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Where to eat Polish food in Krakow
So you find yourself in Krakow, the charming second largest city in Poland, and you wonder what it has to offer in terms of food….
Vegan panna cotta with coconut milk and cardamom
I have written multiple times that I am a big fan of panna cotta, a dessert that actually originates from the very region in Italy…
Holy chunky guacamole!
Guacamole is one of my all-time favourites. I could eat it with anything. My love is not just for the avocado alone, but for that…
Quiche with zucchini, feta and mint
Dear readers of this blog, let me present to you a lovely quiche made with zucchini, feta and mint leaves. It is basically a concentrate…
Cream cheese and hazelnut stuffed mushrooms
Cream cheese stuffed mushrooms may sound like a very easy and cheap combination, and in fact this is a very “student friendly” meal to make….
Lemon lavender cake loaf
Lemon lavender cake is an excellent treat in anticipation of summer. Think a zesty loaf with a subtle lavender scent. The amount of lavender in…
Zoodles with peanuts and chili flakes
I’m new to the zoodle game. Zucchini spiralizers have been out for a while now and I’ve constantly been procrastinating getting one. But now I…
Sweet potato gnocchi with brown butter
In Italy gnocchi is a Thursday business. I don’t really know where that originates from, but there’s a saying that goes “giovedì gnocchi”, which translates…
Leek mascarpone pizza bianca
Leek mascarpone pizza is the answer to the question “What is your favourite pizza?” lately. Of course my heart will always beat for Quattro Formaggi,…
Swedish meatballs with cream sauce
Remember the Swedish Chef from Sesame Street? It’s a character I didn’t know as a child, but discovered late enough to fully appreciate it. After…
Rose macarons with rose preserve buttercream
Rose macarons. Made with actual roses, the flowers. This was my highest ambition when back in the summer last year I made a rose petal…
Thick hot chocolate, Italian style
Hot chocolate in Italy is serious business. Every café serves it and it’s always deliciously thick. Even if it’s made from a bag, you can…
Gingerbread cheesecake with a Lotus Biscoff base
Ah, gingerbread! It’s not something I’ve always associated with Christmas but now I can’t think of Christmas without pepparkakor anymore. There is no Advent without…
Saffron panna cotta
Saffron panna cotta is my way to honour Italy and Sweden this Advent season. On one side we have panna cotta representing Italy, and in…
Roasted pumpkin salad with feta and walnuts
Adjusting to Sweden’s food availability I noticed one thing: pumpkins are not very popular. Butternut squash is available year round, and I feel lucky because it’s my…
Coffee culture in Sweden: Hedens Kaffe in Falun
Ever since I moved to Sweden I have become an avid coffee drinker. Sweden’s coffee culture was one of the first features I embraced. Sweden…
Apple cinnamon mini shortcrust pies
Apple cinnamon pie rhymes with comfort food (no, it doesn’t). But seriously, this might be the most basic pie, yet to so many people it…
Green pea and ricotta soup
The inspiration to make pea soup with ricotta came from the Ikea catalogue. I know, right? I love the Ikea catalogue, it always has those…
Mini tarts with mushrooms and parmigiano
I’ve been an advocate of shortcrust vegetable pies for years. I started making them when I didn’t even have a tart pan but was using…
Raspberry custard tarts
No blueberries this year. What a big disappointment. Last year when my parents visited at the beginning of August, they went out blueberry picking every day…
Pizza with avocado and fresh tomatoes
There is evidence of flatbreads being baked in many ancient cultures, but pizza as we know it nowadays has a much more modern history. Legend…
Rose petals in sugar
Rose petals are a popular filling for pączki, or Polish doughnuts. So popular that my Polish mom goes crazy over them. Whenever she’s in Poland…
Garlic salsa dip with canned tomatoes
I wish I could say it’s hot but it’s just not. I think all through July the temperature never reached 25 degrees. My parents are…
Strawberry Bavarian Cream
I have a distant memory of strawberry Bavarian cream made from a box by my mom when I was little. I think I had it…
Red lentil burgers
As this post is being published I am spending a portion of my summer vacations in Poland. Prior to getting here, I had spent a few…
Penne al salmone e vodka
On the occasion of my mom’s birthday I am posting a recipe that I have learned from her, and since she taught me to cook…
Brown sugar panna cotta
It may seem like I have a slight obsession with brown sugar lately, especially after I made brown lemonade – the last time I made panna…
Farro salad with baked cod, peas and feta
Summer is finally here, this time it’s for real and that calls for one thing: salads! No, I’m kidding, summer in Sweden equals barbeque. Only…
Creamy pasta with roasted cherry tomatoes
We Italians can be awfully picky eaters. We pride ourselves for coming from one of the places in the world with the best food, and…
Brown lemonade
“Lemonade can’t be brown!” was the comment I got when I lay on the table a jug full of my newest lemonade. That, and a…
Sweet potato and bacon fritters
This recipe came out of nowhere. Or better, I got some inspiration, not gonna lie. The inspiration was a Swedish pancake that goes by the…
Oven-roasted cherry tomatoes
Last week I bought cherry tomatoes with the intention of eating them on Thursday, the day that I start working at 12:00 and I usually have…
Bite-sized lamingtons
Lamingtons are a type of Australian sweet treat made of sponge cake dipped in chocolate and rolled in coconut flakes. In my family, we’ve mistakenly…
Oat cream-based zebra cake
In my everlasting quest to make the perfect cakes suitable for my food-intolerant friends and colleagues, I have started exploring oat-based products more and more….
Double chocolate banana bread
Making banana bread can be a very good strategy to get rid of overly ripe bananas that had been forgotten or just neglected. There are…
The sinful green smoothie
I’ve been meaning to try to make my own green smoothies ever since my New York days, when I was surrounded by so many people…
Red wine risotto
Think Italy and carbohydrates – the first thought that comes into mind is pasta. Followed by pizza. The culinary tradition of my own country basically…
Stracciatella yoghurt Bundt cake
Honesty talk – how do you think a 1 Kilo tub of stracciatella yoghurt ended up in my fridge? Answer: because it was close to…
London fog
I discovered that Earl Grey tea with milk is called “London Fog” only a few months ago, when my friend Ania from Snowtoseas introduced it…
Rösti, the Swiss potato fritters
I come from a country that has a lot in common with Switzerland, including a shared border, the Alps and a language (Italian is one…
Salmon quinoa salad
Last year I started adding quinoa more and more into my eating habits. It’s an excellent alternative to pasta or rice, and works perfectly in…
Mulled wine, my kind of Christmas drink
Mulled wine reminds me of home. It is the perfect drink to fight off the cold during an outdoor gathering in the winter. Like the…
A foodie’s guide to Krakow
Krakow is the second largest city in Poland. It is a very important place for me for two reasons. First, it is where my mom…
Allergy-friendly chocolate cupcakes (vegan and gluten free)
For the last week of school before the Christmas break I decided to treat my mentor class to some home-made chocolate cupcakes. This is a…
Blueberry lavender milkshake
Summer’s gone and it left my freezer full of blueberries. By saying full I mean that I have about 6 Kg of frozen blueberries in…
Peanut butter cookies
Remember Nutellotti? The super easy three-ingredient Nutella-based biscuits? When I first made them I had been inspired by the recipe popping up in my newsfeed…
Kanelbulle muffins
Among the many wonderful (and quite random) events that Sweden celebrates there is Cinnamon Bun Day on October 4th. Of course the past Octber 4th…
Mini vegan meringues
Among the good things about Instagram there is the fact that it helps me to discover new amazing foods and food photographers/bloggers. Besides my daily supply…
Falafel burgers with halloumi and guacamole
Who doesn’t love a good burger? Beef, chicken or vegetarian, I will never say no to one. As much as I enjoy burgers as street…
Autumn soup: pumpkin curry with coconut milk (vegan)
There is one type of soup that makes me think of autumn and that is pumpkin curry. It has become a favourite since we moved…
Chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting
Peanut butter is one of those foods I have a strange relationship with. I can live without it for months and all is fine, until…
Granola bars with honey and raisins
Around this time of the year three things happen: days get dramatically shorter, I turn one year older, and I tend to disappear from this…
Tuna and feta stuffed zucchini
Back in June, when I had not yet started my summer vacations and my boyfriend was already in Italy (I flew to him as soon…
Kladdkaka, the Swedish sticky cake
Kladdkaka, also known as the Swedish gooey cake, or Swedish messy cake. When uncut, it appears as a relatively harmless low chocolatey cake. Cut out…
Chocolate tart
For our soon-to-be-celebrated anniversary, I got a new tart pan from my boyfriend. We picked it on our most recent trip to the Åland islands…
Shrimp in cocktail sauce
There is a dish that I have loved ever since I was a kid, and it is shrimps drowned in creamy cocktail sauce. I made…
New York style cheesecake
Baked cheesecake is one of my favourite desserts. The first version I have tried in my life is the Polish sernik, often made by my mom…
Avocado banana smoothie
Avocado is one of my favourite foods. My love for it started from sushi, then further developed from there. My latest favourite way to enjoy this…
Sun-dried tomato and ricotta pesto (pesto rosso)
Since I recently gave up on store-bought pesto and started making my own, I decided it is worth at this point getting a little more…
Sachertorte, my Viennese challenge
It was the spring of 2012, a bunch of lovely warm and sunny April days, and I was finally visiting the capital of Austria with…
Cinnamon sweet bread loaf
What’s not to love about cinnamon buns? They’re the best! The wicked combination of cinnamon, butter and a yeast dough, and then all the icing…
Blueberry tart with a crumbly top
Blueberry tart is a summertime favourite. When the season is right and the bushes in the forests are exploding with the dark and delicious berries…
Caramelized onion relish for hamburgers
To me, August is peak grilling season. Or at least it was, until last year. Last year August was splendid: warm, sunny, perfect for eating…
Home-made basil cashew pesto
Learning that home-made pesto is super easy to make was a life saver. As an Italian expat, among the things that I miss the most…
Simple strawberry cake
I am back in Italy, enjoying my summer vacations. I’m back where I started this blog one year ago – WordPress was reminding me that…
Single-serving apple crumble
I think I’m not the only person out there who buys stuff with a lot of creative ideas in mind and then gets overwhelmed by…
Chocolate chip cookies
Last month while visiting the local book store I was attracted by a sign advertising a sale on food-related books. I always check out the book…
Chicken livers with onion
There are flavours that we love from childhood, and flavours that we discover and learn to appreciate later in life. As a kid I used…
Raspberry no-bake cheesecake
School is finally over and I am currently anticipating the long summer vacations I’ve earned and deserve after working for over seven months as a…
Lemon-poppyseed Bundt cake
I made lemon-poppyseed cake a few weeks ago for fika at my Swedish language course. As I mentioned in my previous post I have started attending one…
Mini choco-cinnamon muffins
I have recently started a Swedish language course that’s being offered at my workplace, and of course, being it about Swedish culture as well, it…
Chocolate macarons
I finally made macarons again. I had promised myself I would at some point, after my first batch, and kept this promise to myself vey…
Red Velvet cake
I taught myself how to make Red Velvet cake during my stay in Toronto. I had seriously started obsessing over that cake and when a…
Nutellotti, three-ingredient Nutella biscotti
Can rich choco-hazelnut biscuits be so simple they feature only three ingredients? Well, the answer is yes if one of the ingredients is Nutella! I…
Mini blueberry pies
Baking smaller versions of tarts in a muffin tin can be great fun. I have uploaded proof of this on this blog when I made miniature…
Pepparkakor: gingerbread cookies
Gingerbread cookies may not be a big deal in Italy, but no Swedish Christmas is complete without them. Baking gingerbread men plays a huge part…
Fale Dunaju, or Polish apple cake
As I was growing up I used to think that Poland is the country with the richest cake tradition in the world. I had two…
Roasted pork loin with hazelnut sauce
Loin of pork might be one of the cheapest cuts of meat out there. Yet if cooked the right way it can still deliver some…
Halloween cupcakes
It seems that I’ve mostly been baking sweets lately and this, in fact, is not too far from the truth. My latest creations were Halloween-themed cupcakes…
Blueberry macarons
I’ve been meaning to make macarons for ages, but there were so many things that kept me from trying. First of all, their inglorious fame:…
Walnut and chocolate cake
Last week I made another birthday cake. October seems to be a very fruitful month, if you know what I mean (I’m an October-born myself). Anyway,…
Heart-shaped oat biscuits
One thing that happened recently was celebrating our anniversary with my boyfriend. This occasion called for heart-shaped biscuits. I’m not much of a heart-shaped-biscuit person,…
Banana bread with chocolate chips
Banana bread is the best way to rescue overly ripe bananas from the trash. You don’t want to trash good food. So if you are…
Avocado hummus
I live in Sweden, the land of meatballs! Seriously, if there is one food from Sweden that everybody knows it will be meatballs. Ikea has…
Eggplant rolls with walnuts and feta
Grilled is one of the finest ways one can prepare eggplant. Eggplant rolls are a fine expression of the many ways grilled eggplant can work…
Leek & potato cream soup
As a kid I used to hate pureed soups. They just did not make sense. I hated that all the flavours were mixed together and…
Cashew chicken noodles
Browsing Thai recipes lately I found cashew chicken and thought this could be an interesting thing to try. Comparing several recipes found all over the…
Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting
I have already made carrot cake earlier this year, and every time I eat it I feel like I could have it on a daily…
Mushroom tart
I know, I know, another vegetable pie. The truth is: I love making them! And again, I prepared a dish that features something that was…
Denmark-inspired beef patty smørrebrød
While flying back from Italy two months ago, I kept myself entertained reading Finnair’s inflight magazine Blue Wings. I loved everything about Finnair (it’s all here)…
Fish and chips
Home made fish and chips had been high on my list of foods to try to make at home for a while, so when a…
Mini leek pies
Some time ago I posted the recipe to one of my favourite vegetable dishes I prepare on a regular basis: broccoli pie. I was genuinely…
Basic waffle recipe
I remember that as a kid I used to love waffles. In Poland you often find thick waffles, Belgian-style, and it’s those I knew as a kid….
Basic bruschetta (on Swedish bread)
Bruschetta is the perfect appetizer at Italian BBQs. Just think about it: the bread gets grilled straight on the BBQ, garlic and tomatoes are found in…
Leek “lasagna”
Lasagne (in Italian we more commonly call this dish in the plural form) is my favourite food. It comes before pizza, guacamole, Norwegian chocolate, shrimps and all…
Lemon and lime meringue pie
A few days ago I prepared some lemon and lime curd. My ultimate intention was to use it to make lemon (and lime) meringue pie….
Avocado tuna sandwiches
Today I woke up with a taste for avocado, so I went to my local supermarket and to my delight I saw that avocados were…
Lemon and lime curd
I finally got myself a tart pan! I still very much enjoy making savoury pies in springform pans, but it’s good to have a proper…
Almond muffins
You can never go wrong with muffins. They’re easy to make and go pretty much well with everything. And they can cheer you up on…