Upside down apple and poppy seed cake

Ingredients:

1. 12 tbsp butter
2. 3 apples
3. 2 + 6 tbsp sugar or sugar supstitute 
4. Spices for apples: cinnamon, cumin, nutmeg, cloves
5. 2 tbsp bread crumbs or oatmeal
6. 1 tbsp rum
7. 4 eggs
8. 1 cup yogurt
9. 1 cup poppy seeds
10. 4 tbsp flour
11. 1 tsp baking powder

Slice apples and mix them with spices and 2 tbsp of sugar.

Butter baking pan and sprinkle flour over it, layer apple splices. 

Mix egg whites. Mix egg yolks, continue mixing and add putter, sugar, bread crumbs soaked in rum, yogurt, ground poppy seeds and flour. 

Start adding spoon by spoon of the egg white snow to the poppy seed mix.

Spread poppy seed mix over apples and bake in preheated oven (350 F). Bake for 40 min or until knife inserted in the cake is coming clean.

Let cake cool a little bit and transfer to the plate.

Prijatno!

Chayote squash soop

Ingredients:

1 big or 2-3 small chayote squashes
1 small onion
2-3 garlic cloves
Celery
Butter or olive oil
Spices - salt, pepper, turmeric, cloves, ginger, cumin, parsley, basil. Select spices you like and/or have.


1. Peel the chayote squashes, remove pit and cut to cubes.

2. Worm butter or olive oil in a pan. Add minced onions, garlic and cut celery for 3-4 min. Add
spices.

3. Add chayote squashe and mix with other vegetables.

4. Add water and cook for approximately 10 min.

Enyoy!

Poppy seeds and coconut flakes cake

Ingredients:

6 eggs
226 gr (8 oz) ground poppy seeds
180 gr (12 tbsp) butter
180 gr (12 tbsp) sugar or sugar substitute
60 gr (4 tbsp) coconut flakes
1/2 cup grated chocolate
2 tbs rum

1. Mix egg yolks and sugar.
2. Add softened butter, poppy seeds, coconut flakes,chocolate and rum.
3. Make egg whites snow and

4. Slowly add egg whites snow into egg yolk mix, continue mixing.

5. Butter baking pan or use parchment paper and poor mixture in it.

6. Bake in preheated oven (360 F) for about 50 min.

Enjoy!

Portobello mushroom with tofu

Ingredients

6 portobello mushrooms
1 package of tofu (11.5 oz), cubed or crumbled
1 small to medium yellow onion minced
5 cloves of garlic minced
3 tbsp of olive oil and/or coconut oil
1 tbsp ginger minced (or 1/2tsp ground ginger)
salt, pepper, and ground cloves, turmeric, coriander, basil, parsley

Cut the mushrooms stems and clean mushrooms.
Cube tofu and mix with onions, garlic, ginger all the spices and oils (I like these spices, you can modify which spice to use and how much).

 Fill the mushrooms with the tofu mix. Use one or two Al baking sheet/pan and put the stuffed mushrooms in it. Leave mushrooms in the fridge to marinate for 1 hour.

Turn the grill on (or oven on 350 F). Empty mushrooms to the baking pan and leave them with the stuffing in the pan. Saute on mushrooms cup down with stuffing on the grill/oven for 10 min. After 10 min, turn mushrooms cup up, and stuff the mushrooms again with the stuffing and to grill/bake for 10 more min.

You can serve mushrooms with the quinoa or other grains, or baked potatoes, sweet potatoes, cauliflower.

Enjoy it is very tasty!

Cornbread stuffing

Cornbread stuffing

Cornbread

2 cups yellow cornmeal

1 cup all-purpose flour

3 tbsp sugar

1 tbsp baking powder

¾ salt

½ baking soda

½ cup chilled unsalted butter

1 ½ cup buttermilk

3 eggs

Mix first six ingredients; add butter and mix until mixture is smooth. Beat buttermilk and eggs in separate bowl. Add cornmeal mixture and blend. Transfer to a buttered 9 x 9” pan.

Preheat oven to 400 F. Beak cornbread until top is golden brown, around 30 min. Cool, cover and let stand at room temperature.

Cornbread may be prepared one day ahead.

Croutons

3 tbsp garlic minced

¼ cup extra virgin olive oil

1 lb loaf French or Italian bread cut into ½ inch cubes (about 16 cups)

Mix minced garlic and olive oil and add bread cubes, mix well thoroughly. Preheat oven to 400 F ad bake croutons till they are golden brown, about 25 min, , stir occasionally.

Dressing

6 tbsp unsalted butter

5 cups yellow onions, finely chopped

½ cup fresh sage, chopped

2 tbsp fresh thyme, chopped

Seasoning, salt, pepper

¾ cayenne pepper

1 ½ - 2 cups reduced turkey stock or chicken broth

Melt butter in a skillet and sauté the onion and celery until soft. Transfer croutons to a large bawl. Crumble the cornbread and add to the bowl along with the sautéed vegetables, sage, seasoning, turkey stock and stir well. Dressing mixture should be very moist, add more stock if needed.

Preheat oven to 350 F , transfer the dressing to a buttered 13 x 9 inch baking pan. Bake until heated throughout about 30 min, until top is golden brown and crisp.

Serves 8 to 10 people.

Modified recipe of Texas Cornbread Dressing from Mark Cox.

Ustipci

Ustipci

Sastojci

2 jajeta

3 tsp germe (kvasca)

1 tsp soli

Brasna po potrebi do zeljene gustoce (otprilike ½ kg)

1.5 cups mlake vode (moze i ukupno 1.5 mlijeka pomijesanog sa mlakom vodom)

Ulja za przenje

Razmutiti germu u toploj void I ostaviti na toplo mjesto da naraste.

Dodati malo umucena jaja, so, brasno I vodu dok se ne dobije tijesto malo gusce nego za palacinke. Ostaviti ponovo da naraste.

Zagrijati dovoljno ulja da se ustipci mogu okrenuti dok se prze. Kasikom zahvatati tijesto I ubacivati u vrelo ulje da se prze dok ne porumene.

Isprzene peksimete stavljati na na papirne salveter da papir upije visak ulja.

Peksimeti se mogu jest I sa sirom ili pekmezom/medom.

Prijatno!

Peksimeti

Peksimeti

Sastojci

3 jajeta

3 cups jogurta

3 tsp praska za pecivo

1 tsp soli

Brasna po potrebi do zeljene gustoce (otprilike ½ kg)

Ulja za przenje

Umutiti jaja, jogurt, so I prasak za pecivo I dodavati brasno do zeljene gustine tijesta. Tijesto ne smije biti ni prerijetko ni pregusto. Podijeliti tijesto u tri loptice I ostaviti tijesto da miruje oko 30 minuta.

Razvuci tijesto, svaku lopticu posebno, oklagijom na debljinu ¼” i izrezati na rombove (kao za baklavu).

Zagrijati dovoljno ulja da se peksimeti skoro mogu okrenuti dok se prze. Poceti prziti peksimete u vrelom ulju, zatim smanjiti temperatu I nastaviti prziti dok peksimeti ne porumene.

Isprzene peksimete stavljati na na papirne salvete da papir upije visak ulja.

Prijatno!