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Christmas / September 25, 2014

Cabbage rolls with barley

I was in Siewierz yesterday. In Siewierz (in case you don’t know it, it’s a town on the Warsaw–Katowice road), there’s a…

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Polish dishes / September 25, 2014

Lightly fermented dill pickles

Ladies and gentlemen, I’ll keep this short. Here’s a recipe for lightly fermented cucumbers, the finest preserved vegetables of all. Simple and…

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American dishes / September 23, 2014

Beef steak

If you follow Prymitywna on Facebook, you already know there was no messing about today. Hence this recipe for one fine-looking beef…

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Arab dishes / September 21, 2014

Banana and fig smoothie

A productive morning today. All I had for breakfast was the banana and fig smoothie you’re reading the recipe for. Really nourishing,…

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Vegetarian dishes / September 21, 2014

Pasta with green pesto

This is the simplest dish in the world, provided you’ve made the pesto ahead of time (or you’re exceptionally lazy and have…

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Christmas / September 21, 2014

Orange marmalade

Well, we did it. We beat Germany. Before that, we beat Russia. Feels better already. The question is, why should we beat…

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Vegetarian dishes / September 20, 2014

Green pesto

If you follow the recipes on PrymitywnaKuchnia.pl closely, you’ll know I’ve made pesto at least a few times already. Somehow I’ve never…

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Christmas / September 20, 2014

Pumpkin cheesecake

It had been following me around for ages, yet somehow it always got away. Not that it was stalking me. Though maybe…

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Vegetarian dishes / September 20, 2014

Pumpkin risotto

I needed a quick, nourishing, tasty lunch. The fridge was almost bare, but there was a piece of pumpkin, a carrot and…

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Mexican dishes / September 20, 2014

Guacamole

I happened to buy an avocado the other day. They were probably on special 😉 It had been sitting around for a…

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