Potato Pancakes

These are full of fat. But also flavor and taste. Such pancakes are a wonderful side dish or snack. My grandma often carried a basket full of hot potato pancakes to her large family. They were digging up the year’s potato harvest. Or cutting down trees in the forest. And they needed a meal full of calories to keep them going.

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Tuna Sauce for Pasta

Spaghetti with tuna sauce, cheese, and fresh basil. Summer sun quick lunch.

This is a quick recipe we use during the rushed days. It is quickly done and can be stored and allows us to toss a meal on the table in a moment. Most of the ingredients are either canned or dried and it makes it also a good traveling meal when you are on a field trip. And the sauce always reminds me of summer when I crown it with fresh basil from the balcony.

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Sourdough Summer Wheat Bread with Olives

It is summer. The time of sun. Long days and times spent in company. It is also time for quick meals. Bread is one of the great options for creating a snack on the go. Usually, we put something on the bread slice. But we can also hide something into the dough that will further enrich the moment. Olives, anyone?

This is, as usual, a recipe that goes with a part of a short story. Can vampires eat olive bread? Find out! Their human walking blood reservoirs certainly do.

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How to Grow Garden Cress

fresh microgreen garden cress leaves in a bowl

Cute tiny leaves, vibrant green color, a load of fresh vitamins, and a pleasant taste. Ready to be eaten in a few days. Do you want it? Grab a bowl, a few paper tissues, a few spoons of water and let’s plant garden cress!

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