Coconut soup with chicken and mushrooms

Egg-free, Fish and seafood, Gluten-free, Lactose-free, Meat, Mushrooms, Soups

Hello! Today’s recipe is one of my favorite dishes. Not only because it’s quick and easy to make, but because it’s loaded with all my favorite fresh herbs – galangal, lemongrass and lime leaves! A little about the main ingredients that give this dish an unusual oriental taste. In first place is galangal.

Oatwrap with smoked salmon and avocado

Eggs, Fish and seafood, Flour, grains, pasta, Gluten-free, Healthomania, Vegetarian, Breakfast

Good day! What could be better than beautiful, joyful and positive beginning of the day! Mornings give us the energy for the whole day: they clear up our mind, boost our thoughts and power up our strength. Open your eyes and smile. Stretch your body. Breath deep. Turn on the beautiful music that starts boosting …

How to make sushi at home

Festive dishes, Fish and seafood, Healthomania, Lactose-free, Vegan, Vegetarian, Main dishes, Starters, Lunch-box

Sushi is an art. Art emerging from tradition. Japanese cuisine mainly concentrated on rice, which for many centuries has become the basis of nutrition for the Japanese. Modern sushi is very different from their original version of Naredzusi. Sushi, which was originally only a process for preserving and storing fish, over time has turned into …

Honey shrimps with cognac

Egg-free, Fish and seafood, Lactose-free, Starters, Salads

I love this dish! Mainly because it’s tasty but also because it is so much fun to set fire to panful of shrimps. If you never flambéed before, give it a try – it’s unexpectedly easy. Just be sure that there is nothing flammable around. Flambé is a cooking procedure in which alcohol is added …

SMØRGÅSTORTA or bread cake

Festive dishes, Fish and seafood, Main dishes, Starters, Salads

So, the holidays are over and there is a pleasant aftertaste. It is a time to share our festive menu. After all, it is never too late to do this, because it is suitable for any event, not necessarily a New Year holiday. The dish is called SMØRGÅSTORTA or a sandwich cake.   Short description: …

Fried fish with tomato sauce with capers

Egg-free, Fish and seafood, Lactose-free, Main dishes

Today’s dish is the fast but successful cooking experiment of me and my husband. He was frying the fish, I was responsible for the sauce. We have worked both in unison that gave an impressive result. Golden sardines with crispy skin covered by aromatic tomato sauce full of flavor and texture just an amazing light …

Surimi and chicory salad

Egg-free, Fish and seafood, Salads

Chicory is one of the products that I have always bypassed in the shop. This time I decided to give myself a chance to create something eatable from it. As you know the taste of chicory is very specific and bitter. To reduce bitterness I put chicory in a sweetened water for few hours. It …

Coconut shrimps with rice sticks

Egg-free, Fish and seafood, Flour, grains, pasta, Lactose-free, Vegetarian, Main dishes

I love Thai cuisine! Not too spicy, full of taste and colors. When cooking at home I don’t use chili pepper as we share Thai food with our young kids. So if you love spices just add few chili peppers while marinating shrimps and cooking them in coconut oil. Enjoy!

Tuna salad with egg and tahini sauce

Eggs, Fish and seafood, Gluten-free, Vegetarian, Salads

Continuing my gluten-free meal plan, I cooked for myself substantial portion of tuna salad for lunch. It has everything I need to give my body the power and strength for the rest of the day, till dinner.

Avocado with shrimps

Fish and seafood, Gluten-free, Starters, Salads

Good afternoon. Continuing the New Year theme, I suggest you prepare a very simple and tasty snack for lovers of avocados and shrimp. I found the inspiration to this dish in a book. I really love the “Polish Agatha Christie” – Joanna Chmielewska. Surprisingly, but in her detective stories, a lot of room is devoted …

Ginger shrimps with honey

Egg-free, Fish and seafood, Gluten-free, Starters

Here is another dish from our Christmas table. And again for lovers of shrimp. This time it is better to take shrimps of medium size. This dish you can serve both hot and cold. Delicious. Bon Appetite!

Flat bread roll with smoked salmon

Festive dishes, Fish and seafood, Breakfast, Starters

The easiest dish to prepare for your friends and family.

Surimi salad in egg whites

Eggs, Festive dishes, Fish and seafood, Starters, Salads

Happy New Year, everyone! For me, the feeling of the holiday begins with the kitchen. Yes, yes, it is pre-holiday fuss, cutting and cooking salads, sandwiches, table layout, etc. Fills me with a sense of celebration. This brings me back to my childhood and youth, when my parents were busy fussing about this, and my …

Tuna muffins with olives

Eggs, Fish and seafood, Flour, grains, pasta, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Starters, Lunch-box

I rarely bake sweets at home. Not because I am on a diet, but because if it’s baked – most then I have to eat everything. Therefore, even muffins are savory here. With tuna and olives, for example :). Does this surprise you? And in vain! The taste is awesome and easy to prepare. Highly …

Tuna salad with cucumbers

Egg-free, Fish and seafood, Flour, grains, pasta, Lactose-free, Vegetarian, Salads

I very rarely eat pasta. Not because I do not like, I just try to limit the amount of carbohydrates in my diet. That’s why I almost never cook salads with pasta. BUT! Yesterday I prepared a new very tasty and simple salad with it. Just a couple of ingredients and voila !!! It should …

Beetroot and herring salad in eggs

Eggs, Festive dishes, Fish and seafood, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Salads

Often inspiration draws its roots from completely unrelated things, objects, people or spheres. In my case, it caught up with me right in a store, where a new collection of clothes with seams facing out was presented on mannequins. Inside out (or vice versa) – this expression can often be found in fashion. On the …

Surimi rolls

Eggs, Festive dishes, Fish and seafood, Gluten-free, Starters, Salads

When you live in a country for a long time, over time you adopt a way of behavior and habits, including culinary ones, even those that at first seemed strange. I lived in Poland for a very long time, where Christmas is festively celebrated, gifts are given to everyone, and tables are bursting with various …

Surimi salad in cucumber baskets

Egg-free, Festive dishes, Fish and seafood, Vegetarian, Starters, Salads

If you’ve ever been on celebration of Russian New Year or you are from Japan, than for sure you know what it is “SURIMI“. The funny part is that even sometimes surimi is called as “crab sticks”, it generally contains no crab (other than a tiny amount of crab extract that is sometimes added for …

Salmon baked with Brussels sprouts

Egg-free, Festive dishes, Fish and seafood, Gluten-free, Lactose-free, Vegetables, Main dishes

Who would have thought that salmon would love Brussels sprouts !? The wedding might not have happened if they had not been helped by a matchmaker – garlic and white wine. The result is a perfect marriage.

Cheese roll with spring onions and surimi

Dairy products, Eggs, Festive dishes, Fish and seafood, Vegetarian, Starters, Salads

Despite the household routine and responsibilities with two small children, my husband and I still manage to invite guests to our home and surprise them at the table with some specialties. The husband, like a real man, drags a mammoth into the house and prepares wonderful meat dishes from it. I collect compliments for flambé …