Shrimp (chicken) fried noodles

I have been browsing my camera and found pictures of this dish from December last year (!), almost a year ago so let me share it now. Just thinking about that dish I think it was one of the last times I actually ate shrimps or any seafood. I know that you can find many …

Slow cooked chicken Fricassee

Hello my blogger friends, hopefully your week has started well. I wish I could say the same. Last couple of days I am not feeling well. At the beginning I thought I might have just gotten a virus, but now I doubt it. When you feel really unwell, you just feel it. And I am …

Pescado a la Veracruzana (Fish Veracruz)

Hello my blogger friends, this time our kitchen was full of Mexican mood and flavours. We love fish, however many times I struggle how to prepare it. So this time I have been browsing in my husband's country and prepare Veracruz - style fish (tilapia). It is one of the less spicy dishes of Mexican …

Tortilla Española #2

It has been a while since I have prepared tortilla Española and since we are quite potato lovers (mainly me 😀 ) I have gone for one with spinach. As I am breastfeeding again my little girl, I have started diet as soon as she was born to avoid lot of colic as I had …

M&S Halloween cookie pizza

Hello my friends! I hope you all had a good weekend. Our weekends are usually with kids - our little boy has started with football and we continue with swimming. It is amazing to see him improving every single week, just growing up in front of you so quickly. Halloween was last week and I …

Back again with apple pie differently

Hello to all my blogger friends! It has been a while, I wanted to say weeks, but couple of months since I have appeared here. Well, firstly it was difficult to find time as my work has been going pretty well and you know - priorities. And secondly - our family has grown. My little …

Ultimate quinoa salad

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a great week and even better weekend. Mine was just perfect. I had my birthday last week and my husband has been spoiling me a lot! 🙂 New week comes and tomorrow we are going to find out if we are going to have a boy or girl. …

Creamy spaetzle

Weekend is finished and I hope you all had a great time. Weekend is for us time for rest and this weekend was not any different. Just the weather... Many people just do not believe how rainy, grey and windy can UK get. So one of these days, I have prepared spaetzle. Do you like …

Maroccan (almost) veggie soup

It is still soup season here, so I have been looking for some inspiration and I have gotten inspired by Maroccan veggie soup - full of lemons, chickpeas and plenty of spice. Well, and for you who love to have a bit of "meat" as we do, I added spicy Spanish chorizo. What do you …

Chicken Burritos with Avocado Salsa Verde — Mexican Please

I love burritos! So much, if I can be honest 🙂 However, where we live now... you cannot find a single burrito unless you make it home. The closest good one burritos are in centre of London. So sometimes, I ask my husband to bring me one when he goes from work or just make …

Farmer’s weekend meal

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Our was full of rain (UK, of course) and with chilli weather. Spring is still not coming. And at the same time, my weekend was full of work as I have quite important presentation tomorrow so I tried to get ready as much as I …

Raspberry spinach salad

Being back feels really good, refreshed. And as we have new beginnings and lot of changes, my husband has asked me if we can have salads for dinner. We usually tend to have salads mainly during summer time as it is pretty refreshing, however I have agreed. I am not sure if I will follow …

Easy apple – pear cake

Sunday. Finally weekend with my family and well rested after three very busy months with lot of changes. One of them - we will be family of 4 this summer ❤ But this pregnancy is so different than previous one so I am happy I am able to eat now quite well and properly again …

New beginnings

Hello my dear blogger friends! Very long time I have even appeared here or posted something. I have taken 3 months from blogging as I have barely found time and energy as well... so it was time for priorities 🙂 And it was a good time off. Since December we have been helping my friend …

Warm lentil salad with tuna

As my friend here was for a while we tried to adjust food as much as we could 🙂 One of the dishes I have prepared this time was a testy warm lentil salad inspired by Jamie Oliver and his  ingredients cookbook. What do you need:  500 g canned tuna  1 lemon 500 g tenderstem …

Waste Not! Want Not! Part Five… — Retired? No one told me!

I have been catching up with your amazing posts this week 🙂 And as well with Carol's continuous posts about food waste and which I truly like to read and see that someone really cares... I visited last week one of the "zero waste shops" without plastic wraps, bags, etc and I was amazed ❤ …

An eggplant and tomato with eggs: Iranian kitchen

As my dear friend is vegetarian she has brought lot of interesting dishes to our kitchen. One of them is this vegetarian dish with eggplant and will definitely become part of our kitchen as well 🙂 However, my husband was a bit complaining that we ate too much vegetables and he is missing meat 😀 What …

Huevos Divorciados — Mexican Please

Hello my dear friends! I hope you all had a great week and you are having an amazing weekend! I had my best friend again here for a week. And she left today back to the Netherlands... however good news is that she is looking for a job here in UK so I might see …

Moroccan bell peppers

As we had my friend over and as she being vegetarian, we tried to cook differently. One of the days we went to gym, to relax a bit and my husband prepared dinner - stuffed bell peppers with veggies and cous - cous. Pretty delicious and quick. What do you need:  2 cups cous cous …

Turmeric, lentil & lemon soup

As the weather is getting closer and closer to winter, soups are great to feel warm. I have came across with this delicious soup - turmeric, lentil & lemon soup with loads of vegetables and I have decided to try it. Delicious result! What do you need: 1 onion 1 carrot 1 cup red lentils …

Waste Not…Want Not! Part Four… — Retired? No one told me!

Carol's fourth part about waste. I am more than happy share this part as well with the same question as she asked - would you pick up rubbish in the street and put it into the bin or just leave it there? And what about sea? Look deep into nature, and then you will understand …

Pork porcini pasta

I hope you all had a great weekend. My friend was visiting me last week and it was just great ❤ I wish we could see each other more often. But it was very nice... Just before her visit, I have chosen to try Jamie Oliver's dish - with minced meat, 5 ingredients, easy and …

16 Easy Recipes You Can Make Using Chipotles in Adobo — Mexican Please

Before I knew my husband and his family, I did not have any clue about Chipotles or Chipotles in Adobo... Not at all. In Czech Republic it is not common thing, I would say that the rest of Europe has knowledge gap as well... So, I am really happy to share this post. For you, …

Breakfast: Fried vegetables topped with egg

Hello everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend! I did 🙂 My best friend is visiting us and I have not seen her almost 2 years and it is great to be together. She is staying for a week, so I am enjoying it a lot! But together with that, my kitchen is …

Chilli con carne #2

I have already share chilli con carne with you, this one is slightly different and I love preparing this dish. It is amazing for sharing and mainly when you have more than two adults in your house! 😀 ❤ What do you need:  750 g minced meat 1 cup rice 2 onions 1 red pepper  …

Waste Not…Want Not! Part Three… — Retired? No one told me!

Hello everyone, I am sharing the third part of Carol's posts about waste. I am really glad that she is sharing all this 🙂 She has mentioned few things in this post about nappies. I was concerned about it a lot as well before my little boy was born. In the hospital bag we had …

Waste Not, Want Not! Part Two! – Retired? No one told me!

I have already re – blogged from Carol and her posts about food waste… and here is the second part 🙂 Have a look!

Carol, thank you for sharing more about food waste!!! ❤ It is a huge issue and it deserves to be mentioned more and more. I might do a post how I am using my food waste, for example as vegetable stocks from peeled onion, carrots and others 🙂 Amazing share and re-blogging 🙂

Retired? No one told me!

Look closely can you see the holes in that child’s jumper Can you see the worry on their mum’s face a baby and two older children and herself and maybe a husband to feed…

There are probably also many other problems we could think of which this photo infers but behind the scenes…

What do I think is the solution?

I think we should start in our own communities and our own kitchens… Start small and grow big…Mum’s armies…

I have subscribers to my blog from all around the world as I am sure that most of you do so my thinking that between we could enthuse mum’s army and reach around the world we could make a difference…

Men really have made a pretty poor job over the centuries we still have wars, persecution of women and girls and it is the mums as shown in my picture who…

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Salmon salad

Almost weekend! I am looking forward to upcoming week - my best friend is arriving tomorrow to spend week with us. I have not seen her for almost 2 years, however we are speaking almost every day. So, prepare something quick today - salmon salad was great option and actually - delicious! What do you …

Chorizo and Eggs (with Homemade Salsa Verde!) — Mexican Please

I have just spoken about us, my family, being egg lovers and mainly for breakfast. Here is other way how to prepare them... Something what my husband really likes - salsa verde! 🙂 Get inspired and have a good night... I have just woken up and cannot fall asleep, so I am browsing your great …

Eggs and breakfast

We love eggs for breakfast and mainly in different kind of variations and combinations. To be honest my husband is pretty good in looking for all those variations. This time it was not any different... I simply love our weekends and his breakfasts - they are easy, healthy, simple and delicious 🙂 What do you …

One pot: Slow cooked chilli pulled pork

New week again and great weekend is past. I hope you as well had a great weekend. On Saturday, I went out with my husband and our friends. We were supposed to go to a concert however it got cancelled so we went for dinner instead. We got recommendation for Mexican restaurant. The food was …

Mexican Tilapia fish dinner

My evenings almost all the same and I do not mind. When I came back from work I spend time with my little "big" boy who has turned 2 yesterday ❤ 🙂 And who loves blowing the candles as I found out just yesterday as well 😀 😀 We had a great evening and when …

Baked chicken with cream spinach

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend. We had very nice time - sunny (!) and it was just recharging and autumn is coming as temperatures have dropped. But I like this period of time - everything is colourful 🙂 But as we had such nice weather here, I did not spend …

Waste not Want not… — Retired? No one told me!

I hope you all have started a great weekend! ❤ I am really happy to have free weekend as previous couple of weeks have been very tiring for me... So we are going to enjoy it a lot as the weather here is very nice too and my husband is about to start with BBQ …

Sour cabbage soup

I am so behind my blogging! I have planned to do more work on my blog this week, but it has not happened, unfortunately... But in the other hand - my work is going just great and something has to go aside 🙂 I have brilliant news from work and I will share a bit …

One pot baked curried vegetables with chicken

I hope you all had a great weekend! Proper autumn has already arrived here with rain and fresh days, however Saturday was still very nice and we spend day around lake 🙂 And as we were enjoying sunny day, I have prepared one pot dish - easy when you just want to enjoy your family …

Michelada Recipe (Spicy Mexican Beer) — Mexican Please

As I am having pretty busy day and in moments of resting I came across Michelada 🙂 Have you ever tried it? I have and I do not like it 😀 However, my husband he is absolutely in love with this Mexican drink. Basically it is beer mixed with Clamato - tomato juice combined with clam …

Curry rice, baked pork with rosemary sauce

I cannot believe that Thursday is already here. My week has been flying. One of our colleagues has left the company and I could not believe how impact it is for us. So our days are now a bit crazy and very quick... 🙂 Sometimes it is a good thing, I definitely cannot say I …

Fried “mold” cheese with homemade Chipotle mayo

Weekend is for me relaxing time and cooking for family. This time I have chosen something very simple a very "Czech". Czech Republic has very nice "mold" cheese - something similar to well know Camembert. However over there it is called Hermelin and it has white mold. I personally prefer Hermelin than Camembert as the …

Marble cake with Chia seeds and walnuts

During busy week I do not have too much time to bake something, however I have found time over the weekend. This kind of cake is very typical for central and eastern Europe and Czech Republic is not any different. I really like the one my mum tends to prepare and I barely make such …

Red pork pozole soup

Hello my friends! I hope you all had a great weekend! Mine was very quick and finally, we are having back our little monkey. I went to Czech Republic to pick him up after 2 weeks with his grandparents... and he has grown. It is incredibly how many changes you can see when your little …

Creamy kale gnocchi with chicken and bacon

It has been a while I have prepared something what was not in hurry. Lately, I barely had time for things... I do not know why 🙂 And the fact I had break from my blog as well affected my cooking at home. However, not that long ago I prepared gnocchi again. I simply love …

Dear Jealousy…

Hello my friends! It has been long time I have posted something. I kind of took "days off" mainly after discussion with my family when I heard that someone is not happy about my blog... However that person has not been able to tell me anything by himself/herself and I spent some time thinking about …

Baby leaves – strawberry salad with grilled Halloumi

To have a light dinner from time to time is not that bad idea 🙂 Therefore, I have decided yesterday to prepare salad from baby leaves and strawberries, topped with blueberry - strawberry sauce with grilled Halloumi. As my husband was in mood of BBQ he prepared for him beef steaks 🙂 And it is …

Chipotle Mayo Recipe — Mexican Please

Just today I have bought Chipotle Mayo in store. We bought it coincidentally couple of weeks ago (when I wanted to grab something completely else) for BBQ. And it was one of the best mistakes I have ever done 😀 I have absolutely fallen in love with it and while having a bit of time …

One – pot: Asparagus rice with salmon

Time is just flying! It has been while I have posted something. Lot of is going on at this moment... Last week, my husband celebrated the fact that he is getting older and this dish was his birthday dinner 🙂 Together with white wine and cheesecake afterwards. What do you need:  500 g salmon 1 …

Courgette – mango cake with homemade vanilla pudding

I had a bit of time over the weekend so I was thinking what to bake as I have mango which were already just about to eat and couple of small courgettes. Therefore, I decided to prepare very moist courgette - mango cake with homemade vanilla pudding which has made the cake even more moist. …

Pork – Halloumi stir fry with potato mash

Hello everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend. Ours is a bit longer as we have Bank holiday today 🙂 I have completely forgotten about it last week. And we forgot to tell our aupair today in the morning as well, so poor girl has woken up early and thought that we are …

Tartiflette

We love to have a good breakfast during the weekends, almost size of lunch. However, this is probably related more to Mexican culture and I happily follow that as I hate empty stomach in the morning. My husband tend to prepare breakfast during the weekend, but this time I wanted to prepare something for him …

Chocolate chilli strawberry pound cake

I hope you all had an amazing weekend. Mine was a bit lazy 🙂 House-works and spending time with family. However, I had mood to prepare something sweet with pinch of spiciness at the same time! Chocolate and chilli go pretty well together. When I was preparing this cake, my thoughts were mainly with my …