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Extremely Smurfy Smurfberry Muffins

Extremely smurfy smurfberry muffins for the Smurf in your life… secret Papa Smurf recipe (!)

Bread Rolls with Leftover Christmas Herbs

Homemade bread rolls recipe using up leftover herbs.

Happy Holidays & Prosperous New Year 2012

This year we have started celebrating Christmas yesterday (Polish way) with Wild Mushroom Soup and Mushroom & Sour Cabbage Pierogi (Polish Filled Dumplings). Today Herb Butter Turkey is roasting, Roasted Carrots and Beets in Balsamic Maple Syrup are waiting already aside, same 10 Minute Cranberry & Orange Sauce and veggies for Polish Vegetable Salad just […]

Bead Angel Christmas Ornaments

Easy angel ornament made out of Hama, Ikea or Tiger store beads.

Cupcake Stand Christmas Tree

MATERIALS for the tree metal cupcake stand about 9 m of sparkly garlands / tinsels (we used 3 x 2 m green and 2 x 1.5 m golden ones) slim long chain small baubles with hooks for the star thick corrugated cardboard wooden skewer paint glitter in a shaker TOOLS scissors star shaped stencil or […]

Matchbox Christmas Countdown Calendar / Advent Calendar

Chest of drawers style countdown calendar made out of matchboxes.

Getting Ready for Holiday Season

With Christmas just around the corner it is a good idea to plan ahead and be prepared to avoid the rush. This can be done easily because shops start selling Christmas stuff before Halloween is over! This year, because of the small baby in the house, who has just started walking and grabbing everything, we […]

Cheese, Wine & Food Pairings

There is plenty of varieties of cheese and wine so choosing the right pair can be a little tricky…

Popping Candy Sparklers

INGREDIENTS 200g chocolate bar (I used white chocolate) about 12 long bread sticks 1 tbs popping candy sprinkles METHOD Break chocolate into pieces and melt in small non-stick saucepan over low fire. Leave aside until it is very thick but still spreadable, stir in popping candy and then spread on about half length of each […]

Cranberry & Mozzarella Pastries

INGREDIENTS 375g ready to roll puff pastry ½ cup leftover cranberry sauce (I used 10 Minute Cranberry & Orange Sauce) ¾ cup grated mozzarella or other cheese EQUIPMENT 1 large baking tray lined with Teflon sheet or baking paper METHOD Spread cranberry sauce on the top of the pastry, top with grated mozzarella and roll […]

10 Minute Homemade Cranberry & Orange Sauce

Super quick and easy, homemade cranberry sauce from scratch.

DIY Christmas Hampers

MATERIALS cardboard box wrapping paper multi-purpose glue ribbon shredded paper themed items to put inside breakfast hamper cereal bowls oats honey or some syrup (i used agave syrup) dried fruits and nuts tea etc. regional hamper Caribbean groceries Polish groceries Italian groceries etc. Some more Christmas gift ideas can be found here.

DIY Christmas Gift Ideas

DIY festive gift ideas – handmade cards, homemade cosmetics and more…

DIY Hanging Christmas Calendar for Children

Extremely easy DIY countdown calendar for kids.

Snowflake Decorations Made of Beads

Quick and easy DIY Christmas decorations… can be done in 30 minutes.

Georgeus Food & Gift Hampers from Interflora

Couple of days ago I have received this beautiful Sweet Nostalgia basket, one of the Interflora hampers packed with old time favourite sweets, perfect gift for any family with small or bigger kids. My children (5 and 15 years old) enjoyed it so much I had to hide the hamper from them not to eat it […]

Brussels Sprouts Polish Way – Boiled with Breadcrumbs

Polish brukselka / Brussel sprouts with bread crumbs recipe.

Chicken de Volaille in Chestnut Mushroom Sauce / Zrazy z Kurczaka

Chicken de Volaille / zrazy z kurczaka is a Polish dish often served at wedding and other parties.

Goodbye 2009 and Hello 2010!

New Year’s resolutions and wishes…

Creamy Leftover Turkey Pie with Carrots & Green Beans

Leftover Turkey & Roasted Veggies in Puff Pastry

INGREDIENTS 500g ready chilled puff pastry (cut in 4 square pieces) 2 cups chopped leftover Roasted Turkey Breast with Rosemary, Thyme & Sage 3 cups chopped roasted leftover veggies such as: parsnips, carrots and potatoes 1 tbs fresh herbs: rosemary, thyme, sage (1 tsp each) sea salt to taste 4 tbs unsalted butter or some […]

Roasted Turkey Breast with Rosemary, Thyme & Sage

Super easy and delicious boneless turkey recipe for Christmas.

Chatka Puchatka albo Domek Baby Jagi – Pooh House also called Witch House

[inspired by my friend Lidka who reminded me of this childhood recipe] INGREDIENTS for the cake bar of unsalted butter – 250g (softened) 500g white curd cheese or hard ricotta (mashed with a fork) few tbs of milk – optionally 1 cup icing sugar 2 tbs vanilla sugar 2 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder 60 pettit […]

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