I have made the vegetable tian many times, especially in the summer when the tomatoes actually have flavor. I like it because you only need a baking dish, a knife, and some patience for chopping. I...
The first time I made this salad, I admit, I ruined everything with too much fried onion. It was too greasy, it annoyed me how it kept sticking to the pan, and I couldn’t understand why it didn’t...
I will never forget the first time I picked up a can of seaweed with smoked salmon. It was sitting forgotten on a store shelf, in a corner that hardly anyone touches. I grabbed it out of curiosity...
I can't forget the first time I combined fish fingers with salad. My fridge was pretty empty, just some forgotten vegetables on the shelf and a few stray fish fingers left in the freezer from a...
The first time I made this salad, I left the cauliflower on the heat for too long, and it turned to mush. I actually threw it away and said I wouldn’t try again, but the second time I figured out...
I remember the first time I tried making this mushroom sauté was on a fasting evening, when I was rummaging through the fridge, convinced I had nothing good to eat. I was craving something warm,...
Today I cooked mushrooms with sour cream again, and just like last time, no one managed to plate them nicely. The kids dove right into the pan, and I was left with a big spoon that I barely got to...
I came to make this pasta salad with tuna after, a few years ago, I walked into the house starving and didn’t feel like anything complicated. In the fridge – the usual: a bit of mayonnaise, some...
Once, when I wanted to quickly make something with the green beans I already had boiled and frozen, I discovered this version with dill and garlic. The first time I added too much onion, and it felt...
I was busy with something else in the kitchen when it hit me that I had a jar of salted fish roe in the fridge, forgotten after some fish. I don’t know how it happens, but whenever I crave...
Hey, I remember the first time I made this green bean dish in tomato sauce. I was convinced it would be a piece of cake since you see it everywhere — but I started boiling the beans directly with...
The first time I made this salad was out of curiosity because the celery was looking a bit sad on the shelf, and everyone was raving about how healthy it is. I admit I didn't have high...