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From a Polish Country House Kitchen #8
This week 1 recipe:Beef Tenderloin with Wild Mushrooms and Dill Pickle1 down - 72 to goCooking my way through From a Polish Country House KitchenThis week's recipe also included our homemade pickles....
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Vegan Snack Bites
We're traveling this week with our daughter - a road trip for us, meeting her in Vienna and then off to a few spots in Germany. The last time Lisa was in this part of the world, she was vegetarian,...
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Vegan Sesame Seed Coolies
I toasted a pan full of sesame seeds when I made the vegan snack bites in my last post. The rest have become vegan cookies - more road snack for our trip with Lisa. The recipe is from Food Bridge -...
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PlanetBox Eco Friendly Lunch Box
from the PlanetBox websiteThings have come a long way since our kids were little. I think that every time we pass a mom with one of the fancy newfangled strollers. They're so big and sturdy, strong,...
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From A Polish Country House Kitchen #9
This week 1 recipe:Chłodnik1 down - 71 to goCooking my way through From a Polish Country House KitchenThis week's soup is one that you can't miss. The first time I saw someone eating it in a...
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From A Polish Country House Kitchen #10
This week 1 recipe:Cabbage Rolls with Wild Mushroom Stuffing in Tomato Broth1 down - 70 to goCooking my way through From a Polish Country House KitchenEd and I have been married for 33 years, so I have...
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World's Best Caramel Corn
Oh, the dangers of being a good cook! Seriously, pretty much anything you might want to eat is within your grasp.Ed was out of town on business last week. I think of these times as a week-long slumber...
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World Sepsis Day
Ed and I are off to Berlin today for a World Sepsis Day event. I'm venturing away from my usual food related topics a bit because I want to make you aware of sepsis - something I'd never heard of until...
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From a Polish Country House Kitchen #11
This week 1 recipe:Mustard Soup1 down - 69 to goCooking my way through From a Polish Country House KitchenUnlike my sister, who as a child would create things like a mustard sandwich, I like mustard in...
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Atelier Amaro, Poland's First Michelin Starred Restaurant
Ed had to be in eastern part of Poland for a trade show a few weeks ago, we made plans for me to meet him in Warsaw at the end of the week. While he was away, I learned that a Warsaw restaurant,...
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Zucchini Blossoms
Thanks to the generosity of my friend, Klaudia, who shared her bounty of buds, we had fried zucchini blossoms for the first time. I mixed up equal parts of cream cheese and a soft goat cheese. I gave...
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Gardening in Tucson (Zone 9)
One of the things I've loved about living in Poland is the abundance of affordable fresh produce; I want that when we return home too. As European countries go, Poland is very large and much of it is...
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Growing veggies in the Sonoran desert - preparing the soil
If you're a desert dweller and a gardener, you should be getting ready to plant a winter garden. Despite rumors to the contrary, you can grow most all vegetables successfully in the desert, you just...
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Sol y Sombra
Sol y Sombra or Spainish truth serum. We finished many an evening with our friends over a sol y sombra or two when we lived in Spain. Secrets were shared, problems were solved, or so it seemed. ;-)For...
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From a Polish Country House Kitchen #12
This week 1 recipe:Traditional BarszczTraditional Barszcz - a popular soup throughout Central and Eastern EuropeThis winter soup which is rumored to have healing properties is spicy and tart. Not spicy...
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Sweet Potatoes with Leek and Bacon
Sweet Potatoes are hard to find in Poland. I pick up a few when we find them; they're yummy roasted with a little butter and salt. Always thinking, my husband suggested we prepare them with leek and...
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Winter gardens in arid lands - a Tucson water schedule
Hopefully, your garden has been tilled, the seeds planted and if you've bought 6-packs of vegetables they're also in the ground. You'll get a few winter rains, but your garden will need supplemental...
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Tomato Chips (or Crisps)
In the last week, we've noticed these tomato chips in several Polish supermarkets. I'm wondering if they've already appeared in the states. The ingredients are simple, tomato, basil, oregano - no oil,...
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Quick Creamy Curry Salad Dressing
Salads, as we know them in the United States, are not traditional in Poland. You can find American style salads in some restaurants, but a Polish version will be a few vegetables grated and served...
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Home gardening...it's all about the flavor
Recently a friend asked me how much money I saved by gardening. The answer is "none". It may be economical in other parts of the world, where the soil is richer, and water more plentiful; but I could...
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Broccoli and Carrot Soup
Broccoli soup with carrot red bell pepper soupInspired by a soup at Corleone, my favorite restaurant in Krakow, I've prepared two soups and served them up in one bowl. Together the soup colors and...
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Pick a peck of colorful peppers
red and yellow bell peppersHave you made a recipe that called for a red or yellow bell pepper and were shocked at the price of them in a grocery store? It's one of my pet peeves. I priced green bell...
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Christmas Planner Giveaway
Jill Craft, a food blog friend, sent me a copy of her new e-book (retail $3.99) to review, a 2013 Christmas Planner with bonus pages for 2014. I read through it the morning it arrived and knew I would...
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Growing potatoes in a container
Potatoes are one of the easiest veggies to grow. The recommended way is to buy seed potatoes, which are just tiny potatoes that are certified true to variety and disease free. Unfortunately, I've...
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Challah Cranberry Doughnuts for Thanksgivukkah
as featured on GMA.comHistory is happening this year. The first day of Hanukkah coincides with Thanksgiving in the United States - something that won't happen again for 70,000 years!Stef, author of...
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