Salad with leek, carrot and apple

Salad with leek, carrot and apple

This is my Polish grandmother’s salad. It already won the hearts of many! You might be next. 😉 The leek gives the salad sharpness and the apple some sweetness.  A really interesting combination! 🙂 [facebooklike] For 3-4 portions you will need: ♥  2 carrots ♥  the white part of 1 

Pumpkin Oatmeal Pancakes

Pumpkin Oatmeal Pancakes

This recipe comes especially handy in the Halloween season when you find yourself with a lot of pumpkins and not many ideas what to do with it… This is probably one of my favorite ways to use pumpkin. Crunchy pancakes with shallot and served with natural yogurt are perfect 

Vegetable Rolls (VIDEO)

Vegetable Rolls (VIDEO)

Are you running out of ideas how to prepare your vegetables? Then you should try these cute, fancy-looking rolls baked with bechamel sauce. They are healthy and delicious. Not difficult at all. In a contrary, making them is a lot of fun ♥Check out my 

Polish Pierogi (dumplings) with white cheese, potatoes and onions

Polish Pierogi (dumplings) with white cheese, potatoes and onions

Pierogi are probably one of the most beloved Polish specialties. Everyone who visits Poland has to try them. In my Polish home, it is my grandma who is the Pierogi master! It is probably because this dish is relatively time consuming. When I was a little 

Sauce for smoked Salmon (Honey, Mustard & Dill)

Sauce for smoked Salmon (Honey, Mustard & Dill)

This very simple sauce will make your sandwiches with smoked salmon much more savory! It is very quick and simple to prepare. By the way, not everybody knows, but when doctors say that fish is good for health because of the Omega-3 fatty acids, they mean raw fish (not the cooked one)! 

Fruit Salad with Caramelised Nuts

Fruit Salad with Caramelised Nuts

Fresh pineapple pieces and banana slices are caramelized on a hot frying pan. The warm, caramelized fruits are mixed with apples, kiwi and grapes. Then, homemade caramelized walnuts are sprinkled over them. Delicious! [facebooklike] For 2 big portions: ♥ 3 slices of pineapple ♥ 1 banana ♥ 10 grapes ♥ 1 kiwi ♥ 1 little apple ♥ 10 

Bobotee (Meat Timbales)

Bobotee (Meat Timbales)

This recipe comes straight from South Africa! Our good South African friend cooks really well (here is another thing he cooked for us!) and recently we were again really lucky to have him as a guest! This time he prepared Bobotee for us. Apparently it 

Salmon Paste

Salmon Paste

This simple combination of salmon with cream cheese magically wins hearts of all my friends. You can have it as a snack while preparing a dinner or simply for a breakfast. It is also a hit at all our picnics! And it only takes seconds 

Classic Toast (with cheese, ham, tomato and onions)

Classic Toast (with cheese, ham, tomato and onions)

Everybody loves toasts. They are crunchy, warm and you can put inside whatever you want. And also almost everybody has a toaster. But somehow it is really easy to forget about it. Here is a little reminder! 🙂 It’s time to put dust away from your 

Chicken with Orange Sauce

Chicken with Orange Sauce

During my travel in Sri Lanka I once ordered a similar chicken like this with orange sauce. It was so intense in taste and color that it was haunting me since! Finally I got the courage to try making it myself! It is not as difficult as it