My interests and hobbies are various:
First of all I like to play with my son and teach him new stuff each day.
In my spare time I like to read detective stories.
Watching good movies are one of my passions. I like dramas, actions and comedies. In drama movies I like to watch Audrey Hepburn. Her best movie in my opinion was "Breakfast at Tiffany's". In same category of drama movies one of my favorite actor is Tom Hanks especially in "Forrest Gump". In actions I like to watch Jet Lee, good one was "Romeo must die". Best actress in action was Sandra Bullock in "Speed". In comedies I like to watch and have a good laugh with Leslie Nielsen as "Mr Magoo". Great Whoopi Goldberg is terrific in "Rat race" and I like her humor while hosting Oscar Academy Awards.
I like to cook (back in Europe I used to cook more but now I do not have so much time).
Check some of my favorite recipes from my country:

Sausage and Potato Casserole

Ingredients:

700g. (1.5 lb.) potatoes or 4 large potatoes, 250g. spicy sausage (preferably smoked), 50g. (2oz.) smoked bacon, 50g. (2oz.) onion, 2 cloves garlic, 1 tablespoon vegetable seasoning, bay leaf, parsley, salt and pepper, sweet red paprika, flour, 1 litre water

Procedure:

Peel and cube the potatoes, slice the bacon and sausage and chop the onion, garlic and parsley. Heat a little bit of vegetable oil and sauté the sliced bacon, onion and sausage. Sprinkle with red paprika and add the potatoes, vegetable seasoning, bay leaf and the salt and pepper. Dust with flour, stir well and add a necessary amount of water. Boil gently until potatoes have softened. Add chopped parsley and garlic and if desired, add 200ml. (8 fl. oz.) of sour cream. Bring briefly to the boil and serve.

Meat pie - burek

This dish, of Turkish origin, is very popular in Croatia as a light meal which people buy to eat on the go. There is also a cheese version.

Ingredients:

1 package of filo pastry
Filling: 150g/5.5oz lean beef, 150g/5.5oz onion, salt, pepper, 40g/1.5oz oil

Procedure:

Fry the finely chopped onions and minced meat in oil. Add the salt and pepper. Grease a round baking tray and put a layer of pastry in it. Cover with a thin layer of filling and cover this with another layer of filo pastry which must be well coated in oil. Put another layer of filling and cover with pastry. When you have five or six layers, cover with filo pastry, bake at 200ºC/392ºF for half an hour and cut in quarters and serve.

Chocolate cake

Ingredients:

6 eggs, 70g/2.5oz ground unblanched almonds, 140g/5oz icing sugar, 100g/3.5oz grated chocolate, 50g/2oz fine breadcrumbs moistened with rum, juice and grated rind of half a lemon, butter and flour for tin

Procedure:

Set the oven to 190ºC/375ºF. Butter and flour a 9/10 inch spring clip cake tin. Separate the egg whites and yolks. Whisk the yolks, adding the sugar and lemon juice, until it is very thick and creamy. Whisk the whites until they are stiff and fold them into the yolks, adding the grated chocolate, almonds and breadcrumbs alternately. Fold in the grated rind last.Bake for 50 or 60 minutes. When done, allow to cool for a little while before removing the cake from the tin. Place on a rack to allow it to cool completely.

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For any comments or questions please contact me on: milanka@sympatico.ca  Thank you!