Fast and easy-to-make dishes to eat during midday. They will give you energy to go through the day.
Baked sweet potatoes served with ricotta cheese and natural yoghurt is an idea for a cheap, meatless dinner. After baking, the potatoes are soft on the inside, while on the outside they have a delicious, crispy crust. I start baking sweet potatoes by thoroughly scrubbing their skin under running water. I do this most often…
Cabbage and potato cakes i.e. bubble and squeak cakes is a very simple and cheap-to-prepare dish, that works well when served for dinner. The basis of this dish is boiled potatoes and cabbage combined with and spices. After thorough mixing, a vegetable mass is formed into balls and fried in oil. In England, this dish…
A light salad of raw zucchini with the addition of Parmesan cheese and pine nuts: this is my suggestion for a quick dinner salad, or for other meals. I like to prepare this salad mostly during the summer, when I can go for the zucchini from my home garden. This zucchini salad can be served…
Arancini is a dish originating in Italy, specifically Sicily. The basis of this dish is rice, which is divided into portions after cooking, flattened on the palm, filled with a filling and shaped into balls. A popular filling is meat with tomato sauce, often with an addition of green peas, mozzarella or other cheese, and…
White sausage baked with onion, apple and beer is a dish that works well when served for dinner. After baking, the sausage is juicy inside with a delicate aftertaste of apples, beer and thyme. The sausage skin is slightly browned and crispy. I use raw sausage. I do not scald it or precook it before…
Chicken legs are something I eat when I don’t have much time to cook. There is probably no meat dinner easier to prepare than meals whose star is chicken legs. Both herbal and spicy marinated legs are quite popular in my home. My husband prefers spicy chicken legs without any doubt, so I try to…
Gumbo is a dish that originates from Louisiana, its consistency resembling that of a stew or a thick soup. Gumbo consists mainly of meat, seafood, vegetables and stock, and the whole thing is thickened with a roux made of flour and butter. Gumbo is most often served with rice, but you can also serve it…
Hard-boiled egg cakes are a simple and cheap dish to prepare. The basis of these egg cakes are hard-boiled eggs, combined with fresh egg and spices. The egg mixture is used for forming small cakes, which are then rolled in breadcrumbs and fried on butter or oil. These egg cakes are a dish that works…
Kapsalon is a dish consisting of French fries, chicken shawarma, cheese and vegetable salad. This dish is prepared in baking tins, in which fries, shawarma and cheese are arranged in layers. The whole thing is baked for a few minutes in the oven, until the cheese melts, and then it is served with salad and…
Spaghetti with pesto is a quick and simple lunch dish. Its basis is, of course, pasta, which is combined with warm pesto fried with olive oil. I know that some people like to serve pesto pasta without warming up the pesto first, but I do fry it because I mix it with olive oil, thanks…
Baked potatoes are liked not only by Poles, but also by the English. In England, a very popular dish is the so-called “jacket potatoes”, which are literally baked potatoes served with various toppings. The most popular are beans in tomato sauce, chili con carne, cottage cheese with cream or tuna with mayonnaise and cream. I…
Vegetarian meatballs made from butter beans, coated in almonds and served with pea sauce, is a very tasty and easy-to-prepare dish, that can be served for lunch and dinner. This dish is a good example of the use of canned vegetables, as both the meatballs and the sauce are based on canned vegetables. I recommend…