After getting a big squash from our home garden, we decided something had to be done with it! We settled on making a sort of squash goulash. Squash (Cucurbita pepo L.) and its seeds contain many vitamins and minerals, especially vitamins A, E, C, B2, as well as minerals such […]
Autumn is the time of year when many edible fruits ripen in nature. Perhaps the most famous example in certain parts of the world are chestnuts, though wild apples, hazelnuts, and black thorns are on the list too. Mushroom picking is also popular in this season. Today’s sauce was made […]
It is pretty difficult to imagine a world without the tasty treat that is chocolate. Most of us are pretty big fans of this delicacy in one form or another. As many of you know, the main ingredient in chocolate is cocoa. But we are going to go a bit […]
Today we take your taste buds on a journey to the Balkan Peninsula in southeast Europe for a tasty and nutritious traditional dish based on one of our favourite foods: beans! This is generally seen as a winter dish, but who is to say when we can and cannot eat […]
If you live around the same latitude as us, summer days are coming to an end. The night has been falling earlier and earlier, things are getting colder, and the time has come to pick the last things from the garden and to prepare them for winter. To fight off […]
A little while ago, we had a guest here at Hungry Pumpkin: Martina from Brno in the Czech Republic. As we like to acquaint ourselves with other cultures (especially through food), we asked her what some traditional Czech dishes are, and she suggested bramboraky to us. If you type this […]
For today’s meal we decided to mix things up a bit and combine two different cultures into one yummy meal; from the East of the Mediterranean we borrowed a stuffed zucchini dish, while we took gazpacho from the West. Our decision for the gazpacho was a result of a happy […]
Stewed dishes with vegetables are popular in many parts of the world, and as you can imagine, every region has its own take on how to make such dishes. The most famous variants are moussaka from the eastern Mediterranean (Greece, Turkey, Egypt), and ratatouille from Provence in France. Lesser known […]
We don’t know about you, but for us sunny weather is a time when we like to be outside as much as possible enjoying the fresh air. That also means as little time as possible stuck in a kitchen! Today we prepared an easy lunch that kept us in the […]