Fast and easy-to-make dishes to eat during midday. They will give you energy to go through the day.
A pretzel is a baked yeast-based dough formed into any shape, most often with a knot in the center, covered with sprinkles. You can use grains, spices or salt as sprinkle. Pretzels taste good with both sweet and savoury toppings. I decided to make my pretzels with a finely chopped almonds topping. I ate these…
Are you looking for a tested recipe for sauerkraut with beans? If so, then you must try this recipe for cooked sauerkraut with beans. It is one of the obligatory dishes on Christmas Eve tables in most Polish households. Some people make this type of sauerkraut also with forest mushrooms instead of beans. You can…
You can make these beef burgers very easily at home. To prepare beef burgers, you need good quality ground beef, a minimal amount of spices, Kaiser rolls and eggs. You can serve the burgers with any addition of your choice. I focused on basic ingredients such as lettuce, tomato and pickled cucumber. The burgers taste…
Lentil is a plant that has a vast number of nutrients. It is rich in protein, fiber, potassium, magnesium and zinc. Its grains come in several colours: green, red, brown, yellow and black. Most often it is used by vegetarians, but also by people with diabetes. I belong to neither of those groups but despite…
Whenever I am in Zakopane, I always buy grilled oscypek cheese served with cranberries. I really like this combination of lightly smoked cheese and sweet fruits. The other day I fancied oscypek served this way but unfortunately I was not able to buy this cheese anywhere. I decided to replace it with mozzarella and baked…
Pan-fried trout with almonds can be prepared from a whole fish or fillets. This dish will be perfect to serve on the Christmas Eve table. To prepare fried trout, apart from the fish, you will need some clarified butter, lemon, almond flakes and parsley. Despite the fact that the fish is fried in whole, it…
Seafood includes crustaceans such as: lobsters, shrimps, crabs and molluscs such as scallops, oysters, cuttlefish and octopus. In almost every store you can buy mixes that contain a selection of different seafood. I really like this type of ready-made mixes, because they are perfect for pasta, risotto and pizza. About two weeks ago, I bought…
Gnocchi is an Italian pasta that can be prepared from potatoes, cheese, semolina, wheat flour, corn flour or eggs. Often, gnocchi also has an addition of herbs or vegetables. Gnocchi is usually served with a sauce or drizzled with melted butter. I have to tell you that gnocchi made from flour and ricotta cheese is…
Roasted whole chicken is my favourite Sunday lunch meal. I usually rub the chicken with some sort of simple marinade and bake it, uncovered, directly on a baking tray. If I want the meat to cook a little faster, I put the chicken in a baking sleeve. An additional advantage of baking sleeves, apart from…
During Christmas, there is always some fish on the table at my home. This year I will spend Christmas in two countries with different Christmas traditions. In Poland, my parents will surely treat me with carp in warm cream sauce. You can already find the recipe for that dish on the blog. On the other…
Broccoli is a vegetable from the cabbage family, as is cauliflower. In my kitchen, I mostly use broccoli for making soups. From time to time, I also add it as an addition to various dinner dishes. When I do so, it is either boiled in water or baked in the oven. Broccoli soup made only…
Carp in a warm cream sauce is a dish that I eat literally once a year, which is, of course, on Christmas Eve. This dish is very common in Poland on that day, Christmas would not be the same without it. My husband is Hungarian and never tasted this dish before. When I made it…