spring Archives - Polish Cooking - Zuza Zak https://zuzazak.com/tag/spring/ Author of bestselling cookbooks shares recipes and stories Mon, 23 Mar 2026 20:58:18 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Welcoming Spring with a sunny salad https://zuzazak.com/2026/03/welcoming-spring-with-a-sunny-salad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=welcoming-spring-with-a-sunny-salad Mon, 16 Mar 2026 21:13:41 +0000 https://zuzazak.com/?p=3071 A spinach salad for now If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ll know that I’m rather partial to a good salad. Now that the sun is appearing on a regular basis here on the south coast of England, the salads are appearing...

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]]> Eating Seasonally: Lilac jam https://zuzazak.com/2017/05/eating-seasonally-lilac-jam/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eating-seasonally-lilac-jam Tue, 09 May 2017 11:39:38 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/?p=1397 Lilac is one of the smells that takes me back to the Warsaw of my childhood and my Babcia Halinka’s apartment on a hill overlooking the Vistula River. There was a Lilac bush right outside that apartment and we would stop and smell it’s flowers...

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]]> A cake for spring: Malty sponge cake with matcha icing and marigolds https://zuzazak.com/2017/04/a-cake-for-spring-malty-sponge-cake-with-matcha-icing-and-marigolds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-cake-for-spring-malty-sponge-cake-with-matcha-icing-and-marigolds Fri, 14 Apr 2017 19:32:43 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/?p=1374 It’s only human to err and some of the best things are born out of mistakes, such as this malty springtime sponge cake with matcha icing. It was meant to be a meringue (which was in itself a by-product of baked pierogi that call for egg...

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]]> Polish Pleśniak cake with rose and rhubarb https://zuzazak.com/2017/04/polish-plesniak-cake-with-rose-and-rhubarb/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=polish-plesniak-cake-with-rose-and-rhubarb Sun, 02 Apr 2017 00:15:53 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/?p=1367 The Polish Film Festival Supper Club with KinoVino went swimmingly. That’s not to say there wasn’t any stress. After cooking for 3 days, the drive to the venue with all the lovingly prepared dishes balanced on top of one another was one of the most stressful...

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]]> Roasted purple carrot and sage soup, and earth-mothering https://zuzazak.com/2016/05/roasted-purple-carrot-and-sage-soup-and-earth-mothering/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roasted-purple-carrot-and-sage-soup-and-earth-mothering Thu, 12 May 2016 11:18:00 +0000 I am doing my own brand of earth-mothering right now. Although I can’t quite bring myself to use cloth nappies, I am washing my bubba in camomile water and using the most eco friendly, natural products possible. While I’m probably not going to do prolonged...

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]]> Quinoa, spinach and almond salad with orange and cinnamon dressing https://zuzazak.com/2016/05/quinoa-spinach-and-almond-salad-with-orange-and-cinnamon-dressing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=quinoa-spinach-and-almond-salad-with-orange-and-cinnamon-dressing Wed, 04 May 2016 19:32:00 +0000 I spent my pregnancy cooking and eating Polish food: practicing my dumpling making; stuffing my face with caramel and cream and cookie dough; making many, many doughnuts (three times in the space of 2 months) and generally re-working my favourite recipes. The book is coming out...

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]]> Simple spinach soup https://zuzazak.com/2016/04/simple-spinach-soup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=simple-spinach-soup https://zuzazak.com/2016/04/simple-spinach-soup/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2016 19:21:00 +0000 I always say that in food, as in life, simplicity is a virtue. Simple days, simple pleasures are the best. A baby’s laugh, the sun coming out from behind a cloud, a flower in bloom, these are beautiful things we do not need to fight...

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]]> https://zuzazak.com/2016/04/simple-spinach-soup/feed/ 2 Asparagus and walnut tagliatelle https://zuzazak.com/2014/06/asparagus-and-walnut-tagliatelle/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=asparagus-and-walnut-tagliatelle Fri, 06 Jun 2014 23:27:00 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/2014/06/asparagus-and-walnut-tagliatelle/ You know that feeling when you could chew off your own arm, you’re that hungry? When you worry you might faint if your chosen recipe takes longer than five minutes to cook… It really is a small miracle when at a time like this you...

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]]> Nettle soup with chickpeas and feta https://zuzazak.com/2014/05/nettle-soup-with-chickpeas-and-feta/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nettle-soup-with-chickpeas-and-feta Tue, 20 May 2014 14:16:00 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/2014/05/nettle-soup-with-chickpeas-and-feta/ If your garden is anything like mine then you’ll have plenty of stinging nettles in it at this time of year.This is in fact the ideal time of year to cook with them, as they are still young. Once they have flowered, they are too...

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]]> A rowdy springtime salad https://zuzazak.com/2014/04/a-rowdy-springtime-salad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-rowdy-springtime-salad Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:19:00 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/2014/04/a-rowdy-springtime-salad/ The sun is shining and London is in a good mood. This is the positive side of living somewhere where the weather in unpredictable – when the sun does come out, the whole city is on a natural high. My friend, Ash, tells me that...

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