Packing Children Lunches All you need to know about packing children’s lunch boxes for school: tips, product, gadgets.
Handmade Lunchbox Strap On the picture above you can see handmade strap (the one with balloon shaped button) and two bought straps. They are very useful in packing lunches (to prevent boxes from opening and for decoration, they make even plain white food box looking nice), especially for kids but they are quite hard to find and can […]
Lunchbox # 25 – Wholemeal Sub Sandwich, Baby Plum Tomatoes, Yogurt and Babybel (Wholesome Lunchbox) Lunchbox # 25 (for 4 year old girl)
Easy Homemade Hummus INGREDIENTS Basic Hummus 1 x 400g tin of chickpeas / garbanzo beans (drained) ½ lemon juice 2-3 tbs (extra virgin) olive oil or other good oil such as Carotino or grapeseed oil sea salt to taste few tbs of boiled water Garlic Hummus plus 2 tsp garlic powder / garlic granules Coriander and Lemon Hummus […]
Spinach and Ricotta Tortellini on Baked Aubergines with Tomatoes and Pesto [inspired by Eurostar meal from the Little Foodie Break to Lille]
Blueberry & Chocolate Crumb Cheesecake – Sernik Czekoladowy z Jagodami Delicious baked blueberry cheesecake with chocolate crumble crust layer.
Cream of Red Lentils & Mint – Soup or Dip Versatile recipe that can be turned into cold or warm soup or dip for tortilla chips and bread sticks.
Little Foodie Break in Lille, France with Eurostar Reportage from one day press trip on Eurostar train from London to Lille, France.
Pineapple with Caramel Sauce, Rum & Ice Cream [inspired by James Martin’s recipe featured on Good Food Channel] INGREDIENTS 2 ripe but not too soft pineapples (I did cut in four lenghtwise, cored, peeled and sliced but nice round slices of pineapple would look much better) 1-2 tbs Carotino or other neutral oil about 400g tin of sweetened condensed milk (I used 387g […]
Polish Strawberry Cookie Crumb Cheesecake Cheesecake – Polish way with baked cream cheese, strawberries and cookie crumbs.
Sernik Czekoladowy z Kruszonką – Polish Chocolate Crumb Cheesecake Best chocolate cheesecake recipe ever – smooth layer of cheese & crunchy chocolate crumbs…
3 Minute Microwave Chocolate Cupcake Quick and easy microwave cupcake recipe – ready in only 3 minutes!
Fruit and Whipped Cream Triple Layer Sponge Cake INGREDIENTS for sponge cake 1 cup egg whites and ½ cup yolks, about 6 small eggs 1 cup golden caster sugar 1 cup plain flour pinch of salt 1¼ tsp baking powder 1-2 tbs unsalted butter (softened) for layers 800g (a little bit less if not used for decoration) strawberries, blueberries and green seedless grapes […]
Norwegian Gravlax / Gravlaks [Inspired by “The Best of Norwegian Traditional Cuisine” by Ingrid Espelid Hovig that my friend Rigmor gave ages ago to my sister Jola, and now almost 15 years later my husband used it to prepare this dish.] INGREDIENTS about 400g boneless salmon with skin (cut into two even pieces) 2 tbs sea salt 1 tbs […]
Tomato Couscous & Mackerel Salad with Dwarf Beans and Pointed Peppers Quick couscous and smoked mackerel salad recipe.
Vanilla Buttercream & Lemon Cheese Triple Layer Cake Infused with Lemon Grass Tea INGREDIENTS for sponge cake infused with lemon grass tea 1 cup egg whites and ½ cup yolks, about 6 small eggs 1 cup golden caster sugar 1 cup plain flour pinch of salt 1¼ tsp baking powder 1 tbs unsalted butter (softened) 2 bags of lemon grass tea 1 cup boiling water for vanilla buttercream […]
Greek Style Fish / Ryba po Grecku (Traditional Polish Dish) [recipe inspired by my friend Lidka, who often prepare this dish] INGREDIENTS for the veggies 2 large leeks – 400g (sliced) 4 medium onions – 500g (chopped) unsalted butter or olive oil to fry onions about 10 carrots (1kg) 2 parsnips (500g) ¼ celeriac root (200g) – optional 300g tin of tomato puree 1½ cup […]
Saltfish, Hardboiled Eggs, Cucumber and Fig (Dominican Sunday Breakfast) INGREDIENTS 300g skinless and boneless saltfish / salt fish (soaked overnight or at least 8 hours, rinsed, drained and flaked or chopped) 1-2 red/yellow bell peppers (sliced) or some tomatoes (cut into wedges) large onion (chopped) Caribbean curry powder black peppercorns (freshly cracked) oil to fry (we used grapeseed oil) large English cucumber (sliced on […]
