Oatmeal with fruit and peanut butter is a simple recipe that you can use when making breakfast or supper. I start the preparation of this easy oatmeal by cooking the oatmeal, which in this particular recipe, I cook with water, and after cooking and cooling it down, I combine it with Greek yogurt, peanut butter,…
Gnocchi are Italian flour, potato and egg dumplings. The gnocchi dough is almost identical to the dough for Polish dumplings. The difference between gnocchi and Polish potato dumplings lies in the shape of the dumplings, because Polish dumplings are larger and have a diamond or rectangular shape. Unlike dumplings, gnocchi are smaller and have a…
A recipe for vegetable pakora, this time prepared from zucchini, red onion, spices and herbs. Pakora are crispy mini fritters originating from Indian cuisine. These fritters are made from vegetables, most often onions, potatoes or zucchini, but other vegetables such as eggplant, cabbage, peppers and many others can also be used to prepare them. The…
Labneh is a dish popular in Middle Eastern cuisine. I personally had the opportunity to taste it in Jordan and in Israel and it tasted fantastic in both of these countries. It is a cold dish cold, usually for breakfast. You can serve it with bread as a spread as well as a dip in…
A simple pound cake with redcurrant is a great way to combine soft fruit with cake batter. I make this redcurrant cake with butter, but you can also make it with margarine. The batter made with butter has a more delicate taste. I start the preparation of the pound cake batter by rubbing the soft…
Rogan josh is an Indian lamb curry made with an aromatic tomato-based sauce. This dish is cooked slowly over a low heat, which allows all the ingredients and spices to mix thoroughly. During such cooking, the meat not only becomes soft and tender, but also acquires a fantastic taste. This Indian dish is served with…
Focaccia is a flatbread made with yeast dough, similar to pizza but without any sauce. It is referred to as flat yeast bread. The yeast dough, from which the focaccia is prepared, is made with simple ingredients such as flour, water, olive oil, yeast and salt. In a simple version, this bread is drizzled with…
Kohlrabi stuffed with meat is a delicious dish that I recently prepared for dinner. I go inspired to make this dish by my mother-in-law, who made it some time ago for a family dinner. The basis of this dish are hollow kohlrabi, stuffed with minced pork and kaiser rolls filling, then cooked until soft in…
Finally, it’s time for bilberries. Every time I make these brioche buns, they disappear in the blink of an eye. I make the buns with forest berries, as the name of these rolls suggests. To start the preparation, I first make the yeast dough, which, after kneading and rising, I divide into smaller parts. I…
Iced tea is a cold soft drink that effectively quenches thirst. It is easy to prepare and does not require a lot of ingredients. The basis of this iced tea is an intense infusion of black tea, but of course it is not the only tea that can be used to make an infusion. Green…
Austrian potato salad (Erdäpfelsalat) is a combination of potato slices with onion and mustard sauce made on broth and vinegar. This simple salad is a fantastic addition to pork chops and mince meat. It can be served both hot and cold, and it tastes equally good either way. I start preparing the salad by peeling…
I recently made quite a large jar of fermented cucumbers, too many to eat them all on a sandwich. So I had to use them also in some dish and it fell on the salad. A salad with fermented cucumbers turned out to be the right choice, because I could not only serve it for…