Sticky rice: rice cooked in milk and sugar. A dish as ordinary, and as extra-ordinary as vanilla ice-cream.

Apple and carrot salad is more a dessert and less a salad. Great for answering the neverending “is there anything sweet?” question

Chocolate Walnut Marzipan Squares: a unique take on an old favorite.

Grated beet and carrot salad: the healthiest meal you’ll have all week.

Balkan No Bake Wafer Cake: layered tort wafers connected with a smooth filling made out of chocolate, butter and walnut melted in hot milk.

Ever wondered how to make homemade mint tea?

Cheesy potato casserole is a classic casserole achieved by letting the potatoes bathe and bake in a smooth heavy cream sauce.

Today we’re making veal (which is nothing but a younger version of beef) schnitzels (breaded cutlets), baked in red wine

Tremendously flavorful rice simmered in wine, and topped with the softest portobello mushrooms.

Golden-yellow, soft yet with just the right amount of crispiness, these homemade fries will melt in your mouth.

The Balkans DROPS MIC on the old favorite.

New tuna and egg salad: 40-min, fresh, overflowing w/ veggies, topped w/ classic vinaigrette, incomparable taste.

Impress the hell out of your dinner guests with this super easy, yet incomparable in taste baked lemon chicken.

Elderflower cordial (aka zova) is an invigorating, and fresh, homemade juice made from the elderberry tree flowers.

Fermented Juniper Berry Juice like lemonade but better!

Fantastic, hearty potato soup finished in under an hour.

Grated potatoes mixed with bacon bits and then baked.

Balkan Ratatouille (Djuveč) is a rich vegetarian dinner dish.

Balkan bean stew with kielbasa: a perfect hearty stew for these unstable spring days.

If you have a pan and an hour you get the sexiest Baked Pasta casserole out there.

Lazy apple pie (lijena pita od jabuke) is a three level (crust-filling-crust) dessert. Perfect for serving with your favorite tea.