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 […]
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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 […]
Up until now we have been limited in the Hungry Pumpkin kitchen. We have boiled and stewed and fried and sizzled, but only having a stovetop to cook on has placed a boundary on what we were able to do. Today, however, we have some good news: the Hungry Pumpkin […]
Through the hot summer days, sometimes a nice, cold meal is what we really need. One of the most famous cold soups you may have heard of is the gazpacho soup that originates from Spain and is made from crushed fresh tomatoes. This food helped the Andalusian farmers and shepherds […]
Spelt noodles with vegetable sauce and tofu Today for lunch we prepared spelt noodles with a vegetable sauce and tofu. This time, we also made a dessert: ice cream with hot blueberries and raspberries. This is the second time tofu is appearing on our menu, so it seems about time […]