The Youth Exchange "Become a Healthy EuChef"brought 30 young food lovers in Macedonia toprove that healthy and tasty can easily go togethereven when preparing food.

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The recipes are shared in this book.

Bramboraky (Potato Pancakes) are my all-time favorite! They are really easy tomake and the cost is about 5 cents per person The only downside of this dish isthat they don’t make very good leftovers. Hence prepare them, fry them, and eatthem all on the spot! Oh, and also, warning for the meat lovers: no meat in thisone! Sorry!

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● 6 large potatoes, pealed● 1 egg● 5 cloves of garlic, grated● 1/4 cup of milk● 3/4 cup of all-purpose flour● 1 Tsp of dried marjoram● pinch of salt and pepper● about 4 Tbs of oil

Grate the potatoesPour warm milk over those grated potatoes so thatthey will not go brownAdd in the garlic, egg, salt and pepper, marjoram andmix it all togetherGradually mix in the flourPour part of the mixture with a ladle onto a hot andwell-oiled frying pan ( the thickness and size of thepancakes depends on one’s preference; I personallylike them thin and crispy!)Fry each side of the pancake until golden brown,about 5 minutes per sideThe whole batch feeds about 4 people.

PS: if you like youcan add bits offried bacon orcut-up salami intothe bramborakmixturePPS: also, don’tforget the goldenrule: “The moregarlic, themerrier” – Iusually use twicethe amount ofgarlic.

Potatopancakes

Mini pancakeswith strawberries 1

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● curd (creamy, not salted) - 250g● vanilla pudding powder - 1● eggs - 4● sugar - to make quark slightly sweet● strawberries = how much you want● Oil (sunflower)

The easiest pancakes ever!Mixed everything together (except strawberries and oil) andthat’s it!Then you heat the pan very lightly, add a little bit of oil, take asoup spoon and use it for putting batter into pan and makepancakes man, yeah?Cut strawberries into smaller pieces and try to not to eat thembefore you finished pancakes. I know that it’s hard but be strong!

When you finish it, you can put a little bit of curd on pancakes andadd strawberries. Then eat them all and don’t share with anybodybecause this is your masterpiece.

The amount feeds about 3-4 people.

Spring green lentil salad

Czechs love lentils. We eat it in soup, we eat sour lentils with eggs and pickles. This ismuch healthier, refreshing alternative! Even though the name of this dish is “springsalad”, you don’t have to be afraid to eat it also during winter, summer or evenautumn. The great thing about it is that it’s so easy! Lentils are available all the time.And even if the ingredients are given here, you don’t have to hesitate to be creative,add some green peppers, mint or lemon juice.The best salad is of course made with the vegetables and greens from yourgrandmother’s garden, made in large amount and eaten with your friends at thegarden party.

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- green lentils (cca 600g)- tomatoes (1 kg)- cucumbers- red bell pepper, or any otheryou can get (500g)- fresh spinach leafs (500g)- red onion (200g)- parsley (5 pieces)- pepper- salt- olive oil

Get some people that will be helping you with thismassive amount of salad.Take the lentils, wash it with cold water. It is better touse the cullender, so you don’t lose half of it in the sink.Then throw the lentils in a massive pot, add about threetimes larger amount of water and boil it for about 25minutes. Check from time to time, so it doesn't getburned!Clean all the veggies and greens. Chop them with nomercy into small pieces and throw in a big bowl. Largepot can be used as well.Then add lots of pepper and descent amount of salt,according to your taste. Pour the olive oil and then mix itall with your bare hands! Enjoy the feeling!Once the lentils are boiled, pour away rest of the waterand let them cool.

At the end throweverythingtogether, mixagain, add somemore pepper fora spicierafternoon.Enjoy until yourstomach is full!

The whole batchfeeds about 15people.

Oily potatoes1

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● 15 Potatoes● 250 g of bacon● 2 smaller onions● 1 half of pack of red paprika● 1 pack of chives● 1 half of pack of caraway● 1 soup spoon of salt

This dish is made for cold day and lazy cook. Take your time, bringpotatoes, onion and bacon at the table between TV and couch andwhile watching cut it after it is peeled. You don’t have to cut thepotatoes, only if you want to cook it faster. Boil the potatoes with saltand caraway. Fry bacon with some extra oil after, and when half readylet onion meet bacon and give them some butter to accompany. Don’tforget your potatoes on fire. When they are ready let the water outand use last energy to mash them as hard as your laziness let you.When bacon with onion are ready give them some color by adding redpaprika. Be careful! Paprika can’t get burnt. Make sure you put it baconwith onion out of fire when adding some paprika.

Mix it all together to become one. Put some chives on top and getready to eat as much as possible. But first do some cleaning. Table,kitchen and all what is needed.

The amount feeds 7 friends + you.

Tavce Gravce

Coming from a village, my grandparents used to tell me their life stories about theirhealthy products into their huge yards and working fields, those same working fieldstoday are given to my parents and probably soon to me and my brother so we canwork and have some homemade healthy food for us and our families. Tavce Gravceis part of my life and my whole family generation. The story goes back to more than50 years, the period where all our communities at that time were dependent on thiskind of food and they still are proud of transmitting it to us. It was and still is themain dish, all the history of creating and maintaining a family with healthy food isconnected to Tavce Gravce because I was raised with it and I can’t have one weekwithout it. It’s a symbol of family, tradition, stories of memories, old times and ofcourse happiness.

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• White beans (500 gr.)• White onion meat (optional): bacon, sausages,smoked ribs etc.• 80 gr. sunflower oil• 2 tablespoons of flour• 1 tablespoon of red paprika (powder)• 1 tablespoon vegeta, a Macedonian spice (optional)salt and pepper

First wash well the beans then place them in a pot and add water tocover well the beans (let the water be 5 cm over the beans), then putthem to boil. When it comes to a boil, boil them about 1-2 minutes thenpour the water and add new water to it. Chop the onion in big pieces and add it to the beans. Also you add themeat chopped in a bite size pieces. Boil the beans until they are ready,but be careful not to over-boil it. The beans must be whole and softinside, not a mush. Then to a hot pan add the oil and the flour and mix itwell until golden. Then add the paprika, mix fast and add this to the pot. Add the minced garlic and the chopped mint. Add salt, pepper andvegeta. Stir well and cook for 2 minutes. Turn off the heat and preheatthe oven to 250 C. Add the beans to a terracotta baking pan and putthem into oven. Bake them until the beans have little liquid and over thebeans have formed a thin crust. Sprinkle with finely chopped parsley.

Mama's Baklava

Before trying, you are warned that this sweet pleasure has a high chance to makeyou eat it again and again. If you’re on diet think twice, or three times � It will be reallyhard to resist it later. Make baklava, call your friends, you will see that they will bevisiting you until the baklava is gone. You want to fully enjoy it? Than try it while drinking Turkish coffee. This recipe is very simplified, very easy to make it, and still it’s same or even tastierthan the traditional one.

It’s brought to you “From Emir’s mom with Love”

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- 2 packs of flour layers (kori inMacedonian) - Grinded biscuit (plazma) 300grams - 500 grams of butter - 400 grams of grinded walnut - 1 kg sugar - 0.5l of water - Half lemon

First, the butter is on iron bowl and it’s put on stove till it completelymelts and becomes liquid. Than take one flour layer and you put drops of liquid butter on it. On thetop of the layer, you put the next flour layer where you do the samething. On the third flour layer after the liquid butter, you put grindedbiscuit all over the layer and then you make one line with grindedwalnut. From the line you roll it tightly and you put it on the tray.You do this till all the tray is full. Meanwhile the oven is turned to getheated. The baklava is spread on top with the rest of the butter. Afterthis is done, the baklava is ready to be baked. You put the tray withbaklava on 100 degrees Celsius for around 1 hour.When the baklava is baked (check it from the both sides), the sherbetneeds to be prepared. On a pot you put half liter of water and 1 kilo ofsugar on it. When it’s boiled, you put juice squeezed from half lemonand the sherbet is ready. You spread the sherbet all over the top. Youput the baklava with the sherbet to stay on cold temperature for 6 hours.After that is ready to be served to your friends and family.

Beetroot Sour Soup 1

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Passionate BeetrootStrange CarrotsHappy ParsnipCrazy Celery rootNot so Optional: Leek, potatoes,garlic, sour-creamThe good, the bad and the ugly ofthe soup: Salt, pepper, parsley, borş.

Bloody… the way it’s supposed to be… thebeetroot soup is the best hangovermedicine invented in the traditionallaboratories of every Romanian woman. Tomake the beetroot soup you need to placeprepared vegetables in a large stockpot.Add cold water and a spoon of olive oil.Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmeruntil vegetables are tender. Add garlic, beet sour, salt and pepper totaste. Bring to a boil, reduce heat andsimmer 30 minutes. Before serving, stir insour-cream and chopped parsley. If you feel like your stomach is stilldreaming about it just ask for more.

Ostropel + Mamamaliga 1

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I. Ostropel ingredients:

25 sturdy chicken drumsticksA couple of happy spoons offlourSalt/Pepper + savory (RomanianThyme)Tomato paste10-15 garlic cloves, finely grated5 cups chicken stock

I. OstropelIf you never dreamed before of chickens swimming in a sauce lake,after you will taste this, you will dream every night and day about it.1. The chicken drumsticks are boiled than baked.2. Heat a large skillet (or pot) on med/hot heat...until hot... and then add2-3 TBS olive oil.3. In a big skillet/pan/tray put olive oil + flour + tomato paste.4. Using a whisk, slowly mix in the 5 cups of chicken broth, making sureto get all the flour/tomato paste lumps out. If need be, take the skilletoff heat until the sauce is completely free of lumps. Place back onstove.5. Add the grated garlic cloves and 1 tsp savory. Mix to combine.6. Add the browned chicken and cover skillet/pot. Simmer sauce foran additional 10-15 minutes or until sauce has thickened up a bit... to agravy consistency. If you feel the sauce is too thick, add a bit morestock(even water) to loosen it up a bit. If it is too loose (thin) cook thesauce down a bit more...7. Serve with mamaliga... II. Mamaliga - Mix, boil and repeat.

II. Mamaliga:

freshly squizedmountain WaterSpeaciallygrinded Cornflour (polenta)Happy happySalt

Papanasi1

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just 800 grams of cottage cheese� 500 - 600 grams of wheat flour10 spoons of sexy semolina1 l freshly pressed sunflower oil5 joyfull eggs200 grams of crazy sweet sugarZest of 1 screaming lemonArrogant Baking powder3 vanilla sugar (optional depending on differenttastes)…cool as vanilla iceNervous Cooking oilCream and jam for serving

Mix together the cottage cheese, semolina, 2 tablespoons of flour, thesugar and eggs (and the vanilla sugar as well, if you like the flavor);Then lay down a thin layer of flour on which you will put the crude“papanasi”;Make small balls out of the mix and cover them in flour on the outside inorder to prevent them from being sticky. Heat the oil, and then fry the papanasi dough mix balls you made. The oilshould cover the content of the papanasi.You will see that the balls and “donuts” will rise – and when they do it’ssign they are done. Make sure to cook them on both sides.After baking every ball and donut, put them on plates. Pour some creamon top and add jam on each. Voila! Ready to be served! As jam, you canchoose wild cherry jam; wooden fruits jam etc. – according to taste.

…so stand up and start singing “Papanasi”�. We know you feel like doing it.

Said to be one of the most craved desserts, the sweetdelicious papanasi are expected to make everyone tastingthem dance around the wold like Pharell, singing “papanasi”instead of “Happy”.

ChickenSoup 1

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• 1 3 1/2- to 4-pound chicken• 6 carrots, peeled• 4 celery stalks• 1 large yellow onion, quartered• 2 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt• 1 teaspoon whole blackpeppercorns

Place the chicken in a large pot. Cut 3 of thecarrots and 2 of the celery stalks into 1-inchpieces. Quarter the onion. Add the cutvegetables to the pot with the salt,peppercorns, and enough cold water to cover(about 8 cups). Bring to a boil. Reduce heatand simmer, skimming any foam that rises tothe top, until the chicken is cooked through,about 30 minutes.Transfer the chicken to a bowl and let cool.Strain the broth, discarding the vegetables.Return the broth to the pot. Thinly slice theremaining carrots and celery. Add them to thebroth and simmer until tender, about 10minutes. When the chicken is cool enough tohandle, shred the meat and add it to the soup.Ladle into individual bowls.

Chicken w/mushrooms 1

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4 cup sized mushrooms4 skinless, boneless chicken halves2 eggs, beaten1 cup seasoned bread crumbs2 tablespoons of butter6 ounces of sliced mozzarella cheese¾ chicken broth

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175degrees C).Place half of the mushrooms in a 9x13 inchpan. Dip chicken into beaten eggs, thenroll in bread crumbs.In skillet, melt butter over medium heat.Brown both sides of chicken in skillet.Place chicken on top of mushrooms,arrange remaining mushrooms onchicken, and top with mozzarella cheese.Add chicken broth to pan.Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 35minutes, or until chicken is no longer pinkand juices run clear.

SerbianSalad

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3 cucumbers, peeled, quarteredlengthwise & sliced4 tomatoes, halved and quartered2 garlic cloves, chopped6 -8 green onions, tops only, chopped4 ounces balkan cheese, cut into smallcubes1 cup olive oil1 cup red wine vinegar1 tablespoon dried oregano

Salt & pepper

Combine all ingredientsand toss.Mix oil& vinegar, addseasoning and whiskthoroughly.Pour over salad.

Ezo GelinSoup

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100 gr red lentils 2 tomatoes, (chopped) 1 whole onion, (finelychopped )100 gr wheat, (crushed) 50 gr butter 1,5 lt water 5 tea spoon mint, (dried)salt and black pepper totaste1 tea spoon paprika 1 lemon

• Place lentils, water, onion, rice or bulgur,butter, and salt into a sauce pan.• Cook stirring occasionally on very lowheat until lentils are tender and soup iscreamy (about one hour). • Add chopped tomatoes and cook forfurther 15 minutes. • Add paprika and mint, and let soupsimmer for 5 minutes before serving withwedges of lemon or lime.

Ezogelin is the name of a girl who created this soup. The soupis most known and traditional Anatolia soup. It is usual to beeaten during winter.

Dried mint, not freshis used for thetopping. Bulgur is the namefor crushed wheat

Original recipemakes 5 servings!

CigaretteBorek

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1 package of phyllo dough, thawed250g feta cheese1/2 cup parsley1 eggsunflower oil for fryinghalf stick melted butter

• In a mixing bowl, mix feta, egg, and parsley together. This isbest done with a fork, mashing the feta. • While the oil is heating, remove phyllo from refrigerator. Besure to have a damp towel on hand to cover the phyllo youare not working with. • Phyllo dough dries out quickly if left uncovered. • Take one sheet of phyllo and cut into fourths. Each pieceshould be about 4x8. Brush each piece with melted butter. • Place about 1 tablespoon of cheese mixture at the baseand roll up. Seal by adding a little melted butter. • Repeat with remaining phyllo and cheese mixture. • Borek in Turkish language refers to any dish made withphllyo.• Borek is also very popular in the cuisines of the formerOttoman Empire, especially in the Balkans.• The crispy beauty you can see above contained a simplebut very tasty filling of fresh melting cheese and made agreat dinner.

UkrainianBorshch

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- water- potato- beetroot- carrots- onion- tomatoes or tomato paste- cabbage- garlic- bay leaf- sweet pepper- vinegar- salt - pepper- sunflower oil- beans

Water + potatoes (cut as square)Onion + carrots (julienne) = fry in a pan with sunflower oil =>in soupChopped cabbage => in souptomato paste => in soupCooked beets grated tremo + vinegar = fry in a pan withsunflower oilAt the end of cooking, pour it into the soup and bring to aboil + spices

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- home made cheese- sugar- flour- butter- black chocolate- eggs- lemon- starch- milk- sour cream- cacao- weeder- vanilla sugar

butter + sour cream + flour + cacao + weeder = mixeggs (yolks) + sugar = knock downstir all togethergrind lemoneggs (whites) know down + cheese + butter +sugar + grinded lemon + vanilla sugar + raisins + starch = mixthe dough put out onto a form + mass of curdput in the oven - bake 90 minutesdecorate with black chocolate

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- flour- water- eggs- home made cheese- potato- salt- butter- sour cream

flour+ water+ salt + eggs and mixed it.Dought should be elastic.boiled potato shoud be blanded. After,please put cheese into the potato and mixeverything together. Also, please addspices and salt of course.Dought should be roled down. After,make small circled 'varenychky'. After, allyou need is to put filling (cheese withpotato/ inside the small pieces of dough

MacedonianSalad

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For 8 person500 g of carrots250 g of potatoes250 g of green peas250 g of turnipsHerbs: thyme, laurel, parsley

To say it in few words, this is the best Balkan salad ever. You don’tneed much to prepare it, don’t need much to of hunger to eat it,you don’t need to do much. Just find as many friends as possibleand show them our recipe. You gonna need to do some shopping.First of all think about some nice market to speak with the peoplewhile finding vegetable for salad. Find the most smiling seller andask for green peas, then find some old seller who looks to havefound his place in the world and ask for turnip. All ingredients areall equal in our salad so don’t forget to pay respect to all yoursellers. Third ingredient we gonna buy from the best “mamaperson” to find. Say hi mama and ask her for potatoes. She will adda hug for sure. What do you think, who is gonna get married nextfrom your seller? Will it be young and beautiful florist girl or fromyoung boy a bit slow selling eggs from their family farm? Find thebest “getting married” seller and ask for carrot.

The way this salad was created comes from the travel experience ofBaptiste who traveled long time ago in this beautiful part of world thatwe call Macedonia. Baptiste was very open minded person. He likes tospeak with all people around and he liked them all as brother as they didamong themselves. Thanks to his will to know people he got to theirhouses and their gardens. Old and clever people of Macedonia showedhim their passion for different types of vegetable. After he came homeand he missed all this people and their life with nature so much that heused his memories, all his experiences and all his love to this people todo something that can express his feeling but better than some words.He made this salad of four different vegetables which fit together sowell as well people of different nationalities in Macedonia do.

To change this nothing saying parts of our salad we need to make itfit together. Find the place, something that remain you the most yourmother’s kitchen. Peel all vegetable and cut them. Cut them gentlyand let all parts to leave in peace. Make them as regular and small aspossible but remember you gonna eat it so don’t make bullshit. Ifyour hands are not comfortable with knife don’t wait to call yourfriends to help you. While cutting put some big pot of water on fire. Ifthere are some herbs to achieve, give it to the water it will give it theright taste. When everything is cut put it in boiling water. Don’t thinkthat the all ingredient are not same, every one of them are special.First will go to bath carrot, carrot like long bath. After 5 minutes giveher some company. Bring a turnip to the game. Wait another 5minutes and there comes potatoes with green peas finally. Wait 10minutes and share this great time of freedom and enjoy it with yourhard working friends. Try not to smoke. When every single part ofboiling aspect is al dente, let out the water. Now give it some rest. Letthem to chill out a bit, but not whole day if you are hungry, half anhour will be great. Shake it a bit while chilling, everybody likemassage.

I am sure that you are very smart looking personwhen cooking, but if you have any doubt aboutyourself please ask you mama how to make amayonnaise, not even I can make so great mayo asyour own mother. When you got a wonderful mayofrom your wonderful mother don’t hesitate to mix itall nicely together. All ingredients will find its place inyour salad as Baptiste have seen in Macedonia.Remember that this dish comes from sharingmoment so respect it and invite the difference in yourtable, home and life.

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The recipes in this booklet are shared aspart of the youth exchange "Become aHealthy EuChef". The project wasimplemented with support of Youth inAction Programme in spring 2014 by"Volunteer Centre Bitola" organization.

The youth exchange "Become a HealthyEuChef" connected 30 young people andgroup leaders coming from Be International(Czech Republic), Youth Art Research andTraining Association (Turkey), Institute ofUkrainian Studies (Ukraine), Mladi iTalentovani (Serbia), Art Perspective(Romania) and the hosting organization ofthe project Volunteer Centre Bitola(Macedonia)