Zapekane' Rezne
Ingredients: Pork - Chops with or without bone, as much as you want to make1 to 2 pieces per person Salt Pepper Cheddar cheese - shredded Table cream
Instructions: - Wash pork chops and tenderize slightly. - Preheat oven to 350 degrees. - Sprinkle salt and pepper on both sides - to taste. - Place in baking pan. The size is not important, just so all of the pork will lay flat in the pan without overlapping. - Cover pork with cheddar cheese and pour table cream over the top. You only need a little, say 1 tablespoon per pork chop. - Bake at 350 for 35 to 45 minutes. - Serve with mashed potatoes and a pickle on the side.

Babovka. Also called pound cake.
Ingredients: 5 eggs 250 grams powdered sugar 250 grams backing flour (regular, not self rising) 150 ml vegetable oil 150 ml hot water 2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. vanilla - if desired for taste 1 tbs. cocoa powder Butter or shortening to grease pan
Instructions: - Separate egg whites from yolks. Set the whites aside. - Preheat oven to 350 degrees. - Mix yolks with sugar. Add slowly oil, then hot water. - Mix in flour and backing powder. - Beat egg whites alone in another bowl until they expand about 3 to 4 times. use an electric mixer on high speed for this. - Add these egg whites to the batter. Mix by hand. Add vanilla if desired. - Pour half into greased round angel-cake pan. Mix the cocoa into the remaining half and pour on top of the first layer in the pan. Don't mix together. - Bake for 45 minutes. Check with toothpick (toothpick will not have mixture on it if the cake is done) by poking it into the cake. - Sprinkle finished cake with powdered sugar. - You could also add raisins or nuts to the original batter or pour chocolate on top of the finished cake.

Pork dish with paprika.
Ingredients: 500g Pork 40g oil 80g onion Caraway seeds - pinch Black pepper 1/8 tsp. Salt by taste Paprika 1/4 tsp. Water 1/2 cup Seasoning Mix (ex. Mrs. Dash Original Blend) 1/2 tsp.
Instructions: - Chop onion. Cut pork into small squares (2 cm). - With medium heat, slightly brown the onion in oil. - Add paprika, pork, caraway seeds, pepper, salt, and seasoning mix. Mix while heating. - Brown pork slightly, turn heat down and add water. Let this boil until the meat is soft. Serve with rice or potatoes and vegetables (ex. broccoli).

Slovak Gulash
Ingredients: 400g beef leg 60g oil 80g onion 600g potatoes Caraway seeds-pinch Salt by taste Garlic - 2 cloves Paprika -1/2 tsp. Water - 1.5 cup - depends on how much you want to make since its a soup-like dish Seasoning Mix (ex. Mrs. Dash Original Blend) 3/4 tsp.
Instructions: - Cut meat into squares (3cm). Chop onion. Press garlic. Cut potatoes into cubes. - Brown meat in oil, then add onion. Then add caraway, salt, garlic, paprika, and seasoning mix. - Mix in water and slowly boil until meat is slightly soft. - Then add the potatoes and continue to boil on low heat until potatoes and meat are soft. Serve with bread.

Dusena' Cukina - Simmered Zucchini
Ingredients: 2 Medium Zucchini 1 Tomato 2 Tsb. Oil or 1 Tsb. Butter 1 Tsp. Rosemary or 1 Tsp. Basil 1 Garlic Clove - pressed Salt - to taste White Pepper - Several Pinches
Instructions: - Wash zucchini and cut into 1.5 inch strips, cut the seeds from the centers. - In medium saucepan, heat butter or oil, and let the zucchini start to simmer. Stir it a lot so it doesn't burn on one side. - Boil a cup of water and pour this over the tomato in a bowl. The entire tomato should be covered with the hot water. Let this sit only for 15 seconds. Then rinse the tomato with cold water and peel off the skin. Cut the tomato into cubes. - After the zucchini has cooked for about 8 minutes total, add the tomato cubes, the garlic, and the spices. Makes 2 portions. Simmer until the zucchini is soft. Serve hot and add salt to taste. You could also add some squash with the zucchini. This can be eaten by itself with bread, or use to make omelets, or as a side dish with some meat.

Stuffed Tomato in bread crumbs
Ingredients: 4 tomatoes 1 small zucchini 2 tbs butter Salt - to taste White pepper - to taste 2 tsp. Basil 1 clove garlic - pressed Butter to grease pan Bread crumbs
Instructions: - Cut off the tops of the tomatoes and scoop out the insides. Wash the zucchini and cut into little cubes. - Fry the zucchini in a buttered pan with salt and half of the Basil. - Mix bread crumbs with the rest of the Basil and the pressed garlic. Preheat the oven to 250 Celcius. (450 F). - Fill the tomatoes with the cooked zucchini and add salt and pepper to taste. Roll these in the bread crumbs with basil and garlic. - Put tomatoes on a buttered pan and put the rest of the butter on the tomatoes. Back for about 10 minutes. Makes 2 portions. You can serve this as a side dish with steak, lamb, pork,... Or you can serve this as a main vegtable dish. Instead of zucchini you can try mushrooms. 250 g mushrooms washed. Cut up the mushrooms and simmer in pan with cut spring onions in butter. Add 2 cl dry cherry and 150g table cream. Add to the tomatoes and cook the same as above.

Uhorkovy Salat - Cucumber Salad
Ingredients: Cucumbers- as many as needed (about 1 per person) Salt - Sprinkle Sugar - 1 tbsp. White Vinegar - 3 Tbsp. Paprika - sprinkle
Instructions: - Peel cucumbers, and rinse them. - Use a grater/slicer to slice the cucumbers into thin slices(circles only 2mm thick). - Put the cucumbers in a bowl and add vinegar, sugar, and salt. - Mix together well. It should have a sweet/sour taste. Add more salt,sugar,or vinegar to get the taste you like. - Sprinkle the paprika on the top and serve as a side dish for almost any meal. This recipe is for 3 Cucumbers

Morcacie Plnene Prsia - Stuffed Turkey Breast
Ingredients: Thin sliced Turky breast cutlets - uncooked Sliced cheese - yellow Sliced ham - pre-cooked Asparagus Salt White pepper Apple Butter
Instructions: - Tenderize the Turkey breast very gently. Sprinkle with salt and white pepper. - On one cuttlet place a slice of ham, cheese, and several asparagus stalks. - Roll this up and hold it together with tooth picks (wooden) - Greese pan with butter. - Place the turkey rolls in the pan and back in oven at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes. - While this is cooking, peel an apple and grate it. - After the turkey has ccoked for 20 minutes, sprinkle the shredded apple on top. - Finish cooking. This is great when served with mashed potatoes and a vegetable on the side..

Srnci Chrbat - Home-made chocolate.
Ingredients: 3 eggs 200 grams powdered sugar 250 grams shortening 100 grams chopped walnuts 1 bag of gelatin candies 2 tbs. cocoa powder
Instructions: Cookie waffers (like the middle of a Kit Kat bar)- plain or vanilla flavored - Prepare meatloaf pan. Line the inside with aluminum foil. Rinse with cold water. - Boil water in a pan. Place a mixing bowl on top of this. - Place eggs, sugar and shortening into the mixing bowl. Whisk this until it is well mixed. - Add cocoa, walnuts, candies, and waffers. Mix. - Pour this into the pan and spread it out evenly. - Cover and place in refrigerator over night.

Gulash from Segedin (City)
Ingredients: 2 tbsp. oil 1 medium onion 500g - approx. 2.5 cups - Pork meat cut into cubes Salt - to taste Paprika - to taste 1 kg - approx 4 to 5 cups sauerkraut 2 to 3 tbsp. All purpose flour 1/4 liter (1 cup) table cream
Instructions: - In a pot heat up the oil, add chopped onion and saute. - Add meat, salt, paprika, and water - enough to cover the meat. - Cover and let cook for about 45 min on medium heat or until the meat is tender. - Then, add the sauerkraut and let everything simmer for another 30 minutes. - Mix together 2 to 3 tbsp of flour and 1 cup cream. Add to the pot and mix everything together until it is boiling. - Take the pot off the stove. Add salt to taste. - You could even add a little sugar for a sweeter taste.

Dumplings
Ingredients: 1 Package yeast (use active dry) 3 dcl milk (about 1/2 cup) 1 tbsp sugar 3 cups flour - all purpose 1 egg Jelly - your favorite flavor
Instructions: - Heat up milk in a pot - Not too hot! Then take the pot off of burner. - Add sugar and yeast. Cover with a cloth and let it sit for about 20 minutes. - Prepare flour, egg and raised yeast from above step. Mix together. - Let this sit in a bowl for about 1 hour. - This will make the dough. - Spread out the dough with a rolling pin about 1 cm thick. - Use a cookie cutter to cut out circles. - On one circle place a tsp of jelly and put a second circle on top. Pinch the edges together around the sides. - Prepare a pot of boiling water and put a steaming tray on top. -Add a few of the 'buchtas' (the dough with the jelly), cover and let it steam for about 10 to 15 minutes. - Do not peak in!!! - Let it cook. - Take the buchtas out of the pot and serve. You can put butter on top and sprinkle with a pinch of cocoa powder and powdered sugar, poppy seeds, finely chopped nuts, or whatever you like.

Bryndzove Halusky
Ingredients: 2-3 Potatoes Flour 4-5 tbsp Salt 1 egg
Instructions: -Peel potatoes and finely shred them. -Add egg and flour. Make a dough that is not too tough but not to watery. You may use more or less flour or add a little bit of water if it is too tough. -Add 1 tsp of salt. -Boil water w 2 tbsp of salt. use teaspoon to drop a little bit of the dough into the boiling water. Be sure the water is always boiling. -When halusky are done they will float on top of the water, Pick them out with a strainer. -Because I didn't find bryndza here in the US, (it is cheese from sheep), I used 1 package of Feta Cheese and 3/4 of a pack of cream cheese, and 3-4 tbsp of milk. -Heat everything together. Mix all the time. When it starts to boil, remove from the heat. -Cut up little pieces of bacon and fry them. Serve halusky with the cheese sauce on top and sprinkle with the bacon pieces.