Delicious vegan pate and gravy

I was wondering how to start this year. A cake against all diets? Herring as a counterbalance to all the sweets we ate? But I decided to go with a good to you vegan pate. I have a problem with veggies in the winter, as I found fresh vegetable hard to eat, it's cold and …

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Leek and white cabbage with coconut milk and the ugly word diet

I've been avoid a word diet for a long time. I find it ugly at least in todays meaning, but the origin is much more aligned with my beliefs Diet - Middle English diete, from Anglo-French, from Latin diaeta, from Greek diaita, literally, manner of living, from diaitasthai to lead one's life Merriam-Webster dictionary I feel …

Green onion salad

Polish cuisine isn't overly complicated, I think... Therefore I often end up with something that is barely a recipe, like this green onion salad. We have a special word for salads made from raw fruits and veggies - surówka, that's just to make up for it's simplicity I guess. It's a type of salad that is …

Russian salad or just a veggie salad

I must confess to something. We've been talking here about Polish flavours like mushroom pierogi, bigos,  etc. And it may seem to you I'm so into those flavours. Well I kind of am, but only a little bit. I told you I love potato based dishes, so most Christmases and Easters I would eat mostly the  only thing that …

Easy salads and mustard and honey dressing

I started blogging to learn new things and save good recipes I used. It works really well for me, I often tend to browse through my archive to find a recipe I used to make, but there is a lot of small tips and tiny recipes that tend to be lifesavers, but I barely ever …

Indian rice salad with chicken

I'm happy. The weather in Ireland is stunning. Another weekend is coming and we have  (again) high temperature warning! For you not familiar with Irish summer and Irish weather I will only say that usually we see here strong wind warning or maybe downpours warning. Everybody says it's summer when the temperature reaches 16ºC and …

My plate looks fat! – Ricotta and white bean salad

When I read about Donna Hay challenge at JungleFrog-cooking blog I was so excited. About a year ago I found a Flickr group that did the same thing. I tried only once and then the challenge was over. So this time I knew I needed to get myself together and do my best. How does it work? …