Simple chocolate cake (with Nutella)
This cake is an example of how to make something good out of next to nothing. Today we fancied something sweet and…
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Category: As simple as it gets
Mackerel spread (with semi-fat twaróg)
A bit of a reminder of the good old communist days, isn’t it? A fish spread like this. The pinnacle of seafood…
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Żurek sour rye soup with sausage and egg
For a few days, a bottle of what looked like quite a decent fermented rye starter for żurek had been sitting in…
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Fried savoy cabbage
I have this thing — perhaps it isn’t normal — but when I see a small, shapely, wrinkled Italian beauty in the…
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Oven-baked pork loin with carrot
This dish surprised even me. I had two pork chops ready to make two traditional pork schnitzels, but Ninka had a New…
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Pumpernickel sandwiches with Black Forest ham
I’m going back to my roots. By which I mean I’m posting a ridiculously simple recipe, but perhaps you’ve forgotten about something…
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Rocket salad with pumpernickel
I promised, so I’m trying to keep my word. But let me say straight away that this isn’t an official New Year’s…
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Oven-baked potato crisps
Today I was looking for a side dish for the pork tenderloin I was planning to grill. I settled on potatoes, but…
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Fermented beetroot starter for barszcz
I’ve been away from here for ages! I just haven’t had the time. Things piled up and finally overflowed. A truly enormous…
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Grilled gyros (kebab-style meat)
Today I had an unusually strong craving for a kebab. Or rather, gyros. But lately, after a year of running this blog…
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