Chef Katja's American recipes
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Just some food that I love and want to share with you.
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Struklji
My country has quite a few delicious dishes that are considered a typical food. One of them is called struklji (pronounced shtroo-klyee) and even if they can be a pain to prepare, they are still one of my favorite dishes from my country. Source This is how struklji...
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Pizza pockets
A very important part of my job as a nanny in the United states of America is making sure that kids have enough to eat. And I do not just feed them any food, I want them to eat as healthy as they can. Because everybody knows how important proper nutrition is, especially...
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Elephant ears
I think we all tried a dessert completely covered in sugar, at least once in our life. In United states of America, there is plenty of such desserts, and as bad as they might be for your body, I still love to eat them every once in a while. Elephant ears are one of...
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Funnel cake
Funnel cake is the most traditional thing you can get at basically every county fair or carnivalin United States of America. And why is it called funnel cake? Simply because you pour the funnel cake batter into the hot oil through a funnel. What I find funny is that in...
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Polenta
Polenta is another one of my country’s famous dishes, also popular in several other European countries. Polenta is made with yellow corn meal, and there are two different versions of it. One of them is with meat (goulash), and one of them is with milk and sugar. Both...
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Ajdovi zganci
Ajdovi zganci are one of the typical dishes from my home country that I have a love-hate relationship with. I used to hate it when I was a little kid, then I started to like it and I still like to eat it once in a while. But sometimes, I just plain hate it. Ajdovi...
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Sarkelj
My country has quite a few dishes that are considered typical, and quite a few of them are desserts. Some of them can be made quickly, and some of them take more than a day to prepare. One of the typical desserts from my country that can be prepared in about an hour...
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Orehova potica
Orehova potica is a typical dish from my home country that people prepare for special occasions, whether it is Christmas, birthday, anniversary or anything else of even just a little importance. It could roughly be translated as ‘the walnut bread’ and I would like...
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Mac and cheese
In this blog post, I will introduce you to a recipe for one of the most ‘American’ dishes I have come across during my stay in the United States. And no, it is not the McDonald’s burger. It is called mac and cheese, short for macaroni and cheese, and both kids and...
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Peanut chocolate chip cookies
I have always associated fall with the baking season. And since I love American cookies (they are much better than European style cookies, sorry), I decided to bake them the other day, and since they turned out to be pretty good, I decided to share this recipe with you....
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Halloween Party Mix
You probably know that Halloween is a big deal here in the United States. And during one of many Halloween parties that I attended this year, I discovered my new favourite snack. You probably know the saying that simple things are often the best things, and it could not...
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Quinoa salad
While quinoa is not the most popular grain in my home country, I have noticed a lot of American people love to use it in different dishes or simply as a side dish. My favorite recipe with quinoa that I am going to share with you today, is a simple quinoa salad. The...
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Roasted pumpkin seeds
In Europe, the pumpkin craze is not as evident as it is in the United states of America. In fact, the only time I have encountered an edible pumpkin in Europe was when I was living in Portugal - they were selling them in a local supermarket in fall. And when I was...
