Fast and easy-to-make dishes to eat during midday. They will give you energy to go through the day.
Pasta with sprats, tomato sauce and peppers is a lunch dish that is a great idea for an after-work dinner. As is often the case with dishes based on pasta, their preparation time is quite quick. In the case of this dish, the pasta I used was bucatini, which looks similar to spaghetti. However, it…
I made crêpes again, though this time not sweet ones, but as the basis for croquettes. In the last recipe that I shared with you on the blog, I made chocolate crêpes, which I served sweet with mascarpone and blueberries. In the recipe below, I filled the crêpes with a creamy filling made with ricotta…
Toast bread can be used not only for making toasts or baked sandwiches, but it works equally well as a base for rolls. Simple bread rolls with cheese and ham are a dish I often make for breakfast, although they can also be served for dinner or lunch. I start making them by cutting off…
Shortcrust tart with pear and cheese is a savoury pastry that combines sweet fruits with a cheese filling. The crunchiness of the tart comes from the shortcrust pastry but also from coarsely chopped walnuts. This savoury tart is perfect for parties as a cold appetizer. To prepare this shortcrust tart with pear and cheese, I…
Chicken cacciatore is an Italian dish in which meat is immersed in an intense tomato sauce with vegetables and herbs. The meat with the sauce is cooked over a low heat until it falls off the bones. This rich tomato sauce is rustic and contains pieces of peppers, mushrooms, onions and olives. The chicken in…
Stuffed zucchini flowers in tempura is an original dish that delights with its taste. I had the first opportunity to taste flowers prepared this way a few years ago in Italy. They were phenomenal, so since the on every trip to Italy, I order them in various restaurants. I admit that before I ate this…
White pizza or pizza Bianca, just like pizza with tomato sauce, is very popular in my house. I make it as often as traditional pizza with tomato sauce. The dough for white pizza is identical to the one for pizza with sauce, the difference between these two pizzas is in the sauce. In white pizzas,…
I served toast with tomatoes and feta for today’s lunch. I still managed to collect a few cocktail tomatoes from my vegetable garden and I suspect that I will end this year’s tomato season with them. I still see a few more tomatoes on the plants, but I’m not sure if they will be good…
Oven-baked salmon with a nut crust made with pecans, breadcrumbs and butter is a recipe for a simple and easy-to-prepare pescetarian dish. You can make this oven-baked salmon in less than 30 minutes, so it’s a perfect idea for a quick dinner. I like making this dish especially on working days, because then the time…
Fried mozzarella coated in breadcrumbs is a quick-to-prepare dish that is perfect served as a snack. This snack can be served for supper, during the day or at parties. Preparing fried mozzarella is easy and very quick. After cutting, the cheese should be covered with tomato paste seasoned with oregano and salt. Then, each piece…
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…