A Winner Dinner

A Winner Dinner

I’ve had so many things to do lately that I really didn’t even have time to explore my favorite world of food. But since I have my time off I could slow down and think what I want to make today. My inspiration comes from 

Aromatic sun-dried tomatoes and mushrooms pasta

Aromatic sun-dried tomatoes and mushrooms pasta

I was just indelicately reminded that my lazy ass didn’t post for 2 months. Yes I know… so many things to do, so little motivation to do them… Nonetheless, there is new idea. Extremely tasty, meatless – especially if you use vegetable broth. You can’t 

Unintended diletto

Unintended diletto

A couple weeks ago Cookies was moaning for pizza, but I just was a little tired of the same old ingredients over and over again. Standing over the cutting board with piece of bacon, onion and cheese I was thinking, what I can do… pizza 

Lazy kluski for lazy afternoon

Lazy kluski for lazy afternoon

Today is the first post after succesfuly migrating magdacooks.com for our new 3 year home. If the service is on the same excellent level it’s sure that we’ll stay there with all our projects. I can absolutely recommend Namecheap.com. I never ever had such a 

Sometimes I need old school and homey

Sometimes I need old school and homey

Well, we are two different people, who got raised in two different traditions (and cultures) and we like different things. In the beginning I had to make a double effort to feed Cookies the way he got used to (thankfully his Mom liked a lot 

Delicious Side Dish

Delicious Side Dish

I’m constantly harassed by Cookies for making rice, pots, or the infamous couscous (w/cucumbers) to accompany our dinners, that he is tired of it, dearly 0_o. The bitching about it, also annoyed me… dearly 0_o but made me also look deeper into food that accompanies 

1st Anniversary of Magda Cooks

1st Anniversary of Magda Cooks

I just can’t believe how fast time flies… I just started blogging and now we have our 1st year behind us. I was thinking what to write about and while I was debating, I looked through my kitchen window and just knew my topic instantly. 

Magda’s Way Beef Stew

Magda’s Way Beef Stew

As time progresses we are taught different things by our parents. It happens that certain stuff is the domain of Moms, and the others are of Dads 😉 And in my case it was the same, my Mom taught me how to cook and Dad 

Cookies Shepherd’s Pie

Cookies Shepherd’s Pie

Shepherd's Pie Sort of Meat Pie but with Potatoes. You could easily make this with pastry crust and it would be like a ground beef pot pie… sort of. Anyway, we like a lot of vegetables and I try to utilise as many as I 

Idea dinners part 2

Idea dinners part 2

You will probably wonder why part 2, since there wasn’t part 1 – and wtf is an IDEA DINNER you ask? Okay here it is: Idea dinners is part of my blog that will contain simple, traditional, not fancy yet very tasty ideas for daily