Soups and Salads

Try serving these with Silesian noodles and with beef rolada .

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Below is a recipe for vegetable salad, called also Polish salad or simply salad.

This salad is very popular in Poland. It is prepared from vegetables commonly available on the farmer markets because they grow in our Polish climate. The quantities and the selection of many of the vegetables in the recipe below is optional. If potatoes are present in the salad - the salad is also called vegetable-potato salad, without potatoes - just vegetable salad. Not only taste but the color of the salad is important, so if you replace one product by the other, remember about the right balance of tastes and colors! The recipe is given in English and Polish.

Read more: Polish Vegetable and Potato-Vegetable Salad Recipe

Zosia's dill pickle soup

8 c. chicken stock or broth
2 chicken bouillon cubes
2 medium carrots, coarsely grated
2 c. peeled, cubed potatoes
1 c. thinly sliced celery
5 coarsely grated Polish dill pickles (from the jar)
1/2 c. milk
2 T. flour
1 egg
5 T. sour cream
salt and pepper to taste
finely chopped fresh parsley (optional)
finely chopped fresh dill (optional)

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My favorite dish for Lent is herring salad (well, I eat it throughout the year actually but during the Lent it's a must). Normally it's my Mom who makes it but now I emailed her for a recipe and I'm going to make some salad myself. And I'll share the recipe with you. Here it goes, for a small portion:

Ingredients

1/2 kg salted herrings
1 kg potatoes
1 can of red or white beans
1 onion
1 sour apple
2-3 pickled cucumbers (pickled in brine if you can get them - or pickle them yourself; otherwise use cucumbers pickled in vinegar)
2 hard-boiled eggs

Preparation

Put the herrings in water for some time or - if they're not very salty - just wash them. Boil the potatoes and then peel them. Cut everything in little cubes and mix. Season with olive, vinegar, pepper, garlic if you want. I would also add some mayonnaise but it won't be a traditional fasting version anymore.