Dumplings are made from potatoes, which you first cook then press through the press. Sounds like something perfect with tomato sauce and cheese, doesn’t it? Traditional dumplings are prepared with the use of wheat flour and eggs. They can be served with various types of sauces such as mushroom or tomato sauce, with goulash or…
I associate peanut butter with America and its characteristic cake made from it. I used not for a cake though, but for meat. I rarely use peanut butter in my kitchen. It has a very characteristic taste, for which I rarely feel like going for. The simplest form of serving peanut butter is simply on…
They can be a great appetiser, but they also go finely as an addition to meats, especially beef. Properly prepared onion rings should be soft on the inside and crunchy on the outside. White onion is the best to prepare it from, which has has a more delicate taste than standard yellow onions. Onion rings…
Meatballs are usually served with tomato sauce and pasta, in a bun with the addition of tomato sauce or as an addition to potato-based dishes. I am curious how many of you have ever served meatballs in a soup. It turns out that meatballs are less popular in this form, which really is a pity,…
My Friday dinner was completely without meat this time. In addition, as befits a real Polish woman, it was made with potatoes 🙂 On Friday, I served cheese and potato croquettes for dinner. I prepared a simple spinach sauce for the croquettes. The croquettes, which were the main ingredient of the meal, had been actually…
Pasta based dishes are considered by many people to be among the tastiest ones, so here is one for you. For me pasta dishes have undoubtedly a lot of pluses. In addition to being tasty, they are also quick to prepare, you can combine a lot of different flavours with them and additionally, the selection…
Cold quark cheese always works for me, be it in a cheesecake or any other type of dessert. Quark cheese is used in both cold and baked cheesecakes. You can also find it in dumplings or pancakes. Due to the fact that I have an intolerance to dairy products, I always opt for cheese without…
Baked vegetables are frequent guests on my plate. People eat them mostly during the summer season but it is a good choice throughout the whole year either to eat by itself or as a garnish to meat dishes. The quickest and easiest vegetables to prepare are, of course, sliced ​​vegetables – you just salt them,…
Blueberry croissants are one of my favourite kind of rolls with fruits. Even though yeast dough requires a bit of work, it’s worth working on it and make some buns or croissants from time to time. In that period of the year when you have a large selection of plenty of fresh fruits, fruit rolls…
I have just gotten home from work. The dark and rainy weather made me really tired so I was not in the mood neither to cook dinner nor to eat anything heavy. Fortunately, I already had some refreshing food ready at home, which turned out to be a perfectly light dinner: grilled chicken meat with…
As it turns out, you can get used to everything. My current approach to Hungarian cuisine is the best example of this. I remember the first time I went on a trip to Hungary. It was October. The weather there was just perfect. Not too cold, not too warm, no rain at all – all…
Plums remind me of how my mother was preparing prunes in an antique stove while little me was watching with amazement. The branches of plum trees in our orchard were bent under the weight of the fruits. This type of plum – home plum – was probably one of the most popular then. I do…