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Hidden treasures of Dubrovnik surroundings

August 15, 2017 By travellingoven 1 Comment

I’m sure all of you who visited or heard of Dubrovnik know that it’s a beautiful town and it offers so much in terms of beauty, culture, history, fun and pleasure to all of its visitors. But for all those who are visiting, staying a little bit longer and have some time to explore Dubrovnik surroundings there is so much to be seen and discovered there too!

‘Dubrovacko Primorje’ is the region west of Dubrovnik with many little settlements and villages, some of them by the sea in picturesque little bays that shelter from strong winds and are perfect for a relaxing walk with ice cream in your hand or sitting in a small coffee shop or restaurant with delicious sea food while enjoying the stunning sea views. Others are called upper villages and they are situated on the hills above the sea level and a bit hidden from the usual paths, known mostly to locals who live there or have their family houses to spend weekends and holidays.

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Mini raw ‘cheesecake’ tarts with berries (vegan, GF)

August 5, 2017 By travellingoven 12 Comments

We’ve been having real heat wave in Croatia this whole week with temperatures going up to 40 C (104 F) in many places. Not as high in Dubrovnik as in some other cities but I would say 35 C (95 F) with high humidity is more than hot if you ask me! I’ve been melting pretty much each day, all day and even started dreaming about Autumn haha, specially cozy rainy evenings spent curled up under the blanket with a hot cup of tea in my hands. I know, I’m weird! 😀 But the older I get the more I realize that I’m actually not a Summer person at all and that is so strange as I used to live for the Summers when I was younger. I mean, I still love, love, love the sea and the beach, swimming, our beautiful Adriatic sea and the coast, all the gorgeous Summer fruit and veggies, refreshing desserts and ice creams but definitely not the heat.

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Apricot yogurt cake

July 19, 2017 By travellingoven Leave a Comment

I believe I got my love for baking from my mum and my grandma. Growing up there was always something delicious coming from our kitchen and beautiful aromas of baked seasonal fruit, cinnamon, vanilla, cakes, cookies, freshly baked homemade bread were spreading through every corner of our little home. Those times, growing up in ex Yugoslavia, were a modest ones and there weren’t so many candies, sweet treats and varieties of chocolates and ice creams for children but me and my sister never felt any lack of it, our mum made sure that we always had homemade treats at home and those weren’t fancy three-layers naked cakes or the ones with all kinds of cartoon characters made with fondant icing but simple cakes and cookies made with those ‘ordinary’ seasonal ingredients. We loved everything that came from mum’s kitchen and were always peeking into the oven to see what is creating those wonderful smells. Every cake was welcomed with excitement and eaten with pleasure! 🙂

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Coconut and almond flour banana bread (GF)

July 10, 2017 By travellingoven Leave a Comment

You may have noticed that I’m not posting here as much as before and I miss posting more often but I am doing my best really and it will have to do for now. It’s just a period where I had to slow down a little bit due to moving, settling in my new place, organizing my new little studio, working on other projects and I’ll admit that this heat we’ve been having here in Zagreb for the last month also slowed me down. It’s difficult to be creative and productive when you are melting from the heat and humidity so I’ve been doing something slightly unusual for me and that is getting up really (and I mean really!) early in the mornings so I can do most of the shooting and work before the heat reaches its peak in afternoon hours. I’ll just say that this Saturday I was already baking a cake at 6 am and shooting it afterwards, haha you may think I’m a little bit crazy but I really wanted to bake something and couldn’t stand the thought of switching on the oven when the temperatures are already around 34 C so I did it early on! And I have to say that it has been one of the most productive mornings I had in a long time! 😀