About Me:
Hi, I'm Ella and welcome to my kitchen. I'm a home cook, someone that finds cooking relaxing and fun. I love creating meals that my family (husband and three kids) enjoy. I love variety, I love trying new things all the time. This site is about the food I serve my family and friends. This is what I cook. This is my food diary.
I have a lot of cookbooks and I love the ones with pictures (I like to know what a meal should look like, before I begin). So I will flick through a book until I find what I feel like eating. Then cook it. Sometimes it is just the idea I get from a cookbook, like when I make birthday cakes, sometimes it is an entire recipe. The first time I try a recipe, I follow it as it is, then if it is a success, the second time I will tweak it if I think it needs it, to suit me and my family.
Most things I cook are simple. I'm not into a lot of fuss. And as I have a ridiculously small kitchen for someone who loves to cook, plating up is not my thing, no space for it really, I'm more put it on a platter in the centre of the table and help yourself.
Edit: I had a tiny kitchen for 15 years, I have since moved from my tiny kitchen where I now have two kitchens, but how I serve my food hasn't changed. I still love putting food in the centre of the table and we all share a meal together. Plating up is just not for me.
This site has tried and tested recipes which I have cooked for my family and friends, some are easy, some are a little more difficult, but in the end all are delicious.
A quick important note: "My oven is a fan forced oven, so all recipes are based on that. If you use a conventional oven, cooking temperatures and times may need to be adjusted. But in all honesty, just get to know your oven, it is a trial and error thing when you first try recipes, just try."
I have a lot of cookbooks and I love the ones with pictures (I like to know what a meal should look like, before I begin). So I will flick through a book until I find what I feel like eating. Then cook it. Sometimes it is just the idea I get from a cookbook, like when I make birthday cakes, sometimes it is an entire recipe. The first time I try a recipe, I follow it as it is, then if it is a success, the second time I will tweak it if I think it needs it, to suit me and my family.
Most things I cook are simple. I'm not into a lot of fuss. And as I have a ridiculously small kitchen for someone who loves to cook, plating up is not my thing, no space for it really, I'm more put it on a platter in the centre of the table and help yourself.
Edit: I had a tiny kitchen for 15 years, I have since moved from my tiny kitchen where I now have two kitchens, but how I serve my food hasn't changed. I still love putting food in the centre of the table and we all share a meal together. Plating up is just not for me.
This site has tried and tested recipes which I have cooked for my family and friends, some are easy, some are a little more difficult, but in the end all are delicious.
A quick important note: "My oven is a fan forced oven, so all recipes are based on that. If you use a conventional oven, cooking temperatures and times may need to be adjusted. But in all honesty, just get to know your oven, it is a trial and error thing when you first try recipes, just try."
What's New for 2023
Croatian Chicken in Tomato and Wine Sauce
Soft Bread Rolls
Goat and Vegetable Stew
Čobanac
My Friday No Knead Bread
Focaccia with Potatoes
Bake Marija's Baked Squid and Potatoes
Cinnamon Raisin Bread
Cevapi
Croatian Flatbread Lepinje
Party Bureks
Tomato, Bocconcini and Rocket Pesto Bruschetta
Strawberry and Mint Mojito
Indian Goat Curry
Naan Bread
No Knead Soft Crust Bread
Ricotta Crumble Cake
Istarski Fuzi
Easy Focaccia Pizza
Italian Roasted Sugar Snap Peas
Soparnik
Turkish Spiced Cabbage and Minced Lamb Stew with Tomatoes
Focaccia
Easy Crusty No Knead Bread
Hearty Chicken Soup
Baked Fish with Lemon Cream Sauce
Bazlama Turkish Flat Bread
Ginger Beer
Banana Bread Bundt Cake
Green Beans in Tomato Sauce
Turkish Vegetable and Beef Stew with Pasta
Marinated BBQ Lamb Chops
Strawberry Cake
Penne alla Vodka
Apple and Berry Crumble
Roast Chicken in Tomatoes
Ottoman Lamb Shank Stew with Pilaf
Perfect Roast Potatoes
Falsa Juha - False Soup
Nutella or Jam Pillows
Polpete
Pide Bread
Ali Nazik-Lamb Stew
Ella's Pork Neck in Tomato Sauce with Polenta
Italian Lemon Ricotta Cake
Slow Roasted Tomato, Pumpkin and Turmeric Soup
Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Jock's Focaccia
Ajngemahtec s Griz Knedlama
Charred Broccoli with Onions
Zucchini Fritters
Porn Star Martini
Chilli Chicken with BLAT Salad
Spicy Chicken Wings with Green Goddess Dip
Lychee and Cucumber Mule
Croatian Easter Bread
Quick Beef Pho
Croatian Bean and Barley Soup with Baked Pork
Nicoise Salad
Chicken Egg Drop Noodle Soup
Cheats Pizzette
Irish Apple Crumble Cake
Dandelion Leaves, Potato, Egg and Bacon Salad
Sausage Rolls with Homemade Puff Pastry
Homemade Sauerkraut
Easy Chicken Fajitas
Easy Steak Fajitas
Erdutski Kotlic s Noklicama
Fritule
Upside Down Blood Orange Cake
Croatian Tripe Stew
Zuppa di Pesce
Baba Kata's Pasta Sauce
Polish Szarlotka
Blueberry Custard Pie
Tiramisu with Frangelico
Tomato Egg Drop Soup
2022
Vinski Gulas
Chicken with Creamy Mushroom Sauce
Aranciata Paloma
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Melograno and Arancia Paloma
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Limonata
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Clementina Paloma
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Aranciata Rossa Paloma
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Pompelmo Paloma
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Watermelon Caipiroska
Swiss Chard and Potatoes-Blitva
Thai Style Chicken and Ginger Stir Fry