I first tried these on the way to a skiing holiday, when we stopped for the night at a small hotel in Switzerland. Hotel – Ristorante Baldi. The hotel was ok, clean and close to the motorway, so it was really all that we needed at that time. The fact that it was family-run gave
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The star of this dish is the ginger. It gives the sauce this spicy (but not hot) flavour, slightly then lightened by the lemongrass and coconut milk, which in the end beautifully marries with crispy shrimp. It can be an appetizer, or a main dish (depending how many prawns you want to serve per person),
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Buckwheat roasted groats sounds as a very sophisticated food from some sophisticated bio-store. In Polish, ‘kasza gryczana’ is a simple and cheap dish, for me it has a taste of childhood. And then on top of this it is very healthy, full of vitamins, proteins and fibers and all the good stuff. Putting it into
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It has been cold and rainy the last days and I must admit that a warm, thick soup is something that I really feel like in the evening. This simple soup, with the addition of sweet gingerbread croutons becomes a real treat to start the meal with.

I am not very sure how to call it, whether it is a terrine or a layer cake or a strange take on lasagna. I hope that the picture explains it better than the title. I made it as part of an early Christmas celebration dinner welcoming my parents at my little place. The background
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Another simple dish for a cold evening, quick and very easy to make especially if you bake the butternut squash and garlic ahead of time! And the baked garlic will make your house smell so yummy!  

This dish is really not about cooking. It’s much more about construction. 5 minutes to build this wonderful, sweet and savory appetizer. In a way it’s autumn version of melons with prosciutto, only better as the vinaigrette and pepper give this dish more flavors.

Avocado as a star. The creamy taste of avocado with acidy and a little spicy vinaigrette. Mmm, I love that combination! It’s super healthy (all those good fats in avocados!), gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free, vegan and I don’t know what else. But most of all it is super delicious. If you want to make an elegant
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A lazy Sunday dinner. I shopped on Saturday morning, in between taking the kids to different activities, without really having any meal plan in my head. I tried to stay healthy so I got lots of veggies and this is what it ended up as 🙂 Smoked bacon could have done as well as chorizo,
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Papadrons are small green peppers that we found during our Spanish holidays (I know I mention them a lot, but it was such a wonderful time!), it’s an equivalent of Russian roulette – one in a handful is very spicy, while the rest is very mild. And you really can’t tell until you put them
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