Homemade Smoked Paprika Hummus Great alternative to butter or mayo – simple, quick, healthy home-made hummus recipe.
Roasted Buckwheat (Kasha) with Browned Onions & Mushrooms Traditional Polish comfort food – kasza gryczana / buckwheat, gluten-free, healthy and delicious.
Spicy Pumpkin Soup with Ginger and Chilli Flakes & Our Jack-O-Lantern Quick and easy Jack-O-Lantern pumpkin soup recipe for Halloween.
Polish Sour Cabbage / Sauerkraut and Puff Pastry Swirls Extremely quick and easy Poliah saurkraut swirls made out of puff pastry.
Beetroot Salad with Rocket Leaves, Toasted Pumpkin Seeds and Feta Cheese Healthy and low in calorie but very flavorsome salad of cooked beets, rocket leaves, toasted pumpkin seeds and feta salad in balsamic dressing.
Microgreens – Baby Garlic Chive Pretty and healthy – garlic chive have chive like flavour with intense smell of garlic and georgeous black seed husks on the top.
Home-made Chinese Five Spice Noodles – Kids’ Cooking Home-made take-away – kids’ friendly recipe for Chinese Five Spice noodles with vegetables, soy sauce, egg pancake and prawn crackers.
Kids’ Favourites – Simple Roasted Sweet Potatoes Perfect “end of summer” dinner: roasted sweet potatoes, sausages and sweet corn with coriander & lime butter.
Healthy Fast Food – Mushroom & Cream Cheese Jacket Potatoes Healthy fast food recipe – jacket potatoes with mushrooms and cream cheese.
Krupnik – Polish Pearl Barley Soup Traditional Polish barley soup made with carrots, potatoes and leftover chicken bones.
Quick & Easy Curry Rice with Green Beans for BBQ Simple rice recipe for BBQ meats and vegetables, can be easily prepared in advance or outdoors.
Easy Baked Vegetarian Samosas with Carrots and Peas Healthier baked samosas recipe, delicious as a snack on their own or as a light meal with some chutney and green salad on a side.
Boiled Asparagus Spears Served with Cheese Sauce Easiest and most delicious way to serve asparagus – boiled with cheese sauce.
Baby Leeks Salad with Avocados, Olives and Capers Simple baby leek salad, great side dish for quiches and BBQ dishes.
Filo Pastry Nests with Feta Cheese & Black Olives Extremely easy, fast to prepare and very tasty little feta cheese pastries with black olives.
Spinach, Leek, Mushroom and Potato Soup Very quick and healthy and filling vegetarian soup with mushrooms, leek, spinach and thyme. Delicious served with home-made bread.
Celeriac with Beets, Raisins and Walnuts aka Pink Waldorf Salad Beetroots, celeriac, raisins, walnuts, mayonnaise… pink Waldorf salad. Bitter-sweet, just like LOVE, perfect for Valentine’s Day!
How to Grow Spring Onion at Home It is very simple, you will never have to buy spring onions again. Put onion in a glass or jar with a bit of water (just to cover the roots) and place close to the window. Be patient, continue watering, in couple of days you should see first leaves… NOTES If you like the coaster […]
Creamy Garlic & Ginger Pearl Barley with Coriander Healthier alternative to pasta – creamy barley with garlic and cilantro.
Kulebiak – Traditional Polish Sour Cabbage & Mushroom Pie [Recipe by Babcia Ala, my mother.] INGREDIENTS for the dough 1 kg plain flour 100g fresh or 3⅓ tbs dry yeast 100g unsalted butter 2 whole eggs 2 egg yolks, save the egg whites for brushing 1½ cup lukewarm milk 1 tsp grated nutmeg 1 tsp sea salt, less if butter is salted for the […]
Simple Tomato & Mushroom Pearl Barley Stew INGREDIENTS 250g pearl barley 12 cups of boiling water 2 x 400g tin of chopped tomatoes 6 vegetable cubes (10g each) sea salt to taste crème fraîche or double cream to taste 500-700g button mushrooms (sliced) 1 large onion (diced) a bit of butter or oil to fry fresh basil leaves (chopped) METHOD Place barley […]
Barley Stew with Smoked Garlic, Mushrooms & Lemon Thyme Warming up, thick, creamy and very fragrant soup for cold and rainy days.
Pearl Barley Spinach Salad with Garlic and Chilli Flakes Healthy, low calorie salad recipe with refreshing flavour of lemon.
Pink Beetroot & Green Avocado Picnic Dips Pink and green, low in calories picnic dips that looks great and are healthy as well.
Bulgur Wheat Tabbouleh INGREDIENTS 250g bulgur wheat / 1¼ cup 5 cups / 1¼ litre of boiling water 3 vegetable cubes (10g each) medium red onion (diced finely) 1 red & 1 yellow or orange bell pepper (diced finely) 3 garlic cloves (chopped or squeezed) handful of chopped mint / 15g handful of chopped flat leaf parsley /15g […]