It's Cooking with Magda

chunks of tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and chopped basil drizzled with balsamic vinegar

Caprese Salad

October 6, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

There is still time to make this classic salad. But hurry, sweet and juicy tomatoes won’t last much longer.Are you desperately trying to hold on to summer? Do you feel like you are absolutely not ready for jackets, scarfs and boots? Here in California it still feels like summer most of the time. We got a tiny bit of much needed rain last week but now we are back to 80 degree weather. So I think posting a very summer-like […]

Categories: Salads • Tags: balsamic vinegar, basil, mozzarella, salad, summer, tomatoes

Rustic Plum Galette with Thyme and Honey

September 25, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

This rustic galette will be a great addition to your baking repertoire. The dough can be made and kept in the freezer and you can use switch it up with peaches, nectarines, apples and/or pears.Goodbye Summer! Hello Fall! Fall is officially here and nothing says Fall better than plums. At least at the beginning. Then I move on to apples and butternut squash and Brussels sprouts. Despite living in California for over a decade, I still think of many things […]

Categories: Dessert • Tags: dessert, Fall, food photography, galette, plums, tart dough, thyme

bread salad with tomatoes, olives, greens

Panzanella, the Tomato and Bread Salad

September 18, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

Keep the summer a bit longer with this classic salad. There is something so special about the combination of ripe tomatoes, fresh herbs and crunchy bread brought together by a sweet and tangy dressing. It will become your favorite, too!School is in a full swing here but I still feel like I’m behind with many things. Now that both my boys go to the same school (3rd grade and Kindergarten) it should be easier. But it’s not. Getting everyone ready […]

Categories: Salads, Side Dishes • Tags: basil, bread, dressing, easy, kids, lunchbox, summer, tomatoes

a serving of oven baked salmon with mango salsa and fresh raspberries

Baked Salmon with Mango Pineapple Salsa

September 8, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

Here is one of our favorite salmon recipes. It’s sweet, fruity and very easy to make. Give it a try today!This recipe takes me back to the very beginning of my relationship with my husband. At that time he knew how to make about 3 dishes, all seafood related, and would make them often. Him cooking for me clearly worked! I remember being so impressed with this dish and him, too. After all these years together (10th wedding anniversary was […]

Categories: Dinner, Seafood • Tags: food photography, mango salsa, raspberries, salmon, seafood

roasted tomatoes and eggplant on a baking pan

Roasted Eggplant and Tomato Soup

August 27, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

Here is a great recipe to use some beautiful, flavorful, heirloom tomatoes that are at their best at this time of year.Summer is very slowly coming to an end, at least in terms of the school vacation (very quiet “yay”). In terms of the amount of fresh produce available at the Farmer’s Market, everything is still at full capacity. Peppers, zucchini, eggplants, mushrooms, tomatoes. Grapes, plums and some early varieties of apples. I remember how surprised I was a long time […]

Categories: Soups • Tags: eggplant, farmer's market, food photography, goat cheese, roast, soup, tomatoes

a slice of key lime pie on a white plate

Key Lime Pie with Coconut Crust

August 19, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

Take a bite of this refreshing Key Lime Pie and instantly travel to a tropical island. Who doesn’t like Key Lime Pie? It’s light, refreshing, creamy, sweet and tangy. Perfect on a hot, summer day, to bring to a BBQ party or to enjoy without any occasion. This pie calls for Key limes which can be hard to find sometimes. Use regular, sometimes called Persian, limes and it will be equally delicious. The difference is hardly noticeable. To me, Key limes […]

Categories: Dessert • Tags: coconut oil, food photography, key lime pie, limes, yogurt, zest

pork tenderloin with dates and banana chutney

Pork Tenderloin with Banana-Dates Chutney

July 21, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

Check out this delicious and simple to prepare recipe for Pork Tenderloin with Banana-Dates Chutney.How is your summer going so far? To be honest, on one hand I’m glad because my sister is visiting from Poland, my boys get a break from school and we travel a bit. And there is the abundance of gorgeous, amazingly tasting fresh produce. On the other hand, I’m too busy to cook, photograph and write. And I miss it. I have a long list […]

Categories: Dinner • Tags: banana, chutney, dates, healthy, jalapeno, pork tenderloin

Blueberry Pie with Crumb Topping

July 10, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

Perfect Blueberry Pie recipe. It’s sweet and full of flavor. Perfect with your morning coffee and as an afternoon snack.Before I tell you about this scrumptious pie, let me tell you a story. Our almost 8 year old son broke his arm quite badly last week. Considering the things he does like climbing, parkour, scooter riding in a skate park, you would expect him to get hurt during his usual activities. But no, he was jumping off of a brand […]

Categories: Breakfast, Dessert • Tags: blueberries, crumb topping, flaxseed, food photography, pie, summer

whole wheat wrap with arugula, spiced chickpeas and tahinipeas

Whole Wheat Wraps with Spiced Chickpeas and Tahini Dressing

July 1, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

A little bit about our camping trip and a scrumptious recipe for healthy wraps with spiced chickpeas and very versatile tahini dressing.We just got back from our camping trip which was a lot of fun. Our boys loved it and so did our puppy Kona. It was her first long car ride and she did great. She got to “test” the water in the river and was only mildly interested but kept going if we were there, too. We got […]

Categories: Wraps • Tags: arugula, chickpeas, cumin, healthy, tahini, vegetarian, wrap

Banana Bread with Raisins and Walnuts

June 17, 2015 by It's Cooking With Magda

Here is the recipe for very simple yet tasty Banana Bread with Raisins and Walnuts. A perfect way to use very ripe bananas.The summer is here! Well, not officially since we are a few days away from June 21, the official start of the summer. But our older boy is done with school and the little one has preschool graduation next week. We have a few trips planned this summer, some longer, some shorter. There will be lots of trips […]

Categories: Breakfast • Tags: banana, bread, breakfast, raisins, walnuts, yogurt