Traditional American burgers. They have nothing in common with the hamburgers you can get a fast-food chain, but the name. It’s one of those meals that everyone in our family is happy for. Certainly the fact that you can build your own burger as you like it helps a lot. And Karl gets to play
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Yet another simple recipe, quick enough for a weekday dinner and at the same time fancy enough for a dinner party. The key to this recipe is no to overcook the salmon, I like mine undone in the middle, for those who like their salmon cooked through this gets tricky, luckily for me, Karl is
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This recipe I learned from Kasia, even if I am not sure how close what I just cooked is to what she cooked back then, and it was Bulgarian and nor Greek cheese that was involved… Anyway, I remember that she served me this at her place, welcoming me to her apartment (again). The warmth
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Pizza is Karl’s specialty. It was one of the first things that he cooked for me! And unlike the full-of-veggies or full-of-healthy-fish things that I often cook, everybody in our family LOVES KARL’S PIZZA! It surely helps that Karl individualizes each pizza with everybody’s favorite toppings. So for a family evening, it is a perfect
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Not so long ago I decided to cut on carbs, the before-the-summer resolution… Unfortunately this is not a low-carb-super-healthy recipe. So if you have similar resolutions try not to eat too much of this (if you can!) I served it with grilled chicken and the sauce worked really well with it.   Ingredients: 500 gnocchi
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It’s healthy and green. Perfect for a springtime lunch.      

This recipe is really quick and if only you have fresh fish and don’t overbake it, there is no way to mess it up! 4 trout filets Ingredients for crumble: Hazelnuts, chopped (a handful) Hazelnut flour (or white flour) – 2 tbs Bread crumbs (1 tbs) Honey (1 tsp) Olive oil (2 tbs) Chopped herbs
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An impromptu (late) dinner for 4, on a sunny May evening. I usually have an idea of what we will have for dinner no later than during the afternoon. Not today… So, a look around the fridge, which is luckily full of spring veggies, and here is what’s on the menu: Eggs and asparagus salad
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BBQ ribs in our family turned out to be a challenge It turns out there is a long tradition, childhood memories of “grandpa’s best ribs’ and discussions which BBQ sauce is the best. I gave up on the idea of doing something better than the idealised memories, and decided go for something really good. With
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You have to be born Polish to love them. Then you either love them truly or are ashamed that this is what Polish cuisine is about… Junior woke up one morning crying that he wants gołąbki! So despite the fact that I am not one of gołąbki lovers I bought the Chinese cabbage. Ingredients: Chinese
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