Autumn & Winter Archives - Page 5 of 10

Cheesy Chicken & Lentil Mini Hot Pots with Caribbean Herbs

Chicken and lentil individual hot pots with carrots, red pepper and Caribbean herbs. Perfect for snack/lunch or parties.

Faworki / Chruściki (Angel Wings) – Polish Fat Thursday’s Treats

Polish Fat Thursday / Tłusty Czwartek recipe for deep fried crispy biscuits.

Quick & Easy Crisp Baguette Croutons with Cheese

French bread croutons with cheese.

Winter Nail Art – Snowflakes

Winter themed nail art with simple white snowflakes on the top of blue nail varnish.

Quick & Easy Nail Art For All Seasons

Simple, quick and easy nail art ideas.

Leftover Turkey & Leek Calzone

Great way to use roast turkey leftovers (or any other cooked meat).

Quick Low Calorie Chestnut Mushroom Sauce

Easy, low calorie mushroom sauce for pasta, rice and many other dishes.

Christmas at Covent Garden Market in London

Beautiful Covent Garden market during Christmas season.

Mikołajki / St. Nicholas Day – 6th of December

St. Nicholas Day also known as Mikolaki celebrated on the 6th of December in Poland, Germany and other European countries.

Glittery Salt Dough Decorations – Kids’ Crafts

Kids’ Christmas craft idea – salt dough decorations.

Andrzejki / Eve of St. Andrew’s Day – Night of Magic & Fortune Telling

Andrzejki – Eve of St. Andrew’s Day – traditions and party ideas.

Stained Glass Bread Baubles – Edible Crafts

Classic stained glass baubles made out of bread and boiled sweets.

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 […]

5 Minute Nail Art – Silver Stripes

Quick and easy nail art that can be done in 5 minutes…

Wild Mushroom Risotto with Dill & Garlic

INGREDIENTS handful dried wild mushrooms (sent by my mother from Poland) 6 cup of boiling water 2½ cups easy cook rice (or even better risotto rice) 1 tbs vegetable stock powder 1 tsp minced garlic (I used “lazy garlic” made by my husband) 2 tbs fresh / frozen dill 25g unsalted butter 100g grated cheese […]

Mixed Winter Squash Roasted with Rosemary, Sage & Garlic

Flavoursome roasted pumpkin recipe.

Last Minute Clementine Jack-O-Lanterns

Quick and easy Halloween clementines for party bags, décor and trick-or-treating.

Napoleonka – Polish Custard Cream Pie

Napoleonka recipe – Polish custard cream pie made out of two layers of pastry filled with custard cream and often decorated with layer of icing sugar.

My Granny’s Natural Remedy – Baltic Amber Liqueur / Spirit of Amber / Nalewka Bursztynowa

Natural Polish remedy made from Baltic amber and high percentage alcohol.

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 […]

Walnut Keks – Traditional Polish Tea Cake

INGREDIENTS 1½ cups plain flour (250g) 1 bar (250g) unsalted butter (chopped and softened) 1¾ cup icing sugar (250g) 2 cups of walnuts (250g) 5-6 eggs (I used 6 small ones) 1 tbs vanilla extract 1 tbs 95% rectified spirit – optional 1½ tsp / ½ tbs baking powder + 2 tsp of butter to […]

Cobnuts, Hazelnuts and Filberts

Hazelnuts, Cobnuts / Cobs and Filberts are all varieties of the same fruit from hazel tree. Pictured above cobnuts came from UK, Kent to be precise and they are in season now, other varieties are more popular in other parts of the World. From what I understand hazelnuts are the most round ones in shape, […]

Barley Stew with Smoked Garlic, Mushrooms & Lemon Thyme

Warming up, thick, creamy and very fragrant soup for cold and rainy days.

Pancake Day – Shrove Tuesday – Fat Tuesday – Mardi Gras

Pancake Day – Shrove Tuesday – Fat Tuesday – Fat Thursday – Donut Day – Mardi Gras – Tłusty Czwartek – Carnival Tuesday recipes & ideas.

Baked Cream Cheese Pancakes in Orange Sauce

Kids’ favourite pancake recipe – with sweet lemony cream cheese filling and orange sauce.

Super Easy Half Double Crochet Mesh Scarf Tutorial

MATERIALS about 100g of yarn EQUIPMENT crochet hook – I used 3.00 mm one METHOD stitches used: chain (ch), slip stitch (sl) & half double crochet (hdc) FOUNDATION CHAIN Start with a chain stitch, even multiplies of 3 plus 1 extra stitch. I made two scarves, one 24+1 stitches wide, other one 30+1 wide. ROW […]

Kid’s Gloves on a String

Both of my daughters, 1 years old and 6 year old, lose gloves constantly. The little one is throwing them out of the pushchair and the bigger one comes back from school with one or both missing all the time. That is why I decided to make for them “gloves on a string” like I […]

Extremely Smurfy Smurfberry Muffins

Extremely smurfy smurfberry muffins for the Smurf in your life… secret Papa Smurf recipe (!)

Bread Rolls with Leftover Christmas Herbs

Homemade bread rolls recipe using up leftover herbs.

Warm Black Eye Bean Salad with Mushrooms, Coconut Rice and Parsley

INGREDIENTS 500g black eyed beans (soaked for about 5 hours) 500g potatoes (diced) 500g carrots (diced) 1 garlic head (peeled and coarsely chopped) 3 tbs olive oil 500g button mushrooms (chopped) 3 tbs butter large bunch of parsley (finely chopped) 2 sweet red pointed peppers (chopped) 2 cups of easy cook rice 400 ml tin […]

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