KW: Cheesy Veggie Pancakes

Yesterday and today had been so warm, I welcomed the weather with open arms! I made this when it was cold, windy and rainy the days before when I wanted something a little heavier.

This is the first time I've tried this particular recipe from the cookbook Kuchnia Wegetariańska. I can't say it's the best recipe I've tried from the cookbook, but it was pretty good and made a good amount - it kept me well fed for three days! It's also a pretty cheap recipe, so it suited me well as a student with limited budget. I didn't end up using all the pancakes made out of this recipe for this recipe. I had some with icing sugar sprinkled on top and it brought me back to my childhood. My grandmother used to serve pancakes this way for my siblings and I because we used to live with her often as my parents were quite busy back then. Can't wait for summer break to come so I get to go home! Looking forward to July :)

Quick snack: Ham and Cheese Puff Pastries

Quick fix for late afternoon snack cravings!
Ham and cheese are always a good combination, yes? A classic combo of flavours. I made these today when I realised I have some things I'd like to use up - leftover puff pastry from a different recipe I've tried and several opened packages of cheeses.

This is more of an idea than a recipe, as it doesn't really need any sort of measurements. Just place everything on the pastry, fold them over and off into the oven they go! Very easy and very quick.

Quick & Easy: Tuna Subzi

Quick, easy and flavourful!

This is a good recipe to have around on busy days because it’s so quick to make and you can serve it with virtually anything, really. I normally just stuff my bread with it to make a quick sandwich or serve with some greens for a healthy and filling salad. It’s even good with rice!

I usually always have some leftover the next day, and I personally find it good straight out of the fridge too. I might be a little biased as I really, really like tuna in any kind of form – it’s one of my favourite fish but definitely not the cheapest and fish itself is already fairly expensive here in Poland. But tuna is so, so good. I definitely prefer it to salmon and luckily, it’s also much easier to find tinned tuna than tinned salmon in supermarkets over here.

On a side note, the weather is looking up here in Warsaw and it was so sunny the past week, although it has been raining recently. There are so many people outside doing fun things like cycling and taking walks. I’m so glad we’re past the grey and dreary days although I do not enjoy the heat as much! Also, warmer weather means finals are coming up and that’s something I never look forward to.

Paella with cashew nuts

I haven’t blogged in a long time, and this is really the first time I’m blogging since I left my adolescence behind. Those years are really not THAT far back – because I don’t think I am that particularly old, still but definitely not as young as I’d like to be. But I suppose it’s a common dilemma that us in the 20s suffer from :P
I figured I’ll just start blogging as a hobby again, and I also thought it might help my keeping track of recipes that I tried and experimented with.

The first recipe I’m putting up is from a small cookbook I randomly found in a drugstore – which I thought was kind of strange but it was very cheap (10zl, which is around 2.50€) so I immediately bought it. Here’s the catch though: the cookbook is in a language I'm not very fluent at. Fortunately though, I managed to get by understanding the instructions even without google translating it! Ha, I'm ashamed to say that I might actually be somewhat proud of this. Sad to say that does not translate to real life usage lol ):

I suppose this was originally in English, because the author's name is Jenny Stacey.

This paella was the first recipe I have ever tried from the cookbook, and I am very happy to say that it turned out really good and delicious. Since then I have looked forward to trying other recipes from the book.