Prutići od tikvica pečene u pećnici - Oven baked courgette's sticks- Bastoncini di zucchine cotti nel forno

Znam neke trikove koji mi uvijek olakšaju život, pogotovo kad sam u žurbi ili kad baš nemam neku eksplozivnu ideju za večer ili mi se uopće ne kuha (da i to se ponekad dogodi!).

Ovo je lažna fritura (za one koji ne znaju, prijevod na književni hrvatski jezik riječi fritura je ”prženje”), jer prava se fritura radi u puno vrelog ulja. Pravilno bi bilo pržiti u vrelom dubokom ulju ali ulje nikako ne treba dimiti, jer ako se ulje dimi, onda ono gori i proizvodi toksine….a kad imate malo vremena, to je sve tako komplicirano i za to vam trebe jedna prava nedjelja u sred radnog tjedna! Onda se treba snaći na bilo koji način i iako me svi krivo gledaju kad spomenem lažnu frituru, mislim da nisu svi tako odani pravoj frituri da nikad ne posegnu za nekim trikom i da si olakšaju posao.

Sataraš - Sautéed mixed vegetables - Verdura mista saltata

I could tell you that I spend every holiday at home in Croatia, but you know this already...

And you also know how much inspiration I find in my parent's garden with the splendid sea-view...

Do you know what are emigrants craving for while they are abroad...their traditional food (parents excluded, of course)!

To make me feel longer at home, I pack our car with all possible home-made and home-grown stuff and despite the initial debate with the "car driver" about the best way to arrange stuff in the car, at the end of the story, every single vegetable and preserve arrive safe and intact to Italy. When we arrived to our destination, even the car driver was happy that we brought all that goodness from home, but only at the end and only after we unloaded our car, because then I took full responsibility of my vegetables and preserves. And then my activity in the kitchen started again...