European Recipes

  • Swedish Meatballs

    Swedish Meatballs

    Been ages since we’ve been to IKEA. Window shopping or filling our carts with cool stuff we don’t need is fun, sure, but usually the highlight of our IKEA trips is usually lunch at their cafeteria. We’d order the usual staples like the fried chicken wings, grilled salmon, and of course the meatballs.

  • Pierogi (Polish dumplings)

    Pierogi (Polish dumplings)

    My obsession with dumplings continues, and this time I stumbled upon a recipe of a less expected origin: Poland. I’m following @fatdadcooks on Instagram, and one day I saw him post a photo of pan-fried pierogies he got from a friend. Curious, I started looking up recipes for pierogies. Apparently there are so many…

  • Braised Lamb Shoulder Chops Using Pressure Cooker

    Braised Lamb Shoulder Chops Using Pressure Cooker

    Kak’mbang has been yelling at me for leaving the lamb shoulder chops I bought some time ago to just sit in the freezer for ages.  With my crazy work schedule, I honestly have no energy to make anything involving too much work.  I found this braised recipe lamb shoulder chops recipe on allrecipes.com which got pretty…

  • Weekend Cooking: Creamy Smoked Chicken Pie

    Weekend Cooking: Creamy Smoked Chicken Pie

    I went grocery shopping today, and was planning to just make some dumpling soup for dinner tonight.  Then I saw that they were clearing out their stock of smoked chicken at half price, so I did a quick search online for recipe ideas, and landed on this one.  I tweaked the recipe with what I had on…