Egg salad sandwich

Eggs, Vegetarian, Breakfast

Good afternoon. From long time I wanted to make a sandwich for breakfast. Generally we eat them very rarely – we try to limit the bread in our diet. Although my husband would eat sandwiches with pleasure. In general, in the modern diet of Polish families, sandwiches are almost in the first place: for breakfast, …

Tom Kha soup with coconut milk

Egg-free, Lactose-free, Meat, Vegetables, Soups

Asian cuisine always attracted me with its aromas and unusual taste. Especially I liked coconut milk and lemon grass. I’ll eat any dish that includes these two ingredients. Today we have a soup for lunch. Of course, ideally the curry paste for this soup would have to be cooked by myself… Maybe someday.

Cottage cheese patties

Dairy products, Eggs, Flour, grains, pasta, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Desserts, Lunch-box

I really love cottage cheese pie according to the classic recipe (from the cookbook “1000 culinary recipes”). It was very popular dish in former Soviet Union and was served in every nursery for kid scouts menu. Even now I’m ready to eat it every day. But only in lunch-box, for some reason, we do not …

Yogurt muffins with blueberries

Dairy products, Eggs, Flour, grains, pasta, Fruits, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Desserts, Breakfast, Lunch-box

What a yummy muffins it turned out! The yogurt and the whole bucket of blueberries stayed in the refrigerator and asked “eat me!” (there was market day in the store – and that said it all). It was necessary to invent what can be cooked from these ingredients, so even such that you could put …

Oven-baked pancake with peaches

Eggs, Flour, grains, pasta, Fruits, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Breakfast

When the weekend comes, I always want to surprise my household with something delicious for breakfast. Always there is a question: and whether they will eat it? What do they eat, both small and old? Of course, pancakes! What kind of pancakes I did not cook: lace, oatmeal, and buckwheat, etc. But today was not …

Rotolo (from pizza dough)

Flour, grains, pasta, Fruits, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Breakfast, Lunch-box, Pies, tarts, casserole

I like it when a dish reveals the taste just of several ingredients, bright and palpable. Do not kill the taste by sugar or seasonings. Yes, it’s for specific taste lovers. But that’s exactly how I cook – for “lovers” of my kitchen – my family. They like – and this is the most important …

Beetroot carpaccio with cottage cheese and pine nuts

Dairy products, Egg-free, Festive dishes, Gluten-free, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Starters, Salads

Hello again! Sometimes it’s so good not to dig in virtual reality, but just enjoy life. To notice all details and to write down in my memory (instead of phone) the best and cheerful moments with family and friends. However, the desire to cook did not disappear and I cooked many nice and delicious dishes …

Cake Pavlova

Eggs, Festive dishes, Fruits, Vegetarian, Desserts

I admit honestly: I am a sweet tooth. Of course, with age you have to limit yourself in many ways. But there were times when I baked cakes, patties, cakes, etc. every week. Then, when I lived in Poland, I continued to discover new dimensions of confectionery art. It was there that I first tried …

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 …

Meatballs in tomato and sour cream sauce

Eggs, Meat, Main dishes

As you can see in my recipes, I do not often cook meat or fish. The reason is simple: I come from a country where there are no oceans and seas, and the fish we ate mainly comes from lakes and rivers. And it is my parents who always cook it for me. As for …

Coconut soup with vegetables and chicken

Egg-free, Gluten-free, Lactose-free, Meat, Vegetables, Main dishes, Soups

I love oriental, but not traditional cuisine. That are type of dishes with ginger, chili pepper, lemon grass, lime leaves, coconut milk, fish sauce and so on. Using these ingredients I do best, or shrimp, or a variety of soups based on coconut milk (for example, coconut soup with chicken).

Sponge roulade with cheese cream and berries

Dairy products, Eggs, Festive dishes, Flour, grains, pasta, Fruits, Desserts

I love to cook cakes without any reason. Just when I am in a good mood, or want something sweet to eat, or simply to please my home inhabitants?. Sometimes it’s way to leave my thoughts in another, culinary world of dimensional spoons and scales, as desserts like precision. And how huge positive energy I …

Pancakes pouches with meatballs

Dairy products, Eggs, Flour, grains, pasta, Meat, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Main dishes, Breakfast, Lunch-box

Mardi Gras has come! And that means it’s time to cook pancakes and temporarily forget about all sorts of diets, because if the “carnival is fed up well, money will come.” How many people, so many pancake recipes. And every woman has to find the proper one herself, through trial and error. For pancakes – …

Cottage cheese rosettes

Dairy products, Eggs, Festive dishes, Flour, grains, pasta, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Desserts, Lunch-box

Recently, in our son’s kindergarten it was celebration of the National Day – the day of all nations. All kids got their “passports” and they passed passport control, “travelling” to different continents and countries (between rooms and playing areas arranged as Asia, Africa, Europe etc). It was prepared by the wonderful kindergarten workers. Parents should …

Vegetable kugel

Lactose-free, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Main dishes, Starters, Lunch-box, Pies, tarts, casserole

Recently, flipping through a cookbook of the Belarusian cuisine, I stumbled upon a very simple recipe from vegetables. Taking as the base, I modified the recipe  and fit it to our taste. The effect was great –Vegetable Kugel was very tasty. Kugel comes from the Jewish cuisine, and translated from the Yiddish as “round“.

Millet toasts

Dairy products, Eggs, Flour, grains, pasta, Gluten-free, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Breakfast, Starters, Lunch-box

Sometimes you just dream about some snack. Of course, it could be a regular bread or crackers, chips and so on. However, when you try to limit yourself with gluten, the question arises – how can I replace bread? I have already shared the recipe of spinach bread which can be used for some rolls and …

Pumpkin and sweet potato fritters

Dairy products, Eggs, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Pancakes, mini-pies, muffins, Main dishes, Starters, Lunch-box

When I see a beautiful pumpkin in the shop, I can not just pass by, be sure I will buy it. Apparently, I still believe that the pumpkin can become a carriage. But because it is not, I have to cook something from that beauty. This time I baked the pumpkin and made fritters with …

Spinach with pine nuts and raisins

Egg-free, Gluten-free, Lactose-free, Sustainable Kitchen, Vegan, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Starters, Salads

There are few vegetables and plants in my diet, from which I always want to cook something special. Eggplants, pumpkin and spinach. Though first I tried spinach only when I moved to Poland. And it was cooked and served such way that I was not surprised that half of the population didn’t like it at …

Sweet potato Mille-Feuille (eggs-free)

Egg-free, Gluten-free, Vegetables, Vegetarian, Main dishes, Lunch-box, Pies, tarts, casserole

How to loose weight and at the same time continue eating the delicious food? I tried a lot of diets, I read tons of material about health life  – I can have PhD based on it! I could’t say that they did not work. Of course, the weight is reset. Size decreases. But! Then with …

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 …