Chocolate prunes soaked in rum

It's windy. Again. I'm zoning out almost like a hero of "The secret life of Walter Mitty" (watch it, even just for beautiful vistas from Iceland, Greenland, and Afghanistan), dreaming about warm countries, where there is no winter and summer is hot. I'm also reading an unusual book reminding myself how I like learning about random …

Christmassy pickled herring

The apartment is almost ready for Christmas, Christmas tree is put but the menu is still in progress. I'm still looking for perfect recipes, I waver between traditional and new recipes. Probably because of that it was quite sweet on the blog lately. Sweets are so much easier to pick, but I don't want you to …

Milanais cookies

It's cold and windy, the cats running around an apartment like crazy. I try to find a reason just to turn the oven on. I baked so many cookies this year that I think cookies are not an option.  The reason why I actually have this dilemma is that today is a beginning of my …

Banana cranberry bread

I'm sitting under a blanket. I'm quite cold even though the weather is extremely mild. 13°C in December is unusual even for Ireland. From time to time I try to convince a cat, that he shouldn't be on the table. After a few months of training most of the times it's enough if I clap my …

Almond gingerbread cookies

Do you like getting and giving presents? Of course you do, you are nice people.I have mixed feelings, I always had. You see I was always too responsible and too picky. I spend hours trying to pick a present and never feel sure enough if that was the right one. I always felt bad for …

Stuffing muffins with celery, cranberries and sage

Tomek had always had a dream, a dream inspired by plenty American movies and tv series. A simple dream of roasting a turkey. His desire would grow stronger along Thanksgiving time. It was no different this year, but finally this year we actually had friends coming over (not to celebrate Thanksgiving, just for a nice …

Serinakaker – Norwegian Christmas cookies

I was looking for cookies recipes. I've even created a special board on Pintrest. I also found a new blog with loads of cookie recipes. I wanted to do all of them, but in the end decided to make serinakaker, simple Norwegian cookies, that use baker's ammonia, also known as a hartshorn. It's an old-school leavener, that's …

Lebkuchen – German gingerbread cookies

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas! Yes, it's finally December! I usually don't look forward to December or any other month, because it means another month has gone by and I didn't finish all my plans. But this year I looked forward to December. Maybe it is because autumn/winter time is usually hard for me, I …

Polish empanadas stuffed with cabbage and mushrooms

  Every post should have an introduction. I wrote one for this one twice, but I didn't like it. What you see on the photo I would call pierogi, even though they are not made from pasta like dough like these ones, in my family often we fry them like this, but these pierogi are made …

Chocolate walnut cranberry cookies

I haven't baked cookies for ages. I even start to think that was around Christmas, when I baked cookies. It's good to have some cookies in a tin as a snack, it's also kind of dangerous. A the moment of writing these words these chocolate walnut cranberry cookies exists only on the photos. It's their …