buckwheat Archives - Polish Cooking - Zuza Zak https://zuzazak.com/tag/buckwheat/ Author of bestselling cookbooks shares recipes and stories Fri, 26 Sep 2025 13:31:53 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Mushroom, buckwheat and kefir “placki” and parallel lives https://zuzazak.com/2025/09/mushroom-buckwheat-and-kefir-placki-and-parallel-lives/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mushroom-buckwheat-and-kefir-placki-and-parallel-lives Mon, 22 Sep 2025 12:58:32 +0000 https://zuzazak.com/?p=2771 A message Dalia from Gaza finally got back in touch with me after a long absence – her phone battery exploded during the evacuation. While I am in my lovely home cooking organic food, making “placki” to use up all the excess mushrooms in my...

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]]> Crispy buckwheat blondies and the pitfalls of family life https://zuzazak.com/2025/07/buckwheat-blondies-recipe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=buckwheat-blondies-recipe Sun, 20 Jul 2025 21:41:28 +0000 https://zuzazak.com/?p=2637 A healthy snack recipe I’m at a stage in my life where I’ve become acutely aware of the food pitfalls we can all too easily fall into as a family and I finally have the motivation to fix them. These buckwheat blondies are a small...

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]]> Lublin, Gryczak and the European Festival of Taste https://zuzazak.com/2018/10/lublin-gryczak-and-the-european-festival-of-taste/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lublin-gryczak-and-the-european-festival-of-taste Tue, 02 Oct 2018 13:50:41 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/?p=1596 I have fallen in love with Lublin. This city feels like I imagine Poland did before the last World War, when  the soul of the country was fractured. It always makes me sad to think how much culturally richer, healthier and more robust Poland would...

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]]> Roasted beetroot and toasted buckwheat groats salad https://zuzazak.com/2017/04/1388/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1388 Wed, 19 Apr 2017 09:20:05 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/?p=1388 I’ve been trying to decide which recipes to share with you from the KinoVino-Kinoteka supper club I did a couple of weeks ago. Guests asked if all the recipes were in the book, and while some are, some were developed especially for the occasion. I...

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]]> Roasted buckwheat with wild mushrooms and feta for busy days https://zuzazak.com/2014/10/roasted-buckwheat-with-wild-mushrooms-and-feta-for-busy-days/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roasted-buckwheat-with-wild-mushrooms-and-feta-for-busy-days Thu, 16 Oct 2014 09:57:00 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/2014/10/roasted-buckwheat-with-wild-mushrooms-and-feta-for-busy-days/ As you may or may not have noticed my routine has gone out of the window recently. Flown away to another time and place, one where I didn’t have a full time (if freelance) job and wasn’t working nights and weekends on another creative project...

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]]> Russian buckwheat blinis with sour cream, salmon and dill https://zuzazak.com/2014/03/russian-buckwheat-blinis-with-sour-cream-salmon-and-dill/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=russian-buckwheat-blinis-with-sour-cream-salmon-and-dill https://zuzazak.com/2014/03/russian-buckwheat-blinis-with-sour-cream-salmon-and-dill/#comments Sat, 08 Mar 2014 18:39:00 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/2014/03/russian-buckwheat-blinis-with-sour-cream-salmon-and-dill/ There is a Russian saying that “life begins and ends with a blini”, which shows the true value of these mini pancakes in that part of the world. I’m not trying to suggest that blinis are given to babies in Russia, I expect that the...

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