Fresh fava bean guacamole bruschetta

Polish Summers with fresh fava beans... very much missed when living abroad. The season is very short, it's happening now and we can't get enough of them.  In any form...

Young potatoes with dill, yoghurt and egg

With the first hot days of the year, my childhood memories together with my appetite go back to this...

Rosti (Swiss potato dish)

We are really not a potato family but then we are a potato family. That is, if I cooked potatoes every day or, let's say, every other day, I would always have willing takers.

Roasted vegetable medley with red beans

Hania likes potatoes and beans, Julian likes onions, potatoes and beans...I like this, this and that and the fact that it is headache-and-mess free. Roasted vegetable medley is my family's regular favorite.

Buckwheat and red bean medley with celery and carrots

I knew I wanted celery, green and tender...I find it particularly fine with red beans.

Gnocchi alla sorrentina

Rustic Italian at its best...

Cabbage with porcini and beans (bigos w/o meat)

To slowly get back in the rhythm of things after the Holidays ...and to fill my home with sweet childhood memories, I made bigos (a Polish national dish).

Potatoes stuffed with lentils

I made this for my parents when they came for a visit. But since they are still suspicious about my cooking...or maybe they were just not hungry, I was happy to eat the leftovers.

Giant white beans with roasted root vegetables and thyme

Sit back, relax and enjoy your meal.

Lentil burgers

I liked biting into this burger.

Pumpkin and chickpeas with ginger

A beautiful combination.

Grilled eggplant parmigiana

Why have I waited so long to do this?

Couscous with fresh fava beans

I wish all beans tasted like these. Why do dry ones taste heavy and difficult? We only get a chance to eat fresh fava beans a couple of weeks a year, which is now. I have a feeling they are very healthy. All major macro- and micronutrients in one little, I mean, big bean.

Baked asparagus mousse

What a nice surprise. I didn't know what to except...till the first bite. No, not a bite. You don't bite mousse.

Rhubarb preserves

I just had some for breakfast. I just had a lot. I'm a big fan of my preserves. I can eat half a jar at one sitting. They are never too sweet. Always light and fresh. 

Spinach gnocchi

It's the third time I've used my new potato press and I'm liking it more every time. No mashing will do. Potatoes from the press come out light and airy. The fluffy puree will incorporate perfectly just about any vegetable or cheese to make a full, delightful meal. We are getting to be very fond of gnocchi.

Potato cake with spinach

After a busy Easter, it feels good to eat at home alone again. Not that my mom's duck or snails with pesto at the best restaurant in town (courtesy of my brother in law) were bad. Not that my little nephew can't sit still (typical 4 year old) and always wants something that he shouldn't have and my sister looks for ways to the right thing. All fine, as long as I know the next day, I could do my own thing, in peace.

Potato gnocchi

I like making gnocchi. Is it really relaxing? I think it is. You can't rush anything, you stand in your kitchen for about an hour...making...gnocchio after gnocchio.

Kitchari with vegetables

When I don't know what to make, don't have time, had enough chocolate, tomato sauces, pizza and pasta...I go back to this recipe. And I don't feel bad making, eating and serving the same thing several times in a row (freshly made for lunch, reheated for dinner) to me or anybody around. Especially when it seems everybody else is getting sick...and we are not (knock knock knock). This is a great between-seasons dish. Without getting to deep into the benefits of Kitchari, this meal is just delicious and easy to make. And it tastes like nothing else I ever make.