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Delicious Cabbage Pie

Pie is a very festive dish for me. Perhaps because my mom makes pies for the holidays. Or maybe because the smell of growing yeast dough takes me far back to my childhood, when my grandmother baked pies for our entire large family. The pie dough in a huge enamel bowl stood near the oven …

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Finnish fish soup Lohikeitto

A couple of years ago we spent 1.5 months in Helsinki. Everything was amazing: the weather, food, traditions and people. For example, the day of the vernal equinox was on Friday and a long weekend was declared. All shops, banks, offices, pharmacies, etc. worked until 12 pm on Friday and opened again only on Monday. …

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Spinach roll with smoked salmon

With an introductory word, I will tell you a story about today’s hero – SPINACH! I lived in Poland for many years and every time the Poles (especially my generation of the 80s) cringed at the mere recollection of this plant. And the reason lies in the fact that they tried to feed them all …

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Alexandertorte

Sometimes I throw myself a culinary challenge. This is manifested in the fact that I begin to prepare such dishes that it would be easier to go and buy if I were in my homeland. This is especially true for desserts. However, most of the goodies that come from my childhood in Dubai are not …

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Cottage Cheese and Banana Muffins

Good day! When the head is full of different thoughts about what to cook for kids in the school lunch-boxes then the best solution is MUFFINS BAKING! It doesn’t consume a lot of time as we only need to mix the ingredients in one big bowl. It is easy to cook as needs simply pre-heated …

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Zucchini Slices with Feta Cheese Bake

Delicious Zucchini Casserole Recipe for Healthy Meals When my husband goes on business trips, I usually cook something vegetable-based, light, and versatile that can be enjoyed both hot and cold, for either lunch or dinner. Lately, my favorite go-to dish has been zucchini casserole. Let me share the recipe with you! But first, a few …

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Plum Pie

Finishing the work week, you need to recuperate this coming weekend. Therefore, a little sweetness will not hurt. We miraculously managed to buy delicious plums from Uzbekistan (which is very rare in Dubai). The number of them pushed me to awaken my imagination and ingenuity, and cook something faster than the plums go bad. This …

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Wok vegetables

This dish is like the matured version of student pan vegetables. Only now, instead of a frying pan, there is a fashionable wok; instead of frozen bagged vegetables – fresh asparagus and broccoli, seasoned with ginger and mint. But the essence remains the same – fast and tasty.

Курица терияки с лапшой удон

Once, late in the evening, when I put the children to bed and my husband was on a business trip, I decided to watch a movie. I must say that I watch movies and read books, mostly related to food. I even find criminals where the action takes place, for example, during a culinary competition, …

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Salmon baked with Brussels sprouts

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.

Pumpkin stuffed with cheese and bacon

Sometimes culinary inspiration comes to me right in the store, when I stand in front of an interesting product. This time my gaze lingered on an unusual white pumpkin. This is the first time I’ve seen such vegetable, so my hand immediately reached out to it. I knew one thing – you have to cook …

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Spinach soup

Coming home to my parents, I become a daughter again. Not a mother or wife, but just a daughter who is protected, loved, cared for and … fed :). Every morning they ask me: “daughter, what do you want?” I “place an order”, and dad quickly runs to the store for the right products, and …

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Creamy tomato soup with yogurt

I tasted tomato soup on the first day of my move to Warsaw (Poland). To be honest, we did not become friends, and for a very long time, everywhere I refused to eat or even try “zupy pomidorowej” (tomato soup). It so happened that having got a husband from Poland and living far from home …

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Cheese roll with spring onions and surimi

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 …

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Sweet potato chips with zucchini and mascarpone

Recently, I have been experimenting in my kitchen a while. Here are some effects of my work – the original appetizer from sweet potato.

Eggs “à la tripe”

Once the amount of wrinkling on the cap chef spoke about how many meals he can cook eggs, thus putting it on a certain level of the career ladder. Today, most of the restaurants offer breakfast like a “standard” set. But you want something new. The roots of the recipe that I want to share …

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“Cappuccino” Mariella Righini

In the “Cappuccino” we can enjoy the perfect Frappuccino and the best in Paris Ristrettissimo. Every Friday in the café four women meet to discuss their successes and failures both in professional life and in love experiences. Dumb witness becomes a young barista nilly hear colorful and sometimes shocking recognition of the Parisians. The atmosphere is …

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Éclairs

And voila! The red ribbon was cut. Hello everybody! Today is the birthday of my culinary blog which I am opening with a sweet recipe. Salute to our life to be sweet and tasty.