Best carrot cupcakes ever

When you’re feeling down, when not everything goes according to your plan, when you’re just having one of those gloomy days…the best thing to do is bake something sweet, make a big cup of hot tea and wait for the one you love to come back home, give you a hug and say that everything will be ok.

What you need

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 cup flour

1 tbsp cinnamon

0,5 tbsp baking powder

0,5 tbsp baking soda

2 cups grated carrots + 1 cup grated apple

0,5 cup oil 

vanilla sugar or extract

Mix eggs with sugar until fluffy, add flour, baking powder and soda, grated carrots and apple. 

Bake in 180C for 30mins.

I had no time to make fancy cream cheese frosting so I decided to go with the simple icing.

You need 4 tablespoons of powdered sugar and a drop of lemon juice, it should be quite thick.

What's for dinner - Chicken Kung Pao

What you need (for a 2 day portion)

double chicken breast + 2 tbsp cornstarch

1 red pepper

1 green pepper

1 large onion

bean sprouts

2 cloves garlic

4cm ginger

How to make the sauce

2 tbsp oyster sauce

2 tbsp soya sauce

1 tbsp sugar

1 cup chicken broth

4 tbsp rice wine vinegar

1 tbsp cornstarch

3 tbsp peanut butter

Use a jar to mix everything properly

What to do

Prepare all the vegetables. 

Toss chicken with cornstarch.

Heat a wok with 2 tbsp oil, add chicken. Stir for a minute and add ginger and garlic. Add carrots first, then peppers. Stir for a short while, the veggies should stay crispy. Now add the sauce and stir only until it thickens. Now add the bean sprouts and onions. Don't forget to sprinkle with crushed peanuts. Serve with rice noodles or rice.

What's for dinner - Chicken Kung Pao

What you need (for a 2 day portion)

double chicken breast + 2 tbsp cornstarch

1 red pepper

1 green pepper

1 large onion

bean sprouts

2 cloves garlic

4cm ginger

How to make the sauce

2 tbsp oyster sauce

2 tbsp soya sauce

1 tbsp sugar

1 cup chicken broth

4 tbsp rice wine vinegar

1 tbsp cornstarch

3 tbsp peanut butter

Use a jar to mix everything properly

What to do

Prepare all the vegetables. 

Toss chicken with cornstarch.

Heat a wok with 2 tbsp oil, add chicken. Stir for a minute and add ginger and garlic. Add carrots first, then peppers. Stir for a short while, the veggies should stay crispy. Now add the sauce and stir only until it thickens. Now add the bean sprouts and onions. Don’t forget to sprinkle with crushed peanuts. Serve with rice noodles or rice.

Weekend in Zakopane

Our dear friend Matuesz invited us to his home in Zakopane. It's been soo long since we've been there! This weekend was exceptionally wonderful for a visit to this lovely town as the temperature reached almost 20C but there was still lots of snow. It's a fantastic feeling to walk around with only a light jacket on and  enjoy the clear sky and beautiful views.
I even managed to go snowboarding which was my first time in over 3 years. I must say I wasn't bad at all :) Of course compared to Mateusz who's a snowboard instructor my skills weren't that impressive...

Kamil

Grilled cheese

Pierogi

Ginger couldn't stand the heat in the back of the car