Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Welcome to our May #EattheWorld project, being spearheaded by Evelyne of  CulturEatz . Here's  her challenge . This month she said, "Let's dig a bit deeper into Eastern Europe with a culinary visit to Bulgaria!" It's hard to believe that we, at least in California, are going on nearly two months of shelter-in-place orders. It's been challenging to get the groceries I want, but we are making it work. But I always have potatoes and eggs these days. Before we get to my recipe, here are the others' Bulgarian recipes... Pandemonium Noshery: Bulgarian Sausage Stew   Sneha’s Recipe: Mekitsa - Bulgarian Fried Doughnuts   Sara’s Tasty Buds: Gevrek   Culinary Adventures with Camilla: Patatnik + 2016 Edoardo Miroglio Bio Mavrud & Rubin  Amy’s Cooking Adventures: Koledna Pitka (Bulgarian Christmas Bread)   Making Miracles: Gyuveche   Kitchen Frau: Patatnik (Bulgarian Potato Pie)   Dinner By Dennis: Kebapche (Bulgarian Grilled Keba...

  This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of  Eggland's Best . I received complimentary product for the purpose of review and recipe development for #BrunchWeek, but all opinions are honest and they are my own.  This page may contain affiliate links. Many, many thanks to Terri of  Love and Confections  for wrangling all of us bloggers and courting the wonderful, generous event sponsors who are supporting the event. You can follow along as I'll be posting every day this week. And you can also join in the fun by entering the massive giveaway Terri lined up for us. Click for more information and to enter:  here . Before I get to my eggy offering, please take a look at what the #BrunchWeek Bloggers are creating today! BrunchWeek Beverages: Carrot Grapefruit Smoothie from Rants From My Crazy Kitchen Cranberry Orange Mimosas from The PinterTest Kitchen Hazelnut Coffee Syrup from The Redhead Baker BrunchWeek Appetizers: Antip...

It's hard to believe that it's already October! I am sharing my new favorite cookbook with  Foodie Reads Challenge :  The Saffron Tales: Recipes from the Persian Kitchen by Yasmin Khan. * I picked this up while I was reading Persepolis  by Marjane Satrapi. You can read about that book here . I love cookbooks with delicious recipes, sumptuous stories, and delectable photographs. This book has it all. I am considering an entire Persian feast for our Thanksgiving table this year. So, stay tuned. I plan to get a lot of use out of this book.  On the Page This is a really wonderful book. The recipes to be written well. The anecdotes made me feel as if I were sitting down and sharing a meal with the author. If you like to travel the world by tabletop as I do, you need this book in your collection. "...eating isn't just about filling your stomach.... It is an opportunity to sit with one another, to talk about your day, to share your problems, your thoughts, yo...

Fourteen years ago I took my new boyfriend on a camping trip for his birthday. Having known him for less than two months, when we woke up on the bank of the river on the morning of his birthday, he announced to me that we were going to be married one day. [Okay, those weren't his exact words, but that was the gist of it.] I laughed, nervously, at him and jumped in the river. On our wedding day, he asked if I remembered what he said at Deep Creek. And he said, "All I have to say is 'Ha, told you.'" Happy birthday, Jake! Life with the Manns is always an adventure. We like it like that. So, this morning, I decided to whip up a less-than-typical birthday feast. Recipes to come. Asparagus-Almond Pizza Honey-Cardamom Broiled Grapefruit Omelettes with Brie & Prosciutto 

Taking full advantage of summer break and later bedtimes, paired with the fact that Jake was working late tonight, I took the boys out for a 4-mile jaunt through Point Lobos before dinner. And though they munched on peaches on the way home, they were ravenous by the time we pulled into the driveway. Sliced green onions from our CSA box, feta cheese, fresh oregano, and fresh thyme all gently folded into beaten eggs equaled my usual speedy dinner: omelettes. I blanched the orange cauliflower, drizzling it with olive oil, and hulled the strawberries, also from our High Ground Organics CSA, and called it good.  Dinner in less than twenty minutes. Pronto al tavolo! What's your favorite dinner-in-less-than twenty minutes?