vegetable Archives - Polish Cooking - Zuza Zak https://zuzazak.com/tag/vegetable/ Author of bestselling cookbooks shares recipes and stories Sun, 31 Jan 2021 10:44:23 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Massive mushrooms stuffed with sundried tomato, pine nuts, basil and cheese https://zuzazak.com/2016/05/massive-mushrooms-stuffed-with-sundried-tomato-pine-nuts-basil-and-cheese/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=massive-mushrooms-stuffed-with-sundried-tomato-pine-nuts-basil-and-cheese Sat, 28 May 2016 15:49:00 +0000 As the climate becomes more Mediterranean so should our diets! I don’t mean to trivialise climate change, it’s just that in the UK a slight climate change isn’t such a terrible thing. Weather has never bean our strong point. So far this year it’s been...

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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 Chickpea and sweet potato curry with an egg poached inside it https://zuzazak.com/2016/02/chickpea-and-sweet-potato-curry-with-an-egg-poached-inside-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chickpea-and-sweet-potato-curry-with-an-egg-poached-inside-it Sat, 13 Feb 2016 21:54:00 +0000 Habits are funny things. They aren’t easy to form, but they aren’t as difficult as they first appear either. Sometimes they are painstakingly hard to break and other times painstakingly easy, yet they are one of the most important things in life. A bad habit can be...

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]]> Spicy quinoa and halloumi salad. Thoughts on motherhood and the year ahead. https://zuzazak.com/2016/01/spicy-quinoa-and-halloumi-salad-thoughts-on-motherhood-and-the-year-ahead/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spicy-quinoa-and-halloumi-salad-thoughts-on-motherhood-and-the-year-ahead https://zuzazak.com/2016/01/spicy-quinoa-and-halloumi-salad-thoughts-on-motherhood-and-the-year-ahead/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2016 17:45:00 +0000 January is always about intention setting for me. By the same token it’s about looking back at the year that’s just been, reflecting on what happened and why. What were the seeds planted and what may be learnt. One very important seed grew into a...

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]]> https://zuzazak.com/2016/01/spicy-quinoa-and-halloumi-salad-thoughts-on-motherhood-and-the-year-ahead/feed/ 1 Leftovers kulebiak recipe https://zuzazak.com/2015/06/leftovers-kulebiak-recipe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=leftovers-kulebiak-recipe Mon, 15 Jun 2015 15:13:00 +0000 Life has taken a strange turn for me, and I’m in a situation that I’ve never been in before, trying to feel my way through it… I can’t quite describe it to you as it’s still in the process of changing and fluctuating and I’m...

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]]> Cheeky cod cheeks https://zuzazak.com/2015/04/cheeky-cod-cheeks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cheeky-cod-cheeks Fri, 24 Apr 2015 14:51:00 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/2015/04/cheeky-cod-cheeks/ The cod cheeks took me by surprise. You know those days when you know exactly what you’re going to cook only to be thwarted at every step. You go to your favourite butcher to get quail. No quail. Ok wild rabbit then. No wild rabbit....

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]]> Herrings in Soured Cream with Apple https://zuzazak.com/2015/03/herrings-in-soured-cream-with-apple/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=herrings-in-soured-cream-with-apple Sun, 15 Mar 2015 17:19:00 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/2015/03/herrings-in-soured-cream-with-apple/ The human condition is a strange one. The closer we get to what we want the more anxious we become. The stakes get higher as we realise that we have more to loose than before. Recently, I have had to remind myself constantly to enjoy...

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]]> Chicken and vegetable soup with gherkin “croutons” https://zuzazak.com/2015/02/chicken-and-vegetable-soup-with-gherkin-croutons/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=chicken-and-vegetable-soup-with-gherkin-croutons Thu, 26 Feb 2015 11:37:00 +0000 http://zuzazak.com/2015/02/chicken-and-vegetable-soup-with-gherkin-croutons/ My vegetarianism lasted about 6 weeks. It wasn’t the taste of meat that knocked me off the wagon, it was something much bigger and more exciting – my book-to-be. There is a very good chance that I may get it published soon. The point being...

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