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@JohnT it is always difficult to assess properly all these products while they have very often a different structure in all countries, but I would take a risk and answer "yes" in this case

@JohnT I think it should be ok however this cottage cheese should not be too dense

Today I would like to share with you the recipe which is very simple and where the main ingredients are just apples. All cakes with apples I know involve cutting and stewing the apples. Here not. For this cake you should add pieces of fresh and fragrant fruit cut in half. This time the recipe for this cake is not mine - it comes from the Polish page http://moniamieszaigotuje.blogspot.com. Ingredients: dough: 6 apples 280g of flour 200g of butter 1.5 tablespoons of caster sugar 1 tablespoon of vanilla sugar 1.5 teaspoons of baking powder 1 egg 125g of vanilla fromage frails icing: 1 tablespoon of 18% cream 120g of caster sugar Heat the oven up to 180C. Peel the apples, cut them in half and remove the cores. Mix together the dry ingredients: the flour, caster sugar, vanilla sugar, and baking powder. Add the egg, vanilla fromage frais and butter. Knead the dough. Divide it in half. Cover a baking pan with one of the halves. Arrange the apples on top of it. Roll out the rest of the dough and cover the apples with it. Bake for 40 minutes. Make the icing with the cream and caster sugar. Cover the baked hot cake with it. Leave to cool down.

Today I have a recipe for those who would like to eat something more sophisticated than pieces of sausage on a stick, caught on the fly from the fridge (I do it myself sometimes), and who don't have enough time for shopping and cooking. Wholemeal pasta with courgette and goat cheese - the basis of my dish could be groats, rice or pasta. I chose wholemeal penne. Grilled courgette, goat cheese, cherry tomatoes and black olives meant that the dish almost jumped onto the fork by itself. Even my children appreciated it. Ingredients (for 4 people): 200g of wholemeal penne 2 small courgettes (about 500g) 100g of goat cheese with herbs for salads 16 cherry tomatoes 12 olives 4 sprigs of rosemary 3 tablespoons of oil 2 tablespoons of olive oil 1 teaspoon of olive oil with chili pepper half a clove of garlic salt and pepper

Today something sweet for a family dessert. Lemon-coconut cheesecake. I did it few weeks ago in April and was asked already few times to repeat it. Ingredients (small cake tin 15-18cm): base and crumble topping: 90g of desiccated coconut50g of butter2 tablespoons of sugar cheese mixture: 500 g of grated curd cheese2 lemon jellies (powdered)500 ml of boiling water200 g of 30% sweet cream the whole recipe is here

@shain it's awsome - I just swallowed my tongue

My last baking initiative - Plum scones. Ingredients: 400g of flour200g of 18% cream200g of butter3 tablespoons of caster sugarplum stewcaster sugar for sprinkling the whole recipe and its story you will find here

That reminds me about my childhood

Today the "Spring cream of spinach and garlic soup". The dish looks extremely spring-like and decorative. Maybe it sounds trivial, but you should remember to clean the spinach thoroughly and remove the thick, hard stems. Grinding sand and unblended grains effectively ruin the tasty effect of the soup. Ingredients: 400g of spinach 3 cloves of garlic half an onion 2 potatoes 1l of vegetable stock 1 tablespoon of butter 100ml of 18% sweet cream 4 eggs the whole recipe is here

Salmon "lands" very often on our table in Warsaw - it is always good to know new interesting way to serve it @liamsaunt

Today the "Herby muffins". My daughter, who likes trying my culinary experiments, ate them at once and another two for packed lunch. The next time I will prepare many more Ingredients (8 muffins): 200g of flour 1 teaspoon of baking soda 125ml of milk 50ml of oil 1 egg 200g of courgettes 75g of ham 100g of cheese 2 teaspoon of mixed herbs salt and pepper the whole recipe is here

Today the recipe for "Fluffy pancakes" which I use to prepare for my kids: Ingredients: 200g of kefir2 eggs150g of flour1 teaspoon of baking powderhalf a teaspoon of baking soda2 tablespoons of brown sugar2 tablespoon of oil The whole recipe is here

@liamsaunt your colorful salad looks beautiful, healthy and refreshing

Today a little bit from the Easter table Eggs in Parma ham baskets. Ingredients for 2 people: 6 slices of Parma ham 2 tablespoons of olive oil from dried tomatoes 4 dried tomatoes in olive oil a fistful of baby spinach leaves 2 eggs 1 clove of garlic 2 tablespoons of Parmesan salt and pepper the whole recipe is here

Today something light, healthy and easy to prepare - Millet groats breakfast Ingredients (for 2 people):50g of millet flakes300ml of coconut milk3 tablespoons of xylitol½ teaspoon of vanilla essence3 apples½ teaspoon of cinnamon2 tablespoons of sesame seeds2 tablespoons of sunflower seeds the whole recipe is here

@cakewalk- we do not have special dishes for Dyngus Day - we have dishes for Easter (Dyngus Day is one of the Easter days and always on Monday). These might be among others red or white borsht with sausage and eggs, different dishes from eggs, different meats, pate and vegetable salad. An example are Red Eggs posted by me yesterday in Dinner 2017 (part 3)

Believe me @Smithy that doing that together with kids (what I do pretty often) you may create a real mess in the kitchen

@Anna N @RobertM Stuffed Apples

@Anna N @RobertM Strawberry mess (an example one out of "millions" strawberry possible desserts)

@Anna N @RobertM Charlotte (fit version)

@Anna N @RobertM That's challenging while we do not have in Poland one special Polish dessert. We have rather few unique cakes. For Easter we prepare Mazurek, for Christmas these are Cheesecake, Poppy seed cake (which I have already posted here on eGullet Forum few days ago). We have charlotte (sometimes called apple pie). For few of them I have the recipes on my blog. While we have many season fruits (strawberries, apples, plums) in Poland we use them to prepare cakes and desserts. Below you will find pictures and links for these which I had prepared for my family. There are as many variations of them as you have house wifes in Poland: Cheesecake (cold version)

@RobertM Dear Robert feel free to choose from here Maybe not all of them are 100% Polish but you will find something for sure.

The Easter is coming so today Red eggs: Ingredients: 4 eggs 125ml of beetroot concentrate (I usually use Polish Krakus) 1 tablespoon of mayonnaise 1 teaspoon of horseradish 2 tablespoons of minced cress salt and pepper the whole recipe here

It looks amazing - I will use a first opportunity to do something similar

Basil is mainly for the presentation however........ my husband ate everything