A surprising result of spending time in lock-down is that we got to know our neighbors better and I even made a great friend – Joanne! Joanne, who has such a similar way of seeing things as me, even if we are still so very different on some levels. She is totally into gardening (I
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It’s my take on a breakfast treat that my grandma (Babcia Zosia) was making for me when I was little. Since then, soft boiled eggs with a toast are my comfort food… Later on I discovered that she was making a simplified version of what is called ‘Vienna style eggs’. I know where I got
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A rather simple recipe for zucchini lovers. It’s not trying to be a lasagna, but it is inspired by Italian cuisine enough to refer to lasagna in the title.  The arrabiata sauce ads an unexpected kick making taking this simple dish to another level.

A beautiful cheesy sauce which works great with pasta. Invented by an Italian restaurateur (named Alfredo of course) consisted only of Parmesan and butter, then upgraded in the US with cream and garlic.  Yummie. You can add  fried chicken to it to make it a more complete meal. Some add broccoli, but I don’t believe
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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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It’s only June so I was not yet expecting to find real mushrooms at the grocery store, I would think it will be all about asparagus and young carrots, maybe the figues would arrive soon, but I came across chantrelles and I could not resist. I called chantrelle ‘real’ as opposed to Portobello mushrooms that
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