Chicken a la king, or delicious chicken in a creamy mushroom sauce with green peas and peppers. The traditional recipe uses pimento peppers in this dish, but because they are not so easily available, I use bell peppers instead. This dish tastes delicious with boiled rice, groats, pasta and baked puff pastry. It is delicious…
Napa cabbage is quite popular in my home. I use it not only to prepare kimchi but also for slaws and cabbage rolls. Its elongated, light green and wide leaves are juicy and have a crunchy texture, which is why they work wonders in the dishes I mentioned above. Slaw made from napa cabbage, zucchini,…
Greek salad is a combination of fresh, juicy and crunchy vegetables with feta cheese, olives and light dressing. I love eating this salad all year round, although in the summer I could eat it almost every day. This easy vegetable salad combines simple flavours and can be prepared in advance and can be combined with…
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…
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…
Baked tortilla with chicken and vegetables is a dish that works great for dinner or as a snack. In this dish, tortilla wraps are filled with poultry, mushrooms, onion and zucchini filling. Some cheese and tomato sauce is also added when folding them. After that, the tortillas can go to a baking dish, sprinkled with…
Letcho is a Hungarian dish (written in Hungarian as lecsó) made from peppers, tomatoes and onions. Stewed vegetables are seasoned to taste with paprika powder, salt and pepper. This dish may have a simple form, only with vegetables, but very often you can find sausage or eggs in it. As befits Hungarians, the sausage that…
Letcho in a jar is a great way to use large amounts of zucchini, tomatoes and peppers. In addition, such a letcho is perfect when you do not have time to cook dinner. All you need to do is to open the jar, heat up the letcho and dinner is ready. This letcho can be…
Are you making a meat dinner and you have no idea what salad to serve it with? Maybe you will be tempted by this delicious white cabbage salad with garlic dressing. White cabbage is available all year long but the best cabbage to use in the salad is raw, new cabbage available at the beginning…
I recommend the following salad for everyone who likes combining canned tuna with vegetables. In salads, you can combine any kind of ingredients. Sometimes those ingredients are carefully selected, other times all sorts “leftovers” from the fridge end up in the salad. Either way, it’s worth making salads from any ingredient as they are fast…
Pork tenderloin is one of the most versatile and tastiest parts of pork. You can prepare it in many ways such as by frying, stewing, baking. Some time ago I tasted a fantastic baked tenderloin and I will try posting a recipe for it here sometime, but before that happens however, I have a recipe…
Caponata is a dish originating from Sicily, with eggplants featuring as its main ingredient. The eggplant can be combined with additional vegetables, such as peppers, carrots or potatoes. The dish is seasoned with olive oil, capers and tomato sauce. It can be served by itself or with pine nuts. This dish is perfect not only…