Mandarina Recipes
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Pasta with sardines, sun-dried tomatoes and mozzarella
Pasta with sardines and sun-dried tomatoes, a simple and delicious Mediterranean dinner, ready in few minutes
Tomato soup with poached egg
So here I am sharing with you my favourite tomato soup recipe with a lightly cooked poached egg. It is perfect for summer, when the tomatoes are so juicy and tasty!
Spinach and chickpeas quinoa
Quinoa with chickpeas and baby spinach is a simple and wholesome healthy recipe.
Homemade Eclairs
Eclairs are a classic French temptation made with choux pastry, filled with vanilla pastry cream and glazed with chocolate ganache.
Chocolate chip cookies
Last week I had an amazing trip to Rome. I super enjoyed everything, the culture, architecture, lovely people and excellent food. Well, it’s not all. I ran the Rome marathon (so I could eat al…
Olive oil cookies
These are maybe my all-time favorite cookies, where the olive oil taste matches perfectly the orange and cinnamon flavor. My mom used to make them all the time and I expressed my support by eating …
Flourless chocolate & pear cake
A delicious cake where the chocolate and hazelnut pair perfectly together and pears bring such a delicate touch.
Coconut macaroons
Crunchy on the outside, chewy in the middle, full of chocolate flavor, these coconut macaroons are irresistible. I’ve done them so many times, because they’re so easy to make and everyone loves the…
Oatmeal and walnut cookies
Looking for a delicious cookie to match with your afternoon tea, the best on-the-go breakfast or a great snack full of energy and flavour for hiking? The answer for all is winter cookies :) I calle…
No-bake chocolate cheesecake
No-bake chocolate cheesecake, a delicious dessert, ready in 20 minutes or less.
Vegetarian Black Bean Burgers
One of my favourite things to cook with black beans is “black bean burgers”. They are packed with spicy flavour and are moist in the inside with a nice crust on the outside.
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 s…
Cauliflower steaks
The cauliflower steak hit internet years ago. It is a creation of Dan Barber, one of the most amazing modern chefs and one of the most dedicated advocates of farm to table concept. Barber uses ever…
Sweet potato, millet & green salad
Me and my salad obsession are back. This time I’m sharing with you an old love of mine “sweet potato, millet and greens salad”. This wholesome salad with earthy flavours was an &#…
Raspberry and yogurt popsicles
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.
Stuffed dates, dipped in dark chocolate
I love creating delicious sweet bites with dates. They are ready in few minutes and you can play endlessly with flavors. I like filling dates with nut butter, like almond butter, or peanut butter, …
Colorful fruit salad with honey and poppy seeds
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 conver…
Homemade Jufka with dried porcini mushrooms
One of the perks of being a food blogger is that all your friends share their thoughts and experiences on food and special food products with you. The latest wonderful gift I got, were homemade Juf…
Crunchy granola bars
These crunchy and healthy granola bars are very easy to make and taste delicious.
Pistachio and olive oil cake covered in white chocolate glaze
It’s cake a clock, and not just any cake, it’s pistachio cake. I was trying to get the origin of this cake, but I have no guess. I had some of the ingredients written in a simple note on my iPhone …
Sweetened condensed milk truffles cooked
Sweetened condensed milk truffles are truly a little piece of heaven. So white, so sweet, so cute :) almost too pretty to eat :) They contain only two ingredients and are really easy to make. I mak…
Hummus - basic recipe
Hummus is a dip or spread made from mashed chickpeas with tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper and cumin. It is a Middle East dish, but its popularity has now crossed continents. Hummus is …
Pan brioche
Pan brioche is a light and soft buttery bread. It is rich and delicious, with an almost neutral taste, so you can play with toppings and fillings and enjoy it in many ways. Brioche gets its tendern…
Sesame crisps - a super yummy healthy treat
I’m always in search of healthy little treats, and this time I had them just in front of my eyes at my office cafeteria, sesame crisps. Isn’t that amazing? As always I needed to create my own versi…
Mushroom risotto - the perfect comfort food
Mushroom risotto is one of my favorite comfort foods. The combination of creamy risotto with mushrooms has some kind of magic in it. It complements very well grilled meats and chicken but stands pe…
Baked potatoes with aioli sauce
Who doesn’t enjoy some baked potatoes with a nice sauce? Personally, I love it. The smell and taste of baked potatoes is so good while playing with different sauces is so much fun. The trick …
Rice pudding
They say easy as a pie, I would say, easy as a rice pudding. This simple dish has many variation and names between continents and countries: Arroz con leche in Spanish, Budino di riso in Italian, R…
Power balls
Power balls are an amazing choice for the afternoon snack or after lunch sweet treat. That’s really cool to have a jar of power balls in the fridge and reach for them after lunch instead of dessert…
Tahini & dates cake
I love browsing the internet and discovering new blogs that inspire me. Eat in my kitchen is one of my latest discoveries and I’m sharing with you the first recipe from this blog that I had f…
Pistachio guacamole
As soon as I hear the word “avocado”, I can speak for hours on how healthy, tasty, beautiful it is and in many ways of using it. My favorite ever avocado recipe is this guacamole with pistachio. I …
Sauteed shrimps
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 t…
Cauliflower pizza with zucchini & pesto
Cauliflower pizza is such a nice alternative to regular pizza and a great way to consume more vegetables. The recipe is very easy to follow and is ready in few minutes. All you have to do is blend cauliflower until it reaches a rice consistency, add ...
Bulgur summer salad
Bulgur salad is one of my favourite summer plates, because it is fresh, tasty, colourful and ready in few minutes. I usually prepare bulgur salad in the morning and take it to work. It is full of t…
Arugula & lentils salad
The weather gets warmer every day and I naturally crave salads. I love a good salad for dinner and sometimes even for lunch. They’re so refreshing, tasty and so beautiful, full of colors and…
White cabbage, ricotta and tuna rolls
There’s nothing like a good homemade snack to enjoy while watching a movie at home or when you are having friends over. My snacks are usually on the sweet side, but this time I’m sharing with you a…
Asure aka Noah's pudding - the easiest recipe you can find
Asure is a special dessert with an eastern origin that is traditionally cooked also in Albania. The dish has a fascinating story behind. When Noah and his animals were running out of food, he mixed…
Asparagus & trout pasta
Life is so fast since I moved here in Dublin, and I’m loving every minute of it. But, this also has its cost, less time for my favorite activity, cooking for my family When in a hurry pasta comes t…
Black bean burgers
Black beans are a real treasure. They’re packed with proteins, fibres and minerals, and have a meaty texture which makes them popular in vegetarian dishes. One of my favourite things to cook with b…
Lemon and poppy seeds cake
Lemon and poppy seed cake is one of my favorites. It is super moist, rich and easy to make. The lemon juice and zest gives it a wonderful fresh flavor and the poppy seeds add a little bit of crunch…
Eggs Florentine
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 l…
Classic scones
It’s time for an Irish recipe, and yay, what can be better than scones? Scones are a bake good, something between a cookie and soda bread. They’re super flaky, due to all the butter the…
