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Polish Hash with Kielbasa and Cauliflower

February 20, 2018 By Laura 2 Comments

Polish Hash with Kielbasa and Cauliflower

Polish Hash with Kielbasa and Cauliflower is a fun and delicious twist on hash, and it is perfect for a chilly winter night.  I feel like most of my hashes have a similar vibe, so when I created this hash I challenged myself to create something different, look at different spices, etc. I also wanted… 

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Filed Under: apples, cauliflower, chicken, kielbasa, Polish cuisine, potato dishes, potatoes, sausage Tagged With: apples, cauliflower, hash, kielbasa, Polish, potatoes, sausage

Polish Vanilla Hazelnut Crescent Cookies (Ciasteczka Waniliowe); #CreativeCookieExchange

December 16, 2014 By Laura 13 Comments

Polish Vanilla Hazelnut Crescent Cookies (Ciasteczka Waniliowe)

These Ciasteczka Waniliowe, or Polish Vanilla Hazelnut Crescent Cookies, are traditional at Christmastime and therefore perfect for this month’s Creative Cookie Exchange, which is celebrating the traditional cookies served during the various holidays occurring around the Winter Solstice all over the world. Affiliate links were used in this post to link to items I am discussing. So many cookies… 

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Filed Under: almonds, blog events, cookies, hazelnuts, Holiday and Christmas Cookies, Polish cuisine, vanilla sugar Tagged With: #CreativeCookieExchange, almonds, christmas, cookies, crescent, egg free, eggfree, hazelnuts, Holiday, holiday baking, nuts, Polish

Babka with Bittersweet Chocolate Chunks: #BundtBakers

April 17, 2014 By Laura 19 Comments

Babka (Polish Yeast Cake) with bittersweet Chocolate Chunks

Babka with Bittersweet Chocolate Chunks is a delicious and chocolatey twist on a traditional Polish Easter yeast cake. As I sit here and type, I am on vacation in Asheville, where we have had record lows and torrential downpours the past few days, my daughters have both been diagnosed with strep throat and HostGator has… 

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Filed Under: blog events, bundt cakes, cakes, chocolate, eggs, Polish cuisine Tagged With: #BundtBakers, babka, bittersweet chocolate, bundt, cake, chocolate, chocolate chunks, Eastern European, Polish, vanilla, yeast cake

Pierogi Part 3 (potato filling and leftover pancakes)

March 17, 2013 By Laura 5 Comments

And now we come to the pierogi that I love. The simple but oh-SO-decadent potato pierogi.** I prefer them simply boiled, with sour cream. With loads of onions in the filling. Upon the recommendation of Anne Applebaum, whose From a Polish Country House Kitchen: 90 Recipes for the Ultimate Comfort Food guided our entire pierogi making… 

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Filed Under: easily made vegetarian, Polish cuisine, potato dishes, potatoes, ricotta Tagged With: bacon, cheddar, cheese, leftovers, onions, pasta, Polish, potato pancakes, potatoes

Pierogi Part 2 (Strawberries Macerated in Sweet Vodka)

March 15, 2013 By Laura 11 Comments

Pierogi stuffed with strawberries macerated in vodka

When Chris and I planned our pierogi making adventure, we talked about meat and potato fillings. Dessert never even crossed our minds. But then the day he came I was browsing Anne Applebaum’s From a Polish Country House Kitchen: 90 Recipes for the Ultimate Comfort Food and I noticed that she had pierogi with a strawberry filling,… 

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Filed Under: berries, Boozy Desserts, misc. dessert, pasta, Polish cuisine, strawberries Tagged With: berries, dessert, pasta, pierogi, recipe, strawberries, vodka

Pierogi Making Adventure of 2013: Part 1 (Meat Fillings)

March 14, 2013 By Laura 6 Comments

Remember last fall when my brother and I made his famous Fist Sized Meatballs? We had so much fun that we had been talking about finding something else to cook. Recently Chris called, and said how about pierogi?

Filed Under: beef, ground beef, pasta, Polish cuisine, sausage Tagged With: bratwurst, ground beef, pasta, pierogi, Polish, sausage

Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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