Cauliflower Spring Soup
Cauliflower Spring Soup is great in spring, when cauliflower is fresh and beautiful, but actually you can prepare it throughout the year- using frozen cauliflower.
Pokrzywianka – Stinging Nettle Soup
Early spring is a great time for using stinging nettle in the kitchen. Pokrzywianka – Stinging Nettle Soup is healthy and easy to prepare. Remember to get only top parts of the youngest nettles, away from the motorways. For the soup I also use other herbs I find. This time it was young sorrel and
Polish Vegetable Salad
Sałatka Jarzynowa I remember from my childhood that Polish Vegetable Salad – sałatka jarzynowa – was a must for each Easter, Christmas, birthdays and – very popular those times in Poland – name days. In the 80-ties mayonnaise was hard to get in stores, so we used to prepare it at home. It was fun
Meat Balls in Tomato Sauce
After Easter dishes full of mayonnaise, meat and creamy cakes this is a time to get back to ordinary life. Before you weigh yourself after Easter, give some time to yourself:) Our stomachs need some rest. What do you say on meat balls in tomato sauce? No frying, less calories and less time spent in
Liver and Onions
Liver and onions has its origins in Jewish cuisine. Jewish culture has been alive in Polish culture for centuries and has influenced also Polish cuisine. Liver and Onions is one of the most popular ways of preparing the liver. My Babcia Emilka served Liver and onions once a month or so, it was cheap (still
Polish Tripe Soup – Flaki
Either you love or hate it. Polish Tripe Soup – Flaki has lots of proponents and the same number of opponents:) Several years ago it was a standard starter on weddings, nowadays you are usually faced with a choice: tripe soup or chicken soup (Rosół recipe).I always take Flaki! 🙂 For me using tripes, liver
Meat Balls in a Dill Sauce
Looking for a light and healthy dinner idea, that will suit both children and adults? Try this recipe for Meat Balls in a Dill Sauce. Check also: Polish recipes for salads: http://cookinpolish.com/tag/salad/.
Polish Sorrel Soup
Zupa szczawiowa Polish Sorrel Soup is one of my top 3 best soups from childhood:) Sour and sweet, made of sorrel collected last summer and preserve in the jar for the rest of the season. In Spring I make sorrel soup with fresh sorrel, fresh with no fertilizers used for growing, as I always collect
Lenten Cabbage with Mushrooms
Kapusta postna Lenten cabbage with mushrooms is in Poland usually served on Christmas Eve, but it is also popular dish during Lent. Healthy, sour – enjoy!
Kopytka Potato Dumplings
Children love them. Kopytka Potato Dumplings can be served as a side dish or with a sauce, as a separate meal. Meat sauce, mushroom or vegetable would taste so good. In June try Chanterelle Cream Sauce. Recipe is easy and you use potatoes left from a dinner. This is what our Grandmas have been doing
Polish Yeast Cake
Ciasto Drożdżowe Polish Yeast Cake is a bit demanding and difficult to me:) Probably it is a case of experience, or in my case – luck of experience:) Anyway, I don’t give up:) Recently I received a recipe for a yeast cake from my friend Victoria. This is her grandma’s recipe and her family use
Byczki Sweet Sauerkraut Soup
Byczki Sweet Sauerkraut Soup is not a popular soup in Poland nowadays, but this is a soup my Grandma was cooking years ago. Her roots were in Eastern Poland, she was born on the area, which after a II Worlds War has become a Belarus territory. The taste is sweet and sour, one of my
Local market in Warsaw-Bazar Szembeka
Szembeka Market was open in 1944. It is located in Grochów- district of Warsaw which is on the right side of Vistula River. People from many other places come to this place every Saturday for best quality vegetables, meat from local producers, eggs, bread, fish, but also clothing, second hand old products, Chinese products and
Polish Kotlety Mielone
Minced Meat Cutlets Polish Kotlety Mielone could be called meat balls, but in Poland we make them more oval and flat compared to a ball:) Some may call them Polish hamburgers, but we usually made them with pork while I associate hamburgers mainly with beef. In Polish cuisine they are a staple for family dinner,
Polish Cucumber Salad/Mizeria
Polish cucumber salad/Mizeria is one of the most popular and liked side dishes in Poland. The best served with dill or with parsley. I like it this way:) Many people mention adding sugar to Mizeria. Do you eat it this way too? In my family house it was always with salt and white vinegar. You
Stewed Pork Chops
Bitki wieprzowe I make Stewed Pork Chops every couple of weeks, each time I don’t have time or just not feel like cooking each day. I make a bulk portion of simmer pork chops and my family is happy with it, specially when I serve it with Kopytka – diagonal shaped potato dumplings. The other
Baked Beetroot Cream Soup
Baked beetroot cream soup is one of my favorite soups from childhood. Made from baked beets with caramelized onion, naturally sweat – this is what comfort food means to me:)
Naleśniki – Polish Pancakes
Naleśniki Naleśniki – Polish Pancakes is my children’s’ top choice for supper. They like it served with maple syrup or simply with sugar powder. It is 15 minutes to have it on a plate. Try! I like spelt flour, as it is less modified compared to usual wheat flour. We don’t use flour so much,
Fat Thursday in Poland/ Tłusty czwartek
Fat Thursday is traditionally the last Thursday before Lent. You can eat sweets and specially lots of polish doughnuts that day, because in few days carnival is over! For Catholics Lent is a period of 40 days of abstinence in expectancy to Easter.
Polish Sour Soup Żurek
Polish Żurek is a soup traditionally prepared for Easter. In some Polish families White Borsch is cooked instead of Żurek, the difference is Zakwas/ starter that is used. For Żurek- rye starter, for Borsch – wheat zakwas. If you plan to cook traditional Polish Sour Soup Żurek, you need Zakwas – a rye starter. You