1/3 cup shortening

1/2 cup sugar (I used 100 ml)

2 eggs

1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

pinch of salt

2 ripe bananas, mashed

1 cup grated zucchini

1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 180°C. Cream together shortening and sugar. Add eggs and banana, beat well. Sift together dry ingredients, add to creamed mixture. Add zucchini and stir well. Stir in nuts. Pour into muffin pan. Bake for 30-35 minutes. Let cool on wire rack.

Source: Mother Thyme

300 g flour

2 tsps. baking powder (I add only 1 tsp.)

100 g sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

150 g cottage cheese

1 egg

100 ml milk

50 ml oil

Mix flour with the baking powders. Seperate egg white and mix with sugar. Pour milk, oil, vanilla and mix in cottage cheese. Sift in flour and mix the dough. Devide it to 12 parts. And then every part – to 3 parts. From every piece roll about 15 cm log and braid from three pieces. Put buns on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Mix egg yolk with a teaspoon of milk and coat buns with this mixture. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake in the preheated to 200°C oven about 20 minutes.

Source: Skanaus! (Sonatinos receptai SuperMamos forume)

3 cups old fashioned rolled oats

2 Tbsp. brown sugar

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp. salt

1/3 cup honey

1/3 cup oil

Preheat oven to 150°C. In large bowl combine oats, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt. In another bowl, combine honey and oil. Pour mixture over oat mixture. Stir until well-combine. Use hands, if necessary. Pour mixture into a baking tray lined with baking paper. Spread into a thin, even layer. Bake 40 minutes or until golden brown, stirring once halfway through. Remove from oven and cool completely. Stir the mixture once or twice while it cools (it will harden as it cools). Once cooled, you can add in desired mix-ins. Store in an airtight container.

Source: Expresso and Cream

When I want something sweet but healthy at the same time – I blend smoothies. My kids adore them Maybe that’s why all the time I keep a few frozen bananas in the fridge.

2 large bananas (frozen)

150-200 g natural yoghurt

250 ml milk

2 tbsps. peanut butter

2 tbsps. chocolate syrup (I used 10 g chocolate)

If using chocolate, first of all melt it in some milk and let cool. Slice the bananas. Place the bananas, yogurt, chocolate syrup, milk and peanut butter in a blender. Blend until smooth and creamy.

Source: Becoming Lola

Nice snack or light lunch. I prepared it long time ago, but when I remember mild taste of beetroot I feel good. And that’s why it deserves to be in my blog

(4 servings)

6-7 (800 g) fresh beetroots

1 onion

2 tbsps. oil

2 tbsps. red wine vinegar

1 tbsp. honey

1 tsp. salt

pinch of black peppers, coarsly ground

4 big corn tortillas (I used wheat tortillas)

200 ml grated cheese

Peel and grate beetroot. Peel onion and cut in rounds. Put beetroot and onion in a pan with oil and bake on a middle heat while they become soft. Pour red wine vinegar and honey. Season with salt and peppers. Put beetroot filling on the tortillas and roll. Put rolls on a baking tray and sprinkle with the cheese. Bake in preheated to 250°C oven about 10 minutes. Serve with salad leaves and a tablespoon of yoghurt.

Source: Didžioji virtuvės knyga

I have no time to do nothing Works is taking all my time. Good news that it will not last forever. So I have no time to bake cookies or pies, but it doesn’t stop me from wanting some sweets. And these cookies are perfect – you can form a log and then put in a freezer for later bake, when you will have no spare time.

250 g wheat flour

1 tsp. baking powder

125 g butter

125 g sugar (next time I will use 100g)

60 g walnuts, finely chopped

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla essence

Sift the flour and baking powders. Put butter and crumble with the fingers till small crumbs. Mix in sugar and walnuts. Pour in the egg and vanilla essence. Mix the dough. Form about 5cm diameter log and fold in the foil or baking paper. Roll a little bit that sides were even. Put in a fridge for about 8 ours. Line baking tray with the baking paper. Cut dough log in thin slices and put them on a baking tray. Bake in 190°C preheated oven for about 10-12 minutes, or till become golden brown.

Source: Mary Berry. Klasikinė virtuvė (2005)

We love chicken, but it’s very hard to find good chicken marinade to bake it on the grill. And know I know that it’s not the fault of the recipes, it’s because we a lot of time overbake it. The last time we baked chicken on the grill I was walking around the grill and watched that no one overbaked it I looked strange, but… what can we do if we want to taste food good

1 kg chicken fillet

1/3 glass sweet chilli sauce

2 tbsps. fish sauce

2 tsps. ginger, freshly grated

2 cloves garlic, minced

salt

1 tbsp. parsley, chopped

In a bowl mix all marinade ingredients. Put chicken and marinade for a few hours, or better overnight. Bake on a grill, but in the oven also possible. Bake very shortly on both sides. It’s really easy to overbake chicken and it will be very dry, so be carefull. Before serving sprinkle with chopped parsleys.

Source: kuking.net

This dish is very practical It’s suitable for festive gatherings, because it doesn’t require a lot of time for preparing and everythings are baked at one time. All you need is only salads. We all agreed that we will prepare it again and again.

(6 cakes)

400-500 g minced meat

1 egg

1 onion

2 tsps. mayonnaise

1 tbsp. starch

salt

peppers

4-5 potatoes

pinch of caraway

2 cloves garlic

oil

6 slices cheese

Chop onion. Mix minced meat with onion, egg, starch. Season with salt and peppers. Devide meat to 6 parts and form thin cakes. Put them on a baking tray. Coat with mayonnaise (actually I forgot to do this).
Peel potatoes and cut in small cubes. Put in the bowl, sprinkle with a few tablespoons of oil, season with caraway seeds, garlic, salt and peppers. Mix everything. Put potatoes on meat and press a little bit. Bake in preheated to 220°C oven about 20 minutes. Then put cheese slices on top and put to the oven till cheese melts.

Source: Laikas į virtuvę

(12 units 15 cm diameter tortillas)

2 1/4 cups flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. salt

2 tbsps. oil

3/4 cup milk

Heat milk in microwave or on stove till boiling. Mix all dry ingredients in mixer bowl. Pour oil. Let mix a little bit and slowly pour hot milk. Mix till the dough will not stick to the sides of bowl, about 3-4 minutes. Sprinkle some flour on clean surface, take the dough out of mixer bowl and kneat a little bit with hands. Devide dough to 12 parts (I devide to 8 parts because my pan is 26cm diameter). Roll out the dough to 15 cm diameter circles. Bake tortillas in a hot pan for 30 seconds from both sides, or till the tortilla will brown nicely.

Source: Sonatinos receptai

This meal is for cauliflower lovers One of them is my little daughter. The other – me The fact that my daughter ate this dish the next day too, shows that it is very delicious Only I used only cauliflowers, but believe that with broccoli the taste would be great also.

1 small cauliflower head

salt

250 ml milk

400-500 g broccoli

40 g butter

40 g flour

white peppers

nutmeg, grated

pinch of curry (optional)

150 g grated cheese

2 eggs

butter for coating the baking form

Clean cauliflower, wash and put in to the salted water for 10 minutes. Boil water with milk, salt to taste, put cauliflower florets and boil a few minutes. Let cool.
Repeat everything with broccoli, just boil 6 minutes.
Melt butter in a pan, pour flour and heat. Then mix in milk. Season with salt, peppers, nutmeg and curry. In medium heat boil for 8 minutes. Then mix in 100 g of cheese and take off from the heat.
Heat oven to 200°C. Coat baking dish with butter. Put in to it cauliflower and broccoli florets. Beat into the cheese sauce eggs, mix and pour over the vegetables. Sprinkle with the left cheese and bake about 25 minutes or till the top will brown nicely.

Source: Renata Kissel. Apkepai