is perfect to make ahead and take with you in a picnic at work or school. It tastes amazing even the day…

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Eggplant parmesan

Eggplant Parmesan, in my way

August 10, 2017 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

I didn’t plan to share this recipe on the blog, but after a step by step Insta Story, many of you wanted to try it. I couldn’t be happier, so here we are talking about eggplant parmesan, an Italian dish that is so dear to me. Eggplant parmesan is basically eggplant baked on tomato sauce…

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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

Raspberry popsicles

Healthy raspberry popsicles

July 27, 2017 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

Ice cream for breakfast, ice cream as an evening snack, ice cream for dessert, or all at the same time, because is too hot. Why not? These yogurt and raspberries popsicles are a great suit for each of these cases. These raspberry popsicles are so easy to make and taste really like ice-cream. I’m sure…

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Fruit salad

Colorful fruit salad with honey and poppy seeds

July 25, 2017 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

I’m not sure if the world needs a recipe for fruit salad, but I really enjoy talking about fruits, photo shooting fruits and even more eating them, so why not have a colorful and tasty conversation. I prefer fruit salads over whole fruits because this way you get to eat more types of fruits. When…

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Quinoa with shrimps & zucchini

Quinoa with shrimps and zucchini

July 20, 2017 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

Almost 2 months ago I made a short questionnaire that I shared on my Facebook page on what you would like to find more on this blog. The top answer was “healthy recipes”. Obviously, it made my day, since I love experimenting with healthy recipes. Quinoa with shrimps and zucchini is the synonym of healthy…

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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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