Apples under a cinnamon cloud

 I had this idea for an apple pie for a long time now. I wanted to make something similar to my mum's Pleśniak ("mould pie"), but was afraid that raw apples won't cook enough while baking.

I found this recipe today and I'm determined to make it work for me :)

And I didn't have to go out to buy anything which obviously is a plus :)

Let's see how it went.

Quick banana milkshake

I wanted to bake a banana bread but my beloved husband ate half the bananas I bought.

And since I was left with only two bananas I made a simple banana milkshake.

Cheesy chicken bites

Long time no see. I just realised that the posts that I queued didn't appear on the blog as I planned, so I'm saving them and will be posting from now on.

I didn't have much time to write posts and take pictures, but hopefully that time is behind me now.

I've been planning on making this dish for some time now.

My mum made this for me and my bro when we where in high school and I totally forgot about it till last week.

Summer salad with rocket and grilled veggies

This is my last summer's idea for a light dinner. I used an ordinary frying pan instead of a grilling pan and regretted it.
Zucchini has some demonic powers of absorbing all oil from the pan. I had to drain the excess fat on paper towels.

Apart from that, the salad is mighty simple and extremely tasty.
I didn't use any sauce because the salad was moist enough for me.
Garlic bread goes perfectly with this salad.

Vegetable salad - Polish tradition :)

Hi again! After a month, I know. The life is crazy still. And I'm kinda glad things are happening. But I miss cooking and posting.

Today I'm making a veggie salad - the salad is a must during every family occasion (birthdays, namedays, Xmas, Easter etc) and almost every party we throw.

It's a little bit time-consuming. It's for me at least. I can't chop that fast :)

Apart of a lot of chopping and dicing, the salad is a piece of cake (figuratively, of course) :)

Tuna pasta

 It's time for a quick dinner recipe.

Itt took me about 30 minutes to put together.

Pretty simple to make but the taste is amazing.

Creamy potato puree

Velvety deliciousness. 

That's what this puree is.

I could eat it everyday.

It's really simple as well.

Polish minced meat cutlet - mielone

 Polish 'kotlet mielony' is a  standard dinner dish. You serve it with potatoes and a salad of some sort.

I think it's the most similar to the hamburger, burger or patty.

Milk and Coconut Muffins

Sorry for the lack of posts lately but I've been pretty busy with life in general and didn't have time to cook anything special.

Today I'm making Milk and Coconut Muffins. The recipe is mine and could go terribly wrong because I was improvising a bit. 

Cheese sticks

The lazy food.

Comes together really fast and tastes heavenly.

It's a great dish for a party. Tastes really good with beer. :)

Ham rolls

The ultimate party food.

Requires some preparation time, but in return you get lots of delicious bite-sized food.

You can use whatever ham you have but believe me you don't want to spend hours trying roll tiny ham slices into graceful rolls.

Big slices are easier to cover with filling and easier to roll and you may cut them into smaller pieces (more rolls, yay).

Basic pizza dough and pizza rolls

I'm still a bit exhausted after New Year's Eve, I'm not getting any younger :)

The pizza rolls I made were a blast. And that reminds me I left my baking tray at our friends' house...

Yeah, we had a great night. Lots of food. I think I'll get properly hungry again sometime around Easter. :)

My mother-in-law always makes her pizza dough in the same way - I'm using the recipe for some time now and it never failed me.

Blog B'Day and party snacks

My blog is one year old :) I can't believe it's been a year since I started.

Seems like it was yesterday. :)

Last year I made noodles salad for the New Year's Party.

This time I've made pizza rolls, Caprese salad, cheese sticks and ham rolls.

I've tried to take pictures of everything but, you know, I was rushing through preparations a bit.

 Pizza rolls are just pizza but rolled into a log and cut like cinnamon rolls.

I made pizza rolls for supper a couple of weeks ago - they're pretty easy to make and I think they would freeze really well. 

Caprese salad - mozzarella and tomatoes, but no basil. Instead I mix a bit of olive oil with pesto and pour over salad.

Cheese sticks - out of this recipe or just use store-bought puff pastry, brush it with egg wash and cover with grated cheese.

You can twist the strips of pastry with cheese before baking to make them look nice and swirly :)

Ham rolls - some ham (big slices), cream cheese, chives, black pepper, sweet paprika, pickles (optional).

This is an appetizer that comes together really quick. You could add some chopped olives or finelly chopped bell peppers.

I'll post separate recipes for these snack after the weekend.

 Have an amazing party today 

and

a very lucky, healthy, sweet and delicious New Year 2012!

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Friday Favs - hot chocolate

 Last but one day of the year :) I'm drinking hot chocolate while completing New Year's Eve party menu.

This time, I'm doing only half of the cooking as we are invited to a party, but still... I'm not going 

empty-handed, am I? :)

Tuna and feta dip (or spread)

A quick post about a dip I made about a week ago.

I was in the mood for tuna but run out off cheese. I had half a packet of feta ...

How bad could they taste together, I thought.

Broccoli and feta dip (salad)

 Vegetable options this winter are pretty slim. I don't like to buy imported veggies. Thus, I'm stuck with frozen veg or nothing at all.

 

One of my absolute favourite frozen veggies is broccoli. I could eat it everyday, seriously.

Easy nutella fudge

I thought I'll be too busy to post anything today, but here you go :)

It's Christmas Eve today in Poland. You could ask what's the big deal, it's Christmas Eve everywhere.

  I think that we prepare and celebrate Christmas Eve so much more than the rest of Christmas.

I wish you all a very Merry Christmas! 

Hope you have fabulous time with your families and friends.

May the food you eat be delicious and non-fattening :)

I'll be posting some of my mums cakes after the holidays and some of my party snack ideas for New Year's Eve, so stay tuned :)

Have a nice weekend everyone and don't eat too much :) (just kidding)

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Chocolate orange peel

Remember the candied orange peel I made?

Well, it dried all right.

It's delicious on it's own, but... chocolate makes everything better, doesn't it?

So, I dunked my orange peel in chocolate and made it heavenly :)

It's pretty easy to do.

Friday Favs - Xmas presents

I wish I could say I already found all of my presents. 

Alas, I'm still looking for inspiration.

I have made some of the things I want to gift. I crocheted and knitted (the knitted part looks bad) all December. I really hope my family and friends will like what I got them. 

this is a scarf I made for one of my best friends  - it's a crocheted fan scarf out of this pattern which I modified a bit :)