The homemade lemonade is a favorite summer drink and very easy to make.
Squeeze out the juice of 4-5 lemons. Stir in 4-5 tablespoons of honey. If you like it sweeter, add more. Drop in a handfull of fresh mint and add 1 1/2 liter plain or sparkling water. Stir well and refrigerate for an hour before you serve. Serve cold or add ice.
I saw this recipe recently in Jacques Pepin's TV show. Originally, the recipe requres salmon, but since I am not a huge fan of salmon, I made it with perch fish filet. Here is how I made it.
There are two options for the dough - to make it from scratch at home or to buy 1 package of frozen flaky dough. I personally prefer to prepare it from scratch.
Black Liver Country Style is part of every Bulgarian pub's menu. The recepies vary in different regions of the country - somethimes the dish is dominated by onions, sometimes by sweet tomato sauce, sometimes flavorful mushrooms are added. Although, like most traditional Bulgarian dishes, it is not very stylish, the dish tastes really great.
This is one of my favorite summer meals. The feta stuffed tomatoes may be served as main dish or appetiser, warm or cold. It is easy to make and very light meal.
Select ripe but hard tomatoes. Slice off the top and scoop the inside of each tomato.
I was recently looking at the cherga rugs my grandmother made many years ago. Cherga is a traditional Bulgarian word for hand-made woolen textile made of colored yarn. The green, red, yellow and black strips weave and form strong and vivid cloth - it is beautiful. Today, as I was cleaning the vegetables, I decided to "weave" a vegetable cherga. Here it is...
