Tag: Poland
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365 Self-Portrait Project (week 35th)
First of all, I want to invite all of you to read my post at World Moms Blog about my Self-Portrait Project. It is called “(Self)Portrait of mother(hood)” and I talk in it about… hm… this project in general, and why I encourage mothers to be more brave when it comes to have their pictures…
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Polish flat bread with onion, corn, flax-seed meal and fresh herbs / tzw Cebularz Lubelski
While this dish is very popular in Poland and you can find it in almost every single bakery I had no idea that it comes from Jewish culture and it is actually called “Cebularz Lubelski” after one part of Poland where it suppose to originated from. “Cebularz” means something with onion… and in this case…
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Marzipan and blueberries whole wheat pancakes with flax-seed meal
Back in the days my husband and I used to eat at iHop a lot. Almost every Saturday or Sunday we would go there for a breakfast and I would have a huge stack of pancakes, always a different flavor or whatever new they were having that time. One day while I was pregnant…
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Bread Machine Challah (Chałka)
Challah is a traditional jewish braided bread made on jewish holidays and Sabbath. In Poland, challah is very popular and it can be bought in any bakery. Though, this baked goodie has no religion meaning. Many people don’t even know that this bread comes from jewish culture. As a small kid I remember my mom…
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365 Self-portrait Project (week 23rd)
It’s been a hot week here and finally they opened on old playground near us which was closed for almost 9 months because of complete re-doing. I haven’t seen this place (or any other playground) so packed with running and yelling kids. It appeared that the generation of today’s kids still can jump, run and…
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Pasztet z marchwi – Polish Carrot Pâté with coconut sugar glazed carrots
Dish this was in my head for a long time. As once vegetarian I used to make it quite often. I made a few changes like the glazed carrots inside or coconut oil but the rest of stayed pretty the same. Normally pasztet is meat based dish. In Poland it’s made from ground poultry, pork,…
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Memories captured
Yesterday I talked on Skype with my parents in Poland. A few weeks back they had their big anniversary and my sister made them a photo book. While my mom was going through it trying to show me the pictures my sister used in it I realized how just a few pictures we have from…
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Creamy and Rich: Homemade Ricotta
As a kid, since I can remember to about when I was 14 I spent me entire Summer break in a small village in Poland with my dad’s family. They didn’t have running water (just a well). We bathed in a huge washbowl and… the toilet was outside. I would eat wild growing berries and…
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Homemade “Kisiel”
Sometime in the past I wrote a post about kisiel. The one that I had was a powdered kisiel I got from our Polish store. To make it you just need to add the powder to a boiling water and voila! I found it in our Polish store but I’ve never bought it again since.…
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“Chłodnik” Polish cold soup
Middle of Winter, and who does think about dishes that would refresh you and help you to cool down? Only pregnant women 🙂 Pregnant and living in CA where in January we have ripening tomatoes and growing lettuce outside our apartment. “Chłodnik” literally means “cooler” and in Poland and many European countries is eaten during…
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