Simple recipes for gluten-free cakes, mains and salads that your family will absolutely love.
Risotto with green asparagus is a classic Italian dish that I often order in restaurants, but I also like to prepare it at home. Among my favourite versions is risotto with tomatoes and feta, and right after it, risotto with mushrooms. Risotto requires patience because the entire cooking process is based on gradually adding broth…
Zucchini scarpaccia is a classic vegetarian dish from Italian cuisine. Zucchini is not the only ingredient of this dish; you can often find onion in this vegetable delicacy, and of course, you can’t miss parmesan cheese and aromatic spices. The unique flavour of this Italian snack is given by Italian herbs, which can be added…
Shawarma is a classic Arabic dish made from meat: lamb, chicken, turkey, beef or mixed meats. After seasoning, the meat is placed vertically on a spit and then slowly roasted. Often, the roasted meat is cut into thin slices and served with tabbouleh, bread, vegetables and various sauces. Cinnamon, paprika, cloves, cumin, turmeric and cayenne…
Homemade lard is exceptionally tasty and incredibly easy to prepare. You can make it in its basic version with onion or diversify it with additions such as minced meat and mushrooms. You can find the recipe for lard with onion on the blog and below I invite you to try lard with meat and mushrooms….
Fried Spanish Padron peppers are one of my favourite tapas dishes. They are easy to prepare, as proved by the recipe below. Most traditional tapas menus are dominated by bread, potatoes and meat in various forms, which are undoubtedly very tasty. However, they taste much better when accompanied by fresh produce, and one such product…
Homemade garlic butter with lots of garlic and parsley is a delicious spread for bread and an addition to roasted vegetables and meats. I either make garlic butter based on fresh or fried garlic. For the one made with fresh garlic, I usually use a small amount of garlic, because too much of it is…
This year I sowed green asparagus seeds for the first time ever and prepared seedlings, all because I intend to have my own asparagus in my home garden. However, it will take at least two years before my asparagus is ready for use and reaches the appropriate size. Until then, I am forced to use…
Quick puttanesca sauce made from tomatoes, anchois, capers, olives and herbs is a phenomenal combination of simple and colourful ingredients. This sauce is super fragrant with garlic, anchois and basil and so tasty that it’s hard to tear yourself away from it. Most often, puttanesca sauce is served with spaghetti pasta, but an equally tasty…
Jewish-style herring with onion, dill and garlic is a fish dish that, assuming you like herring, you will definitely like. These fish are aromatic, intense in flavour and smell beautifully of both garlic and dill. Preparing herrings in Jewish-style takes about 15 minutes, assuming that you use herrings in oil or have salted herrings already…
Tofu dip with baked eggplant is a simple vegan dish, a perfect snack for gatherings with friends. This dish is great for sharing because you just need to put it on a table and by using bread everyone can scoop as much of it as they want. As this is a vegan dish, all the…
Almost all sandwich spreads have the advantage of being quick to prepare and not very time-consuming, and it does not matter whether you are talking about spreads made of vegetables, seafood, fish, cheese, cold cuts or meat. I can’t say which sandwich spread is my favourite, because I like most of them, but the top…
Baked potato cubes are a meatless dish made of potatoes, which can be served as an individual dish or as an addition to other dishes. Baked potatoes are crispy on the outside, and soft on the inside, aromatic and beautifully scented with herbs. Preparing baked potato cubes is easy and the ingredients used in this…