This year I sowed green asparagus seeds for the first time ever and prepared seedlings, all because I intend to have my own asparagus in my home garden. However, it will take at least two years before my asparagus is ready for use and reaches the appropriate size. Until then, I am forced to use…
Easter is a perfect time to prepare dishes based on eggs. There are plenty of such dishes, because we are talking here not only about savoury dishes but also about desserts. You can choose from a whole lot of delicious cakes and muffins, mazurkas, cheesecakes, all kinds of no-bake cakes, salads, soups, devilled eggs and…
Not having an oven at home is not a reason for not making pizza. Pizza without an oven is not only possible to prepare, but also very simple and tasty. The pan-baked pizza, for which I am sharing the below recipe with you, comes out fluffy, has a crispy dough and melted cheese. I start…
Pasta shells are a flour product that I go for when making dinner or a snack. Filled with filling, they can be baked with your favourite sauce or served without baking as a cold snack. Many products go well with pasta, including vegetables such as tomatoes, spinach, zucchini, eggplant and broccoli, seafood including shrimp and…
Parmigiana (Parmigiana with eggplant or Parmigiana di Melanzane) is an Italian dish in which eggplant slices layered with tomato sauce and cheese are baked in the oven. This dish is most often served warm, although it can also be served cold, but for me it tastes best when served warm. Both dinner and lunch are…
Mushrooms stuffed with ham, parmesan and panko is an idea for a delicious appetizer that can be served both warm and cold. To prepare stuffed mushrooms, you need pieces with large caps, so portobello mushrooms work best in this dish. I do not peel the mushrooms, I remove the stems, chop them finely and fry…
Today I have for you a recipe for a quick dinner dish. It will probably come as no surprise that this quick dinner is based on pasta. The recipe I share below is a recipe for broccoli pasta, a vegetarian dish without a gram of meat. I prepared pasta with broccoli using maccheroni pasta, i.e….
After grilled meat and cheese, it’s time for grilled vegetables. This time I chose zucchini, because I have quite a lot of it on my plot. I cut the zucchini into slices, seasoned it with salt and put it aside with a little bit of oil for a while to let it release the juice…
Polenta is ground corn boiled in water, often served with butter and cheese. This dish comes from Italy but also occurs under other names in different countries. Depending on how finely or coarsely the polenta is ground, this dish may have a creamy or a firmer texture once cooked. Creamy polenta can be served as…
A light salad of raw zucchini with the addition of Parmesan cheese and pine nuts: this is my suggestion for a quick dinner salad, or for other meals. I like to prepare this salad mostly during the summer, when I can go for the zucchini from my home garden. This zucchini salad can be served…
Sweetbread dishes are very much liked by the French and the English, while in Poland these dishes are somewhat forgotten. Sweetbread is the culinary name for the thymus or pancreas, which is a gland found in mammals. It is an organ just like liver and kidneys. In culinary art, lamb or veal thymus are most…
Sometimes, baked vegetables prepared in a wrong way can taste bland. This usually happens when there are no spices or additives added to them. Depending on the type of vegetables you bake, you can go for various spices to accompany them, from chili, through rosemary to thyme or garlic. You can use not only spices…