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Spinach balls

Spinach balls

February 6, 2018 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

I don’t eat meat, since 1 year now, so I’ve experimented with vegetarian balls all the time. I’ve tried them with beans, quinoa, cauliflower, spinach etc. This is a very simple and healthy recipe, which happens to be also one of my favorites. I usually add a yogurt sauce and transform it into a great…

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Cocoa and chia pudding

Cocoa & chia pudding

March 23, 2017 By Mandarina 2 Comments

What’s the first word that comes to your mind when you hear “cocoa pudding”. For me is luscious  Now, what’s the second word that comes to your mind, when you hear “cocoa pudding”? “Hyper-caloric”  Not about this “cocoa chia pudding”. I’ve figured out a way to make it very fast and moreover, it is healthy. I usually…

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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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Zucchini & ricotta casserole

September 14, 2016 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

Zucchini is a very comfortable fruit. Yeah, right , it’s a fruit 🙂 In a culinary context, zucchini is treated as a vegetable; it is usually cooked and presented as a savory dish or accompaniment. Botanically, zucchinis are fruits, a type of botanical berry, being the swollen ovary of the zucchini flower. I use zucchini to bake desserts, to make…

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Cocoa pasta with caramelised pears and walnuts

September 7, 2016 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

I thought I wasn’t a pasta lover, I mean I liked them a lot, but I wasn’t craving them all the time, or dream about them.  After I tried the fresh made pasta at Luga e Argjendtë, an artisanal pasta shop in Tirana, everything changed. Yes, now I dream about pasta all day. My favorite…

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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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Best oatmeal blueberry muffins you have tried

July 23, 2016 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

Finally blueberry season is here, so I can unleash my fantasy and create whatever I want with these gorgeous little diamonds. We are very lucky to have wild blueberries here in Albania, which are a bit hard to find and expensive, but they’re totally worth every penny and effort. I’m starting with a classic recipe,…

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Homemade yogurt with fruits

June 30, 2016 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

These days are so hot, I am practically surviving on fruits, well fruits and yogurt. Yogurt is known for its versatility, it pairs with almost everything sweet or savour, but, for me the combination with fruits is top ranked. I know there are so many store bought options of yogurt with fruits, but they’re filled…

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Cherry clafoutis

June 25, 2016 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

I first heard the word clafoutis only few weeks ago, from a French friend. As a French cuisine lover, I thought I should give it a try. Clafoutis is a traditional French dessert made during cherry season. It is basically a custard poured over fruit in a fireproof dish and then baked in the oven….

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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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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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