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.

Croque Madame

Eggs, Flour, grains, pasta, Meat, Breakfast, Lunch-box

Continuing the theme of the breakfast, I decided to share a very delicious recipe, inspired by French cuisine. Sandwich with a crisp, delicate aroma of baked ham and cheese … or Croque Monsier, first appeared in Parisian cafes in 1910.

Beef Broth with Peas and Pasta

Egg-free, Flour, grains, pasta, Lactose-free, Meat, Main dishes, Soups

If I offered this soup to my parents, native Belarusians, they would be very surprised. What a soup without potatoes! And yet, even without potatoes, but with pasta, the soup turned out to be very tasty. Very similar dishes are eaten in Italy (not surprising for the country of “pizza and pasta” :)). The main …

Chicken rolls with omelette

Dairy products, Eggs, Meat, Main dishes, Lunch-box

And another original recipe for minced chicken. This time we will stuff it with an omelet :). Chicken rolls with omelettes are easy to cook. They can be fried, baked, steamed. And in any form they turn out very tasty.

Veggie and Beef baked meatballs (kids’ fav)

Meat, Starters, Lunch-box, Pies, tarts, casserole

These days it is so easy to experiment in the kitchen. Any ingredient is available in the common supermarket. 15 years back I even didn’t hear about quinoa, and raw coconut milk was impossible to find anywhere. Today these products become the regular food ingredients in my kitchen. Simple beef meatballs could be turn into …

Baked chicken nuggets

Meat, Main dishes, Lunch-box

For all lovers of chicken nuggets! This is the easiest and quickest recipe for home-baked chicken sticks. Only 3 ingredients!

Chicken and potato burgers

Meat, Main dishes, Lunch-box

Hello. Continuing the potato theme, let me introduce to you one more tasty dish, which you can feed the whole family. These are fritters from potatoes and chicken minced meat. Like two in one: meat with a side dish in one piece. I serve them with fresh salads and vegetables. An excellent dish for lunch …

Lazy potato and beef fritters

Meat, Main dishes

In Belarusian cuisine there is a dish from potato filled with meat or mushrooms. It is called “potato zrazy”. This dish takes some time to prepare and needs some practice. Well, as a mother of two boys I don’t have too much time so I find my easy way to cook “zrazy”. I call them …

Bulgogi beef (korean bbq)

Meat, Main dishes

I want to sing an Ode to my lovely husband who wants to make us happy and loves to cook meat! He is a BOSS! No more words are needed… 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦

Chicken soup with bulgur and lentil

Egg-free, Flour, grains, pasta, Lactose-free, Meat, Soups

Happy New 2019 Year to All! I wish you all successful year, full of joy and happiness, love and respect. This is my first recipe on the blog this year. Not that I didn’t cook anything before. Moreover I was cooking all time but that were special dishes for new year eve celebration. For sure …

Dumplings with meat

Dairy products, Eggs, Flour, grains, pasta, Meat, Main dishes, Lunch-box

There are many people around the world that transform making dumplings from “just cooking” category into “an art”. I am not the one of them. I just love food… and I am a mother. So if you are a mom for sure you know that feeling when after many food fails finely the kids say: …

Beef with amaranth and saffron (kibbeh)

Egg-free, Gluten-free, Meat, Main dishes

Living in Dubai, I always wanted to learn the cuisine of this region. Traditional baked kibbeh or kibbie comes from Middle East. It is made with ground beef or lamb combined with bulgur wheat, pine nuts and warm spices like cinnamon and allspice. Of course, I am not going to compete with those home-chefs who …

Baked chicory and meat with brown butter Béchamel sauce

Dairy products, Flour, grains, pasta, Meat, Main dishes

I know that all Internet is full now with recipes, pictures and stories of pumpkin. But in Dubai there are NO seasons!!! ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️We have any vegetables or fruits all over the year, imported from around the world. I don’t notice that autumn came and continue to cook with FUNNY vegetables. So if you are looking …

Home-made flat bread with meat and cheese filling

Egg-free, Flour, grains, pasta, Meat, Vegetarian, Main dishes

More cuisines I discover for myself, more similarities I find. Actually I start thinking that before there was only one united cuisine. And later it became splitting and changing, and now many countries or regions starts fighting for the origine of this or that products or dishes. Doesn’t it remind you anything? Remember the story …

Japanese style noodles

Flour, grains, pasta, Lactose-free, Meat, Main dishes, Lunch-box

Noodles are one of the best dishes for kids. Kids love them plain, with sauces, with meat or with vegetables, fried and boiled. Our kids prefer them to have in Japanese style: with some basic vegetables and home-made sauce. It is the winner for lunch box as well.

Cabbage and chicken fritters

Meat, Main dishes

Thinking about how to use white cabbage we’ve bought recently I kept in mind few ideas. But when we were face to face to each other, I changed my decision completely. Actually I managed to cook two different meals from the same dish base. Here is one of them. Few facts: do you know that …

Lamb meatballs with yogurt

Eggs, Meat, Main dishes

As I mentioned many times – meat is not my strongest point in the kitchen. It is my husband who takes the Best Meat Chef’s role and serves delicious dishes to all our family. But he is travelling a lot and sometimes I stay with meat face to face! This was my first time with …

Baked pancake with kale and sausages

Eggs, Meat, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Main dishes, Pies, tarts, casserole

After amazing holidays in my parents house in Belarus and house of my parents-in-law in Poland it is time to come back to my own kitchen. I really missed my island of invention! As our back flight was from Poland, we bought in Warsaw airport some traditional meat products, incl. sausages, without any conservatives, which …

Veggie salad with beef

Gluten-free, Meat, Vegetables, Salads

I have finished my gluten-free day with a vegetable salad with beef (left-over Bulgogi from yesterday). But accually any protein can be served here – chicken, lamb, beef, pork, tofu, whatever you have and like.