Soup for my baby boy

Today my son woke up having a terrible flu. I decided to prepare this lovely soup. I looked for veggies at home and cut them to small pieces. Put them to a pot and added water.

Once they started to cook I added salt and pepper. This time I let the veggies add their value to the soup and did not add any herb. When it was done I put some chilli paprika just as little as my baby can handle to say goodbye to the flu.

It was really great and easy.

Fudge

I just must share this. In Edinburgh we tasted this special one and I fell in love. Even by the pictures you will understand why.

I don't eat sweets, I am not well educated on fudge either. But now I can tell that I became a better person just because I know how the fudge tastes.

Töltött káposzta - Stuffed Cabbage

This week's star is the cabbage. I found one in my weekly delivery and did not know what to do with it. I wanted to find out something very simple, quick which is good for babies from 8 months old. And obviously I can find the ingredients I need. I could not come up with any better than the stuffed cabbage which is a Hungarian dish, one of my favourites. 

How did I make it? 

I used a small cabbage, half kg mince (best if you mix some different ones), some regular rice to make the meat-dough. I added salt, pepper, red paprika powder and garlic powder. You may serve it with soured cream and fresh bread.

Put the cabbage to a pan and add water, then start cooking it. When the colour changes and it is obviously done, take it out very carefully and leave it to cool. Once it is cold, cut each leaf and place them on each other.

You add everything else to a bowl and mix it - I do it by hand. Then just fill up the leaves and place them to a pot which is exactly the good size, so no cabbage can fall apart. If there are spaces between, put there smoked beef or ham or gammon pieces. Add water enough to cover the little cabbage packs.

Cook it covered. It might take for hours. But worth it, trust me.

Pasta with left-over mash

I made mash the other day but we could not finish all. 

In Hungary there is this great dish we used to eat a lot. It is easy, quick and lovely. If you don't have leftover food you can make the potato fresh, it is also fine! There is no instructions given regarding the amount you use. 

Clean the potato, cut them to pieces and add them to cold water. Add salt and start cooking. Meanwhile prepare the water for the pasta too. Once it is boiling, add the pasta and salt.

When the potato is ready, mash it. You can use some butter or oil. Then mix it with the pasta and add black ground pepper. 

Enjoy!

Mango-bread

What bread?!

Mango. 

Have you ever seen how to eat mango? Turned inside out. That's how the bread should look like. 

The best if you use bread baked to the mango shape, meaning prepared by yourself. I picked a small loaf in the supermarket which feeds four not very hungry guests or two starving ones. The shape isn't that exotic but the taste is lovely.

What did I do?

I grabbed a very sharp knife - not a big but sizeable one. Cut them without slicing, basically just carved in to 2-3 cm deep to get small squares. 

I used pure unsalted butter, corn oil - suitable for baking, rosemary, basil, parsley and mature cheddar. 

I stuck the butter in the cuts, added the others. You can use olive oil, salt or any other spices, herbs as you like. Cover with grated cheese.

It already looks lovely. Put it to the oven and grill it for 20 minutes on 150 °C. Or until either you can smell it or the cheese is golden brown.

Enjoy it with tomato. I loved it in this pure way so my son could taste it, too. If you have no small person to share the plate with, use your imagination and try to match herbs together.

Next time I will make the bread, too.

Let me know your version!

Odes to a veg :)))

Inspiration!  This is hilarious!

http://www.abelandcole.co.uk/blog/2013/09/odes-to-a-vegetable/

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Hello, little pumpkin!

Halloween and autumn in general is all about the pumpkins! At least in the kitchen. Squash, pumpkin any version. What to do with them? Nothing scary, I swear!

Ready, squash, roast!! 

It is soft like butter, sweet like honey. Roasted squash is one of the best dessert or snack you can offer. 

The easiest way if you wash it, cut it to half at least and put it to the oven for one or two hours (depends on the size, type, etc.). Uncover it when you first smell it and when you see it a little burnt, it is done! Do not eat the skin. (Not joking, I had a guest, who tried not knowing.)

My son loves it!

ZIPLIST recipe:

Vanilla Pumpkin Pancakes

"Breakfast classic and pumpkin delight meet to create some magic in these whole wheat, fluffy pancakes made to please!"

If you want to try something really lovely, give these pancakes 25 minutes from your life and enjoy their beauty :) - Not for babies under 1yr. Later it can be fine if you leave the sugar. Anyway, if you are lucky and your puree is sweet like honey, no need to add that much sugar.

Be creative and decorate your pancakes! Use any type of fruits or chocolate. HHMMMM....yammm: click to read the full article with detailed instructions and lovely pictures.