Jiřina Bohdalová's Leftover Spaghetti: A Delicious Quick Dinner for a Few Crowns
22. 4. 2026 In the kitchen with VIP
We often don't have time to cook anything during the week, and we often like to use what's left over from the previous cooking. If it's meatballs, you can start preparing Jiřina Bohdalová's recipe, which also has an interesting name - poor old woman Klouzandy's spaghetti.
Enthusiastic cook
Jiřina Bohdalová, one of the most popular Czech actresses, will celebrate her 95th birthday at the beginning of May. She has become famous not only for her many unforgettable roles during her life. She is also known for her positive attitude towards cooking and love of good food, which is evidenced by several published cookbooks, the latest of which, entitled Prababičky pravnoučatům, was published in December last year.
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Recipes from family and friends
In her books you will find not only many family recipes, but also recipes from her acquaintances, friends and fellow actors. The famous actress has been collecting recipes for many years and has already created a fairly large collection. After all, she considers good food to be one of the things that can improve her mood. It is therefore not surprising that cooking is her great hobby, which she has also used in television shows.
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Food-related stories
Many of the recipes in her books are connected to an interesting story. Her older cookbook, Jiřina Bohdalová in the Kitchen of the Stars, which she created together with journalist Slávka Kopecká, is based on exactly this principle.
The book is not just a collection of recipes, but also memories and little stories connected with personalities of Czech film and theater, which both authors gathered while visiting the families of famous artists. You will find recipes and stories related to the cooking of such stars as Stella Zázvorková, Rudolf Hrušínský or Jiří Sovák.
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Poor old lady Klouzanda's spaghetti
The book also includes a chapter called Recipes from Our Kitchen, which features dishes that the actress herself has tasted or cooked, and therefore is personally responsible for. One of them is a simple spaghetti recipe with the somewhat quirky name "Poor Granny Klouzandy's Spaghetti". It is an ordinary recipe for leftovers, in which you can use, for example, meatballs from the fridge and turn them into a tasty and filling dish.
The combination of minced meat, tomato paste and spices is hearty, flavorful and ready in no time, making it the perfect dish for days when you don't want to spend long hours in the kitchen.
You will need: 1 package of spaghetti, 2 tomato purees, 1 large spoon of curry, 1 large spoon of ground paprika, 400 g of minced meat (perhaps from the day before), fat, grated cheese, 3 large onions and 1 teaspoon of sugar.
Cook the spaghetti in salted water according to the instructions on the package, just until al dente.
Peel and finely chop the onion. Heat the fat in a frying pan and let the onion turn translucent. Then add the minced meat, curry, paprika, salt and mix well.
Then add the puree, sugar and cooked drained spaghetti. Mix everything well and sprinkle with grated cheese.
