Fast and easy-to-make dishes to eat during midday. They will give you energy to go through the day.
A hot dog bun is a soft, oblong bun in which a frankfurter type sausage is usually served. In its simplest form, the sausage is served with ketchup and mustard. The best hot dog buns are of course the ones made at home. Nothing can replace their taste. Very often, shop-bought buns have simply an…
A soft, creamy kohlrabi with carrot, onion and spices is the perfect vegetarian dish for cold days. I got the recipe for this dish from my Hungarian grandmother. This type of dish can be prepared from most vegetables, what’s important is that they should be soft, very thick in consistency and seasoned with sour cream…
A sandwich is a simple snack that can be served for breakfast, dinner or lunch. It contains bread, with other additions such as meat, vegetables, cheese or something sweet e.g. jam. I personally associate sandwiches with school, because that’s when I mostly ate sandwiches 🙂 I rarely prepare sandwiches at home these days. For breakfast,…
Groats are edible grains with both gluten and gluten-free versions available. At home, I mostly use buckwheat. I mainly serve it as an addition to meat-based dishes. A bit less often, I make meals with barley. I mostly use barley for stuffing cabbage rolls. This time I decided to use barley groats as a part…
I usually make cakes with either flour or raw vegetables. My favourite raw vegetables I like making cakes from are potatoes, carrots, zucchini, cauliflower and corn. This time, I made slightly different cakes – these ones are based on boiled potatoes with raw green asparagus, flour and Parmesan cheese added to them. The cakes turned…
On cold days, hot drinks are irreplaceable. The same can be said about warm soups. Most warming-up soups are not only making you feel warm instantly, but they also fill you up. Personally, when making soups during the winter season I like adding chili pepper to them. Such soups are pumpkin or tomato, but recently…
Most vegetables can be prepared as purée. Perhaps the most popular one is potato purée. Potato purée can be made in a basic version, i.e. only with potatoes – however, additional vegetables can be added to it as well. I often combine potatoes with pumpkin, sweet potatoes and beetroot. Purée made with the addition of…
Fried fish fillets are one of the fastest dishes to prepare. The fresh fillet only needs to be cleaned, dried, seasoned and then fried. Such fillets do not need much time on the heat – they are perfect for a quick dinner. Fried fish can be served with boiled vegetables, rice, potatoes or even a…
Croquette is a dish prepared from a pancake filled with a stuffing, then coated in egg and breadcrumbs and fried on oil. The stuffing for croquettes is most often made with meat. You can use various types of meat, from beef to poultry. Often, mushrooms or cabbage are also added to the meat. Fillings without…
Mushrooms and green beans are both perfect as the main ingredient of many dishes. They are great in sauces, cooked, in soups or in salads. You can eat them all year round, because mushrooms are available fresh all the time, and beans, if not fresh, can be easily bought frozen. This time I served mushrooms…
Recently, while shopping on an international food shelf, I came across some French mustard with tarragon. I like tarragon and I mainly use it to flavour meat soups or stews, but I had never eaten it in mustard before, so I bought a jar. When I got home, I started wondering what I could use…
Pierogi is a dish that needs no introduction. I will only mention that pierogi dumplings are made from flour and water, then filled with a sweet or savoury filling. You can use a variety of products as fillings – fruits, vegetables, meat and dairy products all work great in these dumplings. Today, I want to…