Simple bread rolls

Phew, it feels like forever since we talk about bread here. It's the beginning of the year and everybody is talking about new - new plans, new you, but sometimes among all this is good to get something familiar, to maybe sooth any pain of new. So I'm going back to basics. Bread is one of the staples …

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Creamy strawberry ice cream

My parents have always had an allotment, so when I lived at home I had an abundance of fruits and veggies. As you can figure out, I enjoyed it, but I didn't really appreciated. Having big bowls of strawberries everyday for over a month was overwhelming. To my defence I wasn't an avid cook back then, if only …

Rice pudding

I had a cold. I couldn't focus on anything, my throat was scratched by millions of tiny hamsters, so I called in sick, covered in a blanket and felt sorry for myself. But a girl needs to eat, even when she is sick. There is a sentence I've once read on Strawberries from Poland, that …

Poppy seed roll (makowiec)

So after months of excitement, preparation, Christmas shopping, Christmas cooking, Christmas is officially over. Thursday was my first day at work after the Christmas break. Christmas decorations were taken down and Christmas tree was left naked in the corner. It was quite a sad sight. I feel in between seasons now, we had winter, then …

Strawberry tarts with almond pastry cream

Summer finally arrived into Ireland. It's gorgeous. People already complain it's too hot. You can wear shorts in the morning and you are not freezing. The weather forecast displays a high temperature warning. It's so funny if you think that in some places in the world high is much more than 27°C.

Vanilla creamy pudding / Budyń

Holidays are over. At least for us. It was a hard week. I was trying to get back into everyday routine and Irish weather. Because the best part of our holidays was the weather! (yes, the wedding was nice too, but the weather!) The temperature in Poland was around 25-27°C. It feels like it has …