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Family Home Recipes
Homemade family recipes from Slovakia
2,083 popular recipes from Domáce recepty, a Slovak recipe website, translated into English – with ingredients in metric units and step-by-step instructions.
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What to cook today?Weekly lunch menuSoup and a main course every day, plus a cake at the weekend. With shopping lists, a new menu every Saturday.See the menuWhat to pack for school?Snacks for kidsFive homemade snacks for the school days – spreads, filled and savory pastries, something sweet on Friday. New every Saturday.See the snacksPlan it your wayMeal plannerBreakfast, soup, a main course and dinner for every day. Calories per person and the shopping list add up by themselves.Plan my week
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Side dishes
Baked zucchini chips with garlic, cheese and dill
Main dishes
Zucchini pancakes with kefir and parsley
Soups
Slovak sour potato soup with paprika and cream
Main dishes
Breaded pork cutlets baked in mustard and ketchup sauce
Dinners
Sedliacka výplata: potatoes with sauerkraut and sausage
Main dishes
Egyptské zemiaky: layered potato casserole with ground pork
Main dishes
Fučka: Slovak mashed potatoes with flour and fried onions
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Salads
KFC-style coleslaw with yogurt dressing
Baked goods
Savory quark muffins with cheese and vegetables
Cakes and baking
Vanilla muffins with milk chocolate centers
Baked goods
Savory bread muffins with mozzarella and garlic
Baked goods
Quark muffins with raisins and butter
Baked goods
Vanilla pudding-filled muffins
Chicken
Savory chicken muffins with quark and vegetables
Breakfast
American-style pancakes with honey
Christmas recipes
Cookies that keep until the holidays, Christmas Eve dinner and a festive lunch.
Christmas cookies and bakingChristmas Eve dinner recipesNew Year's Eve appetizers
Soups
Kapustnica: Slovak sauerkraut soup with smoked sausage
Baked goods
Linzer cookies with 4 ingredients – old-fashioned recipe
Baked goods
Vanilla crescent cookies with walnuts
Baked goods
Vianočka: Slovak braided raisin and almond bread
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Christmas baking planner
Choose your cookies and we will show you when to bake each one so that it is fresh on Christmas Eve – honey cookies well ahead, cream ones only a few days before the holidays. Plus one shopping list for everything.
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Fast food
Cigánska pečienka: beer-marinated pork and potatoes
Baked goods
One-egg walnut cake: batter ready in 5 minutes
Main dishes
Pan-fried chicken schnitzel in mustard marinade
Dinners
Podplameník: potato yeast flatbread with bacon and onion
Dinners
Apple pancakes like potato pancakes, 10-minute prep
Pizza
Sheet pan pizza with garlic cream, bacon and corn
Main dishes
Chicken and grated potato bake with sour cream and cheese
Baked goods
Garlic butter yeast rolls with sour cream and cheese
St. Martin’s Day (Martinmas)
St. Martin’s Day recipes
St. Martin’s goose or roast duck with lokše and braised cabbage, plus goose liver with onions – for the festive lunch on November 11.
St. Martin’s gooseSt. Martin’s crescentsRoast duckGoose liverPotato lokšeRed cabbage
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Traditional Slovak cooking
Grandma’s recipes
Sauerkraut soup, fučka, cabbage rolls, crackling biscuits or poppy seed rolls – dishes that have been cooked in Slovakia for generations, including the holidays they belong to.
Bryndzové haluškySzegedin goulashSteamed bunsPoppy seed rollSt. Martin’s goose with lokše
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Quick recipes
Ready in 35 minutes or less – for a weeknight dinner or unexpected guests.
Light recipes
With calories per serving – for when you want to eat lighter.
High-protein recipes
With protein per serving – for when you play sports or work out.
30 g protein · 364 kcal
Breakfast
Apple cinnamon protein mug cake: a moist microwave cake that smells like strudel
56 g protein · 484 kcal
Main dishes
Parmesan-crusted chicken breasts: a crispy topping and salad for a quick dinner
39 g protein · 618 kcal
Main dishes
Cottage cheese pasta with tomatoes: creamy sauce without cream or butter
29 g protein · 376 kcal
Salads
Salmon avocado salad: bake the salmon in 12 minutes and add lemon dressing
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Appetizers
Warm pear and blue cheese crostini: sweet-savory bites with honey and walnuts
Appetizers
Buttery puff pastry bites: crisp cups with egg salad and chives
Appetizers
Bread-free cucumber bites: cucumber rounds topped with garlic quark
Appetizers
Colorful caprese skewers: mozzarella, cherry tomatoes and basil, no bread
Appetizers
No-bake grape and cheese bites: for wine or New Year's Eve
Appetizers
New Year's Eve spicy sausage skewers: cheese and pickles hold each bite together
Baked goods
Protein gingerbread cookies: soft with honey and shiny without icing
Baked goods
Moist cottage cheese brownies: chocolate squares with cheese instead of butter
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About these recipes
Family Home Recipes is the English edition of Domáce recepty (“home recipes” in Slovak), a Slovak recipe website online since 2015. It offers 2,117 recipes – traditional Slovak dishes and everyday home cooking – translated from the Slovak originals, with ingredients in metric units and oven temperatures in °C and °F. Every recipe links to its Slovak original. More about us.