How was your Thanksgiving? I spent mine in Poland where obviously we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, so no days off, no turkey, no pumpkin pie for us. However since I love all kinds of holidays I had to at least prepare some kind of traditional Thanksgiving treat for my family. I brought with me from US few packages of pecans, which by the way turned out to be extremely similar in taste and appearance to walnuts, and I prepared a pecan pie. My version is slightly different because instead of corn …

Swiss chard is such a marvelous vegetable. Not only it looks beautiful with its colorful stalks but it also is extraordinarily healthy. Just one cup of raw, uncooked chard gives you 4 g of fiber, over 700% of daily requirement for vitamin K, 100% for vitamin A, 50% for vitamin C, almost 40% for magnesium, 27% for potassium and 23% for Iron. It really is exceptionally lot for just 1 cup. It also gives you a decent 15% of Calcium but since it contains oxalic acid, the nutrient is not …

A recipe I made today comes from Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book and in spite of the fact that I’ve been wanting to make it because it looks delicious I also want to submit it for the contest on Mixing Bowl. If you like my version of a vegetarian quiche you can vote on it here. The contest ends October 9th and you can submit one vote per day. It’s the first time ever that i take part in any contest so I’m pretty excited. Next week I’m …

Delicious mini tarts, stuffed with creamy leek filling. Sounds healthy however both puff pastry and creamy filling are high in calories and fat.  But who cares, it is such a guilty pleasure.
I’ve been wanting to make a tart for a while but instead I decided to make traditional leek tart in a slightly non traditional way, few mini tarts instead of one, big round tart. I think making mini, personal tarts is an awesome idea if you either want to just snack on it or if you’re throwing a party. …